“Look. Me. Here.”

Nisargadatta . White . Brezsny . Macy . Gilbert . Bartlett

All your identities at the body-mind level have been changing continuously, and none of them has been constant and faithful to you. Why then are you attracted to any of these identities by stating, ‘I am like this’ or ‘I am like that’?

— Nisargadatta Maharaj

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“Look. Me. Here.”

In answer to the question “why then …”
It is not unlike song bird lyrics, or
the lighthouse keeper noting

clouds, moons, and waves, that
I am also like this … and that.
“Look. Me. Here.”

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David L White
Monday, April 27, 2026
Birdsong audiovisual arithmetic

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Change yourself in ways you want others to change
Brainwash yourself before someone nasty beats you to it
Dream up wilder, wetter, more interesting problems
Exaggerate your flaws till they turn into virtues
Brag about what you can’t do and don’t have
Bow down to the greatest mystery you know
Pretend your wounds are exotic tattoos
.
Rob Brezsny

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“Because the relationship between Self and World is reciprocal, it is not a matter of first getting enlightened or saved and then acting.

As we work to heal the Earth, the Earth heals us.

No one need wait.”

- Joanna Macy

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“A creative life is a life where you routinely choose the path of curiosity over the path of fear.

Not twice or three times, but daily. Systematically.

It becomes your habit and practice to say, I don’t even know why I’m interested in this, but I’m interested in it, and I’m going to look into it.“

- Elizabeth Gilbert

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Thinking improves your writing.

Writing improves your thinking.

It’s a feedback loop that compounds over time.

The more you write, the clearer you think.

The clearer you think, the better you write.

AI breaks this loop.

Don’t stop writing.

- Steven Bartlett

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Sandwich

It’s not that
I don’t know. I do.
And I don’t.

It just seems
better than
saying I am
not going to
tell you because
you will not stay
to hear the end.

I might wouldn’t.
Might.
Not.

I do know. Some.
Let’s get a sandwich.
Extra mayo on mine.

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Monday morning poem
© David L White
April 27, 2026