🏴☠️ TREE 351: Do easy
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Today’s post is something I’ve never done before. I’m linking to a nine-minute film by Gus Van Sant. It’s about the first thing he made after he finished film school. I saw it for the first time a couple weeks ago. I haven’t stopped thinking about it since because
1. It’s odd.
2. It’s changing the way I do things.
The film is about a way of physically moving through life called Do Easy. I thought about trying to write about it. I don’t think that, at this point, I could do it justice, so you’re getting a link to the film.
The stats on the TREE dashboard tell me you are unlikely to watch it. That’s totally fine. You’re busy and expecting to spend one minute with TREE, not 10.
If you are one of the few who do watch, it may change the way you live, move and exist.
Here is The Discipline of DE by Gus Van Sant:
Two.
Signs of spring are everywhere.
Three.
Yo dawg, I heard you like vocals so I put some vocals on your vocals.
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Grow slowly
Jeff
Wyatt was right, an inch above the belt. Dug the old film and have tried numerous systems in my life to do everyday things. The one system that taught me efficiency was”touch everything once”. It is a fun game until it isn’t. I have a propensity to overthink as most here, so I had to find a new system. I would call it “this is my purpose “. It’s my purpose to write now, to sip my coffee, to wash the cup, to lie down, and so on. It is a great game. But lately, I am done with the gaming. I’m “being” now as I do things. I don’t think while I am being in the moment. It’s not necessary to think all the time. My brain cramps when I do. The easy way for me is to be a human being not a human doing. I rest my brain on purpose and find I am responsive instead of reactive. I’m a passionate person and I have found a way that helps me move through tasks with ease and grace. Something falls and breaks? I say ”chaos!” which makes me laugh instead. The hard times come willy nilly but I am enjoying the in-betweens no matter what. Are you?
Hi Jeff, I did watch it and it made me think about a school friend, who I've known for 41 years, who always seemed to do everything perfectly. Her writing is perfect, she wraps things perfectly, she never drops anything or appears to trip and is always very precise. I admired her ways, was even jealous sometimes - and wanted to be like her when we were children. But I'm tall and don't have control over my limbs in the way she does - I'm 5' 10", she's 4' 11.5" so it was unlikely to happen. She's done some interesting things in her life - BUT, her life is no better than mine, just different. The film made me think that wanting to do something in the way someone else does doesn't make me want to be THEM.
Thank you for making me think again on a Tuesday.