Monday, May 11, 2026

dream: Foglost link re SLO

 Webpage list of movies shot in San LuisObispo, I find Foglost link. 




and "Invigorate" it has.

Other titles: The Symbol of Great Vigor, Great Invigorating.





timely and much-needed Wind in my Sails.


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Sunday, May 10, 2026

scene 6 in progress

INT. LUX SUV  - DAY

related.

to be continued.

JOHN: So do we know the where of horse day?

CHLOE: On land Jackie’s family has northwest of Ruidoso, end quote.


to be continued

Friday, May 8, 2026

Yi 150: Disaster if i Keep Drinking

 


Line-6

Legge: The sixth line, magnetic, shows its subject with the horses of her chariot obliged to retreat, and weeping tears of blood in streams.

Wilhelm/Baynes: Horse and wagon part. Bloody tears flow.

Blofeld: He hesitates like a man trotting to and fro or like one shedding blood and tears.

Liu: He goes back and forth on horseback. He sheds tears with blood! [Arrogance leads to misfortune, perhaps extreme misfortune.]

Ritsema/Karcher: Riding a horse, arraying thus. Weeping blood, coursing thus.

Shaughnessy: A team of horses vexatious-like, dipping blood streamingly.

Cleary(1): Mounted on a horse, not going forward, weeping tears of blood.

Wu: The horse carriage falters along. Tears roll down from the rider’s eyes.

 

COMMENTARY

Confucius/Legge: She weeps tears of blood in streams -- how can the state thus emblemed continue long? Wilhelm/Baynes: How could one tarry long in this! Blofeld: How could a flow of blood and tears endure for long? [In other words, our present troubles will pass away in time.] Ritsema/Karcher: Wherefore permitting long-living indeed? Cleary (2): Weeping tears of blood – what can last? Wu: Only despair remains.

Legge: The sixth line is magnetic, as is her third line correlate. She is at the extremity of Peril -- the game is up. What can remain for her in such a case but terror and abject weeping?

 

NOTES AND PARAPHRASES

Siu: The man fails to overcome the initial difficulties and despair.

Wing: You have lost your perspective. You can no longer see your initial difficulties realistically, nor can you find your way out. This is disgraceful and will cause you much regret. 

Anthony: Desire and fear prevail. The child in us rules. Despairing, we give up our path. “One should not persist in this.”

DeKorne: Lines two, four and six all show horses in retreat: strong images of psychological turmoil and confusion; two and four have proper correlates however, so they present the possibility of at least some kind of reconciliation. Here, the correlate is line three, who is depicted as being "lost in the woods.” At its most neutral, the image is one of severe disunion. Wilhelm and Blofeld state that the situation is not a lasting one, so all need not be lost if you seek a totally new and perhaps currently unrecognized connection.

"In our ordinary life we are limited and bound in a thousand ways -- the prey of illusions and phantasms, the slaves of unrecognized complexes, tossed hither and thither by external influences, blinded and hypnotized by deceiving appearances. No wonder then that man, in such a state, is often discontented, insecure and changeable in his moods, thoughts and actions. Feeling intuitively that he is "one," and yet finding that he is "divided unto himself," he is bewildered and fails to understand either himself or others. No wonder that he, not knowing or understanding himself, has no self- control and is continually involved in his own mistakes and weaknesses; that so many lives are failures, or are at least limited and saddened by diseases of mind and body, or tormented by doubt, discouragement and despair."

Roberto Assagioli -- Psychosynthesis

A. Severe disunion prevails but need not be permanent if you seek a totally new connection.

Yi 149: Marathon as Recovery Target

 



Other titles: Work On What Has Been Spoiled, Arresting of Decay, Fixing, Rectifying

Yi 148: how to Quit Drinking and Smoking

 


Changing Lines

Line 3
'Tied retreat. There is affliction, danger.
Nurturing servants and handmaidens, good fortune.'

Sunday, May 3, 2026

scary movie 1 elements 1

1. the house and property she leases to finish her novel. (what event spurs her to decide on it, having considered others.)

2. her arrival. at night, something seen/heard when she gets out SIV to open gate. starry sky beyond tall treetops.

3. arrival at house. 

a. tire flatting.
b. curtains in window open, she finds closed when she first enters room.
c. the owl she finds staring at her, flying away.
d. front door unlocked.
e. entry. floor creak.
f. tour ends in master bedroom. faucet drip. 
g. light issue.


that man

this man


i know that man

at the far end of the bar,

following a star

still shooting


because it can

and things do what they are,

no matter the scar

from denuding.


i know that man

with his stare at his beer,

ballgame in one ear

while the other


is tuned to a band

only that man can hear,

like the siren’s song steers

those who’d make Muse Lover.


