DAY 11: 1 Minute & 50 Seconds of Gazing
The sun is so gentle and easy to look at in the evening, it’s like she’s a whole different person. My appetite is changing. I eat in the morning and want nothing until evening if I gaze at first light. If I don’t gaze in the morning I am hungry by 2:00 and when I […]
DAY 10: 1 Minute & 40 Seconds of Gazing – The Second Sunset
I watched the sunset from the top of Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles tonight. Nikki was a few feet down the grassy slope taking cell phone pics of moments and moods and beautiful things while Johanna learned how to use the new easy timer app on hers. This is Johanna’s second time with us so […]
DAY 8: 1 Minute & 20 Seconds of Gazing
I gazed solo today for the first time since we started. Brett had morning obligations so he gazed again from the patch of dirt out in front of the yoga studio. And Nikki, well, she was running a little behind schedule. I found myself alone at the peak of our grassy mound atop the canyon […]
DAY 7: 1 Minute & 10 Seconds of Gazing Part II – The Sunset
I watched my first sunset tonight since the gazing adventure began. Nikki and I, and our friend Johanna made our way to the beach this afternoon, plopped ourselves down on some beach chairs in the sand near a small cafe playing tropical tunes and waited for the white hot ball of fire to settle down […]
DAY 7: 1 Minute & 10 Seconds of Gazing Part 1: Cloudy Sunrise
As Brett and I were leaving our morning yoga & chanting session we saw above us an incapacitating helmet of grey, an ominous barrier mocking our attempts to gaze. We knew from our thwarted experience yesterday morning that a trek to the top of the canyon would not intimidate the clouds. At best it would […]
DAY 6: 1 Minute of Gazing (sort of)
Nikki, Brett and I made our way to the tip of our grassy mound at the top of the canyon, laughing, and happily anticipating the one minute mark of our gazing adventure. One minute would be a milestone, a point along the journey worth celebrating, and a gift. We were so involved in our own […]
DAY 5: 50 Seconds of Gazing
Today all three of us were together again for the gazing. Nikki and I introduced Brett to our grassy mound and we all settled in for the near minute of gazing. I forget to mention that our grassy mound is covered in cacti and passion fruit vines, but I became fully aware of that fact […]
DAY 4: 40 Seconds of Gazing
This morning I glided up to the top of the canyon in Summer (my convertible), top down as always but unlike yesterday I was feeling ready and excited. I guess thirty seconds was my mental hurdle because after doing the gaze yesterday something in me shifted and I now felt confident that if I was […]
DAY 3: 30 Seconds of Gazing
I had a few martinis last night and then finished off by taking some swigs of swill right out of the cheap white wine bottle on the bottom shelf of my neighbors fridge. I fell asleep quickly and pleasantly enough but I woke up to the sounds of construction banging around in my head. Not […]
DAY 2: 20 Seconds of Gazing
This morning Brett teaches a 7 a.m. yoga class so in the interest of time he did his gazing from a little patch of grass down the road from The Golden Bridge. I am partial to the top of the canyon where there is a little more nature and a little less city so today […]
