I don’t write in a journal everyday, but I have accumulated many entries over the past 50+ years beginning in 1966. Some items evolved into longer works. Among the leftovers little pieces survived. I thought a collection of these with a piece culled from the same date in a past year would make an interesting yearbook. The consistencies and inconsistencies of mind, skipping back and forth across time, provide varied perspectives. It is difficult to remember the context of the past we’ve lived; we also make suppositions about times that predate ourselves.

The few alterations from original drafts were to improve clarity. The worst of my work is not included. There remains enough mediocrity and immaturity to make me feel humble and you feel smart. There are also moments of accidental insight and incidental humor.

Author Stephen Crane referred to his little pieces as pills…apparently they were small and somewhat hard to swallow, but good for you.


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Sunday, September 27, 2020

The Intrinsic Connection ‘tween Magic and Evolution

 

Sept 27, 2015  (I was 70)

 

The Intrinsic Connection ‘tween Magic and Evolution

The magician nurtured deception

It kept him alive in the tribe

If skillful and cunning

he was seen as supernatural

Modest displays induced fear

feigned humility gained respect

Awarded the title of shaman

granted him time to observe and concoct

He crafted an arcana or aroused conviction

So was born scientist and charlatan

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