I know that man

has something in mind,

a thought that will bind

and pull like a magnet toward


a line in the sand

crossed and signature signed,

Hero thusly entwined

in the backwards in the forward.



Saturday, May 2, 2026

meet john, jan, chloe and barbara

john and jan, fit 70-somethings.

barbara, athletic-fit 50-ish.

chloe, athletic-fit 17.

john driving lux SUV TBD.

chloe front passenger seat.

barbara behind chloe. jan behind john.

john: sunglasses hang from collar of polo shirt, khaki slacks. belt matches leather loafers. gold watch and wedding band. silver hair cut casual corporate. two-day facial hair.

jan: martha stewart sunday drive casual featuring capris, deck shoes, cardigan over blouse unbuttoned at top to show silver necklace. hands on the purse in her lap reveal prominent diamond on silver wedding ring. recently styled silver hair to shoulders. sunglasses propped atop head.

barbara in track suit, running shoes,  sunglasses propped atop head, hair pulled back in a bun. sporty-stylish bag in her lap.

chloe in knee-length jeans, sandals, sweatshirt with PASO across the front, sunglasses propped atop light rainbow beanie. long hair in a tail.




scene 2 dialogue

scene 1

EXT. HOUSE - SUNRISE

Tom cowboy boots to hat, suitcase. Wanda robe and slippers, hair up, thermos. 

From front door to truck in driveway.

WANDA: Thought about where you might have lunch?

TOM: Ain't countin' on it bein' there but if it is that taco truck in Cimarron.

WANDA: Tortilla Azul.

TOM: That's it. Knew it was tortilla somethin'. 

WANDA: The only better tamales I've had are Maria's.

TOM: She and the boys got there yesterday.

WANDA: I remembered as soon as I said her name.

He opens truck door, slides suitcase to passenger side of bench seat, puts hat on top of it, puts key in ignition, turns to Wanda, she hands him thermos, he puts it in console, he turns to her, they hug.

TOM: What are you and Daisy doing today?

WANDA: Coffee and croissants at the cafe, walk on the river trail, the library for a showing of Cheyenne Autumn -

TOM: Really?

WANDA: Yep. It's their summer film series that I didn't even know about until Trudy told me last week. After that to Centennial for a glass wine at Bear Bottom and sunset at Mirror. 

TOM:  Jealous. Any more shows at the library after this?

WANDA: Cat Ballou next week, then a movie I don't know called Heartland, with Rip Torn, wraps up it up the following week.

TOM: I don't know that one either. If you don't have any plans that day, maybe we could see it. 

WANDA: I'll check my schedule.

They embrace, kiss. He checks watch.

TOM: Five-fifty. I'll call at seven and every hour on the hour.

WANDA: Thank you.

TOM: Except when you're at the library.

WANDA: Text me at two and three.

TOM: Will do.

WANDA: And maybe a selfie from somewhere along the way.

TOM: I have an idea already.

They kiss. Tom into driver's seat, starta engine, rolls down window. Wanda steps up onto the running board, pokes her head in.

TOM (CONT.): Ready? 

Wanda nods. Tom drives to the street, stops.

TOM (CONT.): I don't guess ya know how many days til we land in Honolulu.

WANDA (BEAT): A hundred and two. And elevenish hours, if the plane's on time.

TOM: Elevenish, huh?

She checks his watch.

WANDA: And twenty-two minutes.

TOM: I love you, Wanda.

WANDA: I love you, Tom.

They kiss. 

TOM/WANDA: Miss you already.

Another kiss, Wanda steps down off running board, folds arms cross chest.

WANDA: Git before I start crying.

TOM: Before I beat ya to it.  

WANDA: Which house first?

TOM: The brick near the river?

Wanda nods, gives thumbs-up that Tom returns.

WANDA: Go. Okay?

Tom nods, flashes peace that Wanda returns. He makes turn onto street, Wanda watches him drive away. 


INT. TRUCK

Tom nears stop sign, his eyes on WANDA IN REARVIEW. He puts hand out window, waves. She waves back.


WITH WANDA

She watches the truck stop at light, left turn signal before Tom makes turn, looks at her, blows a kiss she returns before Tom leaves view. A BREEZE RINGS THE CHIMES. She walks to porch, waters plants, closes her eyes and smiles at the WESTERN MEADOWLARK SONG. About to enter house, she stops to look back at the HUMMINGBIRD hovering a few feet away before leaving in a blur. She enters house, closes door. WESTERN MEADOWLARK SONG. 

