The Life of Brian (In the Now) Archives - Page 3 of 20

I love to journal by telling stories. What’s going on in the life of Brian, in the now. Whether it be from stuff that happens at work, while hanging out with friends or while working on other creative projects. Stuff happens that I may just feel a need to interrupt my usual memoir-writing activity, that is this blog’s primary function. I share those stories here.

7/28/19: Radical Means Radical

9:15 am Online after a beautifully long talk with my sweetheart (I love her so) channelling the part of my psyche I call "Radical Guy" The first synonym for radical at Thesaurus.com is... Profound a Google Images search focuses on the adjective in mostly sports-culture contexts with only a smattering of the political a FB [...]

By Brian von Ahsen|2019-07-28T09:55:09-05:00July 28th, 2019|The Life of Brian (In the Now), Where the Naked Things Are|Comments Off

7/24/19: What it IS and NOT (an affirmation)

Instagram... IS: an image gallery NOT: a journal, a window or a communication tool Facebook... IS: a communication tool NOT: a forum, a door or an art space This Blog... IS: an art space, a door (into a potential forum), a communication tool, a window (into the origins of my image gallery) and a journal [...]

By Brian von Ahsen|2019-07-24T09:29:11-05:00July 24th, 2019|The Life of Brian (In the Now)|Comments Off

7/20/19: Clear Shadows of a Dream

4:16 am Not sure I'd call it a nightmare but there were monsters Huge, Godzilla-style things that flew overhead and came down to terrorize the lot of us Us, not sure who we were but we were trapped in a building of some kind I remember wandering around before the attack more curious than afraid [...]

By Brian von Ahsen|2019-07-20T05:04:24-05:00July 20th, 2019|The Life of Brian (In the Now)|Comments Off

7/18/19: Time out of Time (a Haiku)

synchronicity sound over a billion years an eternal now ------ Blessed... m(___)m

By Brian von Ahsen|2019-07-18T06:53:35-05:00July 18th, 2019|The Life of Brian (In the Now)|Comments Off

7/13/19: Neighborhood Book Box (a Haiku)

Endangered species huddle like orphaned kittens Curious at best ------ Blessed... m(___)m

By Brian von Ahsen|2019-07-14T00:18:24-05:00July 14th, 2019|The Life of Brian (In the Now)|Comments Off

7/12/19: 3:21am 7/13/19

3:22 am "Still here?" 3:23 am "Yep, still here." 3:24 am "Wow! You must really be tired!" 3:25 am "Go back to bed!" 3:26 am m(___)m ------ Blessed... m(___)m

By Brian von Ahsen|2019-07-13T03:36:44-05:00July 13th, 2019|The Life of Brian (In the Now)|Comments Off

7/10/19: Better Left Untitled

6:07am Awakened from an intricate dream nearly gone now mostly what remains is feeling cold being shuttled about as tourists in an otherworldly vehicle getting out with the group wading waste-deep through what appears as ice but then everything moves frozen mist and water moving like shadows beautiful I try and get to my camera [...]

By Brian von Ahsen|2019-07-10T07:20:48-05:00July 10th, 2019|The Life of Brian (In the Now)|Comments Off

7/4/19: SM Morning Mastications

FB: Post by a musician acquaintance of an event with photos and a description focusing on the food. Instagram: Exact same post by the exact same person I just saw on FB. FB: Advertisement for some iPhone photography equipment by a company I've bought similar equipment from. Instagram: Cool nature selfie of someone I don't [...]

By Brian von Ahsen|2019-07-04T10:49:44-05:00July 4th, 2019|The Life of Brian (In the Now)|Comments Off

7/2/19: Well… Actually… (a Haiku)

Despite disruption Distraction and then some more We keep coming back ------ Blessed... m(___)m

By Brian von Ahsen|2019-07-02T13:20:41-05:00July 2nd, 2019|The Life of Brian (In the Now)|Comments Off

7/1/19: Stop-Motion Multi-Tasking

Not slow not fast a way of perceiving doing unlike any other Getting used to this fascinating Details are available to those close enough My sweetheart knows there to share Her world joins in the fun I love her so ------ Blessed... m(___)m

By Brian von Ahsen|2019-07-01T11:02:26-05:00July 1st, 2019|The Life of Brian (In the Now)|Comments Off