May 31-A, 2023

Wu-We is action without deliberation.
Doing that is not agenda directed.
Spontaneous, not arranged.
Jazz isn't conducted.
"It just happens."

Living that way
is living in harmony
with the moment,
with the circumstances,
with the time and place,
conditions and context
of our living.

That said, a lot goes into
"just being."

I drove to the Smokies,
and to the spot,
where this photograph was taken.
Etc.

Nothing "just happens."
Intention and purpose
get jazz musicians together
for a jam session.
And there probably isn't
a bagpipe in the crowd.
And it probably isn't a crowd,
but four or five carefully selected musicians
with the right kind of instruments
coming together
at an agreed upon time and place.

It has "agenda" all over it.

I have a very precise Order of the Day,
which I follow regularly,
and I do not cotton to intrusions,
knocks on the door, say,
or telephone calls with sales pitches
on the other end.

I carefully place myself in position
to harvest random thoughts
and occasional realizations.

It is like yoga for the mind,
trusting something will occur to me
when I place myself in the path
of occurrences.

If you want to be hit by a train,
it helps to sleep on the tracks.

Accidental and intentional overlap,
and the things that "just happen"
have an association with sleeping on the tracks.
The things that occur to us in the shower
depend on us being in the shower.

We are more responsible than we think
for the things that we think. 

We are more responsible than we think
for the life we live
and the way it all turns out.

We can "blame it on the moon," but.
Being out at night has something
to do with it,
and if we are out every night,
it may not be the moon's fault at all. 

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