Gil, Maria, The Boys basics

AKA scene 3

 

INT. GREAT ROOM - DAY

Texican. Limestone and leather. Fireplace, whitetail deer mounts. Gil reading book in rocker facing big window to oak motte.

MARIA: Knock knock.

GIL: Who's there?

MARIA: Ida.

GIL: Ida who?

MARIA: Ida forgotten Tom and Wanda arrive tomorrow had I not seen it on the calendar.

Gil marks page, closes book, turns to Maria.

GIL: Just Tom. Wanda's staying to be with a friends whose husband just passed.

MARIA: Oh. 

GIL: And big news.

MARIA: Big good news?

GIL: Big great news. They're buying a house with Ruth in Kerrville.

MARIA: Wow. That's huge wonderful news.

GIL: Tom and Ruth are going are going to check a few open houses.

MARIA: They're coming over, aren't they?

GIL: Monday afternoon. Dinner at Spanish Trail.

MARIA: Yay. Whatcha readin'?

He holds up Foglost.

MARIA: Your guy. 

GIL: Picked it at up yesterday.

MARIA: You're moving through it.

GIL: Page turner.

MARIA: What's it about?

GIL: A man whose drinking has ended his marriage and is ruining his law career buys a boat and takes it on Lake Superior. I'm where he's just encountered serious fog.   

MARIA: Ruh roh. 

A soccer ball rolls into frame of the big window, drawing Gil's and Maria's attention. TWO BOYS 16, and 14, in tennis shoes, shorts and Mexico national soccer team jerseys, race neck and neck in pursuit of the ball, follow it out of frame.

GIL: Somebody's caught up.

MARIA: He tries harder.

GIL: I've noticed.  

MARIA: The younger ones usually do.

GIL: I'm going to let Robby drive the Corvette, if it's okay with you.

MARIA: Of course. I expect pictures.  

GIL: There'll be pictures.

MARIA: Have a route in mind? 

GIL: A Vanderpool loop we took when Ricky first drove it.

MARIA: That's news to me. How old was he?  

GIL: Fifteen and-a-half.

MARIA: No pictures

GIL: Lost in the fire.

Gil's PHONE RINGTONES TBD.

MARIA: Hoodat?

GIL: Tom.

He picks up, stares at screen. A selfie Tom, aviator sunglasses, has taken of himself at the Vietnam War-era Huey helicopter at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park in Angel Fire, New Mexico.

MARIA: Where is that?

GIL: Vietnam Memorial in Angel Fire.

MARIA: Y'all fishin'.

Gil smiles, sets phone. 

GIL: We all fishin'. Friday morning, Breaking in Dale's new pond.

MARIA: Oh that's right.  Sounds fun. Taking the boys?

GIL: Taking the boys.

As previously, practically exactly, soccer ball enters frame from other direction, the boys, neck and neck follow it out of frame. She leans to kiss Gil's cheek.

MARIA: Off to market, back in an hour.

GIL: If we're not here we're at the treehouse.

MARIA: How's it coming?

GIL: Well, I'll take pictures.  Drive safe.

MARIA: Always.

She leaves, he resumes Foglost.

Friday, May 1, 2026

Yi 138: what is finally moving me to Quit Drinking

related. 



Hilary Barrett:

"It is time for transformation. The old Chinese character for 'Radical Change', which also means 'leather', shows an animal hide: this is change like a shaman's, putting on a new skin to change your identity. And it is also revolutionary change: this hexagram marks the day when the Zhou people and their allies marched out to meet the armies of the corrupt Shang dynasty and defeated them. You change the governing principle and bring about renewal."

Yi 137: Throwing Everything Away

 so much Junk and Clutter. 



Yi 136: hex 28 in play re the pressure moving me to change

 






Oracle
'Great Exceeding, the ridgepole warps.
Fruitful to have a direction to go.
Creating success.'


"When you exceed something, you cross over a line and make a transition. The traditional Chinese house has a structure like an old-fashioned tent: uprights support a horizontal ridgepole, and all the weight of roof and walls is suspended from there. Here, the ridgepole's limits have been exceeded; the supporting framework is no longer adequate to the weight it's asked to bear.

This means stress, and also a greatness of spirit and purpose that goes beyond the scope of the situation. It is fruitful to have a direction to go, to reach out imaginatively and explore. Since things cannot hold up as they are, there must be movement."








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