From Dan:
Date: 5/23/06
"My parents often told me; "moderation in all things." By that they meant a commitment to restoring and renewing balance and harmony by moderating states that become too extreme, that have a tendency toward locking into loops, just one things....like doctrines and obsessions. Every person has the tendency toward certain extremes; for one it may be alcohol, for another bossing people, for another, model trains. Nothing is accomplished in the realm of the inner being by exchanging one obsession for another in the outer world. I've seen it many times; energy that was devoted to the party life is replaced (usually at the point where it begins to decline) with the church, or some other institution. So be it.
My dad thought the church, for instance, was a good idea, in general, because it helped, slightly, to control human nature. And it definitely needs controlling! If you consider the body of humanity, comprised of the total of all the members of our society, you will see that it can be a slow moving, cruel and stupid beast. It is just in the early stages of its development, after all, and has a long long road ahead of it, if it is ever to develop to elegance of even a cockroach. Within that body there are individuals whose senses move toward the complete life...but they are relatively rare, and irregardless of how much work they do on elevating (poor word) or defining their sensibilities, they still are part of the body of humanity and subject to some of its worst characteristics. Important to remember that, and practice moderation.
I'm glad that you love my work, and that it has helped, if it has, to open the life of the mind and the senses, which are really one world, and yet many at the same time. This is an extremely busy time for me, and even the members of my family have little attention. I direct everything that I can toward the work at this point, because the time has arrived for certain things to come into being. The ancient Anglo-/saxons, who brought our language into being, called it a person's "wyrd.""
About Me
- Holly Stephenson Ceragioli
- Once upon a time, there lived a little girl. More than anything in the whole wide world, this little girl wanted to be loved. She searched many, many foreign places for love. She kissed many toads for love. She loved and she loved and she loved. The more she loved, the harder it became. Her tiny little heart was fading. Layers and layers of molten skin were binding her. Finally, the little girl exploded. She began lashing out at everything and everyone in sight. Bolts of lightning were striking all she touched and did not touch. She began to spin out of control. As she spun, rings and rings were spinning off of her painting the earth. Many colors began flying throughout the air. Suddenly, she was naked. She looked into the water and there, she found her love. Now, to find the prince…
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