A major part of these Tanzen desert ideals is the fear of getting through my life having found that I have wasted dreams that I never lived. It's about fulfilling dreams, even ridiculous ones that leave you full of incredible memories and a stamp of truth.
The summer of 2005 was a Tanzen summer; driving along the warm coastal highways with the A/C off, windows down for the summer breezes to carry my stereo's tunes into obscurity. Tanzen is taking the basics of whole-living and creating something powerful.
Tanzen is $20 towards gas, food and a bottle of Gatorade in a hot afternoon cruise to beach through the oak-covered golden hills with an awesome girl rather than $100 towards American Eagle on State Street.
Tanzen is taking the mid-morning to drive along Highway 1 and crest the grade at Gaviota just as the sun bursts through to the peak on the other side of the wide canyon.
Tanzen at its lowest was flossin' the V-Dub along the Pacific Coast Highway once after a night of heavy drinking while loved ones were suffering alone 100 miles away; it's supposed bring those loved ones alone to be free of guilt and restriction.
Tanzen is not about living within reason or moderation, or even irrationality or excess. What is more irrational, teaching my son that you can live within yourself and friends or being strapped down to money and consumption? My aspirations aren't so absurd that they need to be shot down as I project them six months into the future. What's a weekend? What's a day? Let the rabbits wear glasses.
Right now, Tanzen is a bittersweet aspiration towards these dreams that will leave me disappointed well along the sad road if I don't change the hearts of those I love to realize the Tanzen mentality once again; freedom of choice, from guilt and restriction, and to absorb Earth's simplicity.
The summer of 2005 was a Tanzen summer; driving along the warm coastal highways with the A/C off, windows down for the summer breezes to carry my stereo's tunes into obscurity. Tanzen is taking the basics of whole-living and creating something powerful.
Tanzen is $20 towards gas, food and a bottle of Gatorade in a hot afternoon cruise to beach through the oak-covered golden hills with an awesome girl rather than $100 towards American Eagle on State Street.
Tanzen is taking the mid-morning to drive along Highway 1 and crest the grade at Gaviota just as the sun bursts through to the peak on the other side of the wide canyon.
Tanzen at its lowest was flossin' the V-Dub along the Pacific Coast Highway once after a night of heavy drinking while loved ones were suffering alone 100 miles away; it's supposed bring those loved ones alone to be free of guilt and restriction.
Tanzen is not about living within reason or moderation, or even irrationality or excess. What is more irrational, teaching my son that you can live within yourself and friends or being strapped down to money and consumption? My aspirations aren't so absurd that they need to be shot down as I project them six months into the future. What's a weekend? What's a day? Let the rabbits wear glasses.
Right now, Tanzen is a bittersweet aspiration towards these dreams that will leave me disappointed well along the sad road if I don't change the hearts of those I love to realize the Tanzen mentality once again; freedom of choice, from guilt and restriction, and to absorb Earth's simplicity.
Whatever you're doing at the time, if you're doing art or something creative, you're creating a masterpiece. Every single thing you do: if you put a line on a piece of paper or sing a note; if you have complete and utter confidence, conviction and love for what you're doing at that second and you don't lose than mentality, it will be genius. If you you can't sing, but you sing from that place then you will be remembered for singing from your heart. So if we go into the desert with the mentality that we just do this, not to impress anybody, just do it to do it, it will come out complete fucking genius. It is difficult to combat the programming that you fucked up, have to do it certain way or perfectly or follow what's been done, but if you simply do it from your soul, it's a perfect masterpiece.
- Perj, 8/17/09
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