Haikus: November 2010

HAIKUS: November 2010

By Peter Y. Chou
WisdomPortal.com

These haikus were written as exercises in mindfulness—
an attempt to catch the fleeting moment in my daily walks,
while reading, listening to music, and pondering about life.
(Underlined words are not for emphasis but to web links.)
This web page best viewed with Times font size 14.

Monday, November 1, 2010, 11:10 am-4:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Wrote 14 haikus with links for last 3 days;
Found 4 GB HP Flash Drive left here 10/28

Came to Middlefield Lab
early today and found
my Flash Drive left here. Monday, November 1, 2010, 5:00-7:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Building AR2
Henry P. Maguire, Johns Hopkins University (Book)
"Abstraction and Naturalism in Byzantine Art"

Shift from lifelike to
abstract in Byzantine art—
colors for the earth.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010, 11:50-11:55 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Jean-Yves Thibaudet plays
Frederic Chopin, (Listen), CD, YouTube, (1833)
Grande Valse brillante in E-flat major, Op. 18

Chopin's Valse Brillante
is a grand waltz for dancing
in a giant ballroom. Tuesday, November 2, 2010, 3:40-6:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Listened to webcast of Dalai Lama's Rathbun Lecture on "Meaningful Life" to fill gap in Notes

Typing up Notes to
Dalai Lama's "Lecture
on a Meaningful Life".

Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 6:20 am
Mountain View: Waking up from dream—
a marble bounced four times in steel crate
and said a line from poem I had written

Marble bounced four times
in a steel crate and stopped
to say "Ah— This is bliss!" Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 6:20 am
Mountain View: Waking up from dream—
Journal teacher Nina Holzer piled magazines
on students' desks to search for writing articles

Students laughed at me
picking up dustballs on floor
to clear up my mind.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 9:03-9:11 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Maurizio Pollini
plays Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Piano Concerto #21 in C, K. 467 (1785)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3), (Film: 1, 2)

Romantic music
from Mozart used in film
Elvira Madigan. Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 9:15-9:22 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Julia Fischer
plays Antonio Vivaldi,
"The Four Seasons: Winter" (1723)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)

Vivaldi's "Winter"
with pizzacato raindrops
inspired my first poem.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 11:05 am-12:20 pm
Stanford University, Building 200, Room 305
Henry P. Maguire, Johns Hopkins University (Book)
"Representations of Animals in Imperial Art"
Barberini Ivory (Louvre), Image of conquest;
conquered subjects reduced to lions and tigers

Emperor on horse—
Earth Mother touching his feet
as Persians & Indians bring gifts. Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 11:05 am-12:20 pm
Stanford University, Building 200, Room 305
Henry P. Maguire, Johns Hopkins University (Book)
"Representations of Animals in Imperial Art"
Ascent of Alexander in griffins chariot, Venice,
North façade, St. Mark Basilica (11th century)

Alexander the Great
lifted to sky in chariot
drawn by griffins.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 1:00-1:45 pm
Stanford University, Serra Mall & Serra Street
Photos of cirrus clouds, feather, Platonic Lambda
and giant owl over Cummings Art Building

Celestial clouds show—
bird feather, giant owl,
and the Platonic Lambda. Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 2:15-10:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Haikus on dreams, art lecture, & clouds;
Web page of photos on Stanford Clouds

Marble talked in my dream
and when awake— clouds
sweep me up to heaven.

Thursday, November 4, 2010, 9:03-9:11 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov,
Scheherazade, Op. 35 (1888)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2)

Scheherazade's music—
1001 Nights
woke me up from sleep. Thursday, November 4, 2010, 11:22 am
Mountain View, El Camino & Showers Drive
Giant White Cloud with long tail (photo)
reminding me of Hanuman or Dren

Is this cloud Hanuman
the Monkey God or Dren
hybrid clone from Splice?

Thursday, November 4, 2010, 12:00-1:10 pm
Stanford University, Art Gallery, AG7
Henry P. Maguire, Johns Hopkins University (Text)
"Metaphors of Virgin in Byzantine Literature & Art"
Angeloktistos, Christ the Lamb, San Clemente Apse

Virgin as fountain,
vegetation, thread, yarn,
and the Mother of Life. Thursday, November 4, 2010, 12:00-1:10 pm
Stanford University, Art Gallery, AG7
Henry P. Maguire's seminar: "Metaphors of Virgin in Byzantine Literature & Art"; Bissera asked about "Byzantine concept of memory to connect things"

In sermons and poetry
people recognize passages
that give them pleasure.

Thursday, November 4, 2010, 12:00-1:10 pm
Stanford University, Art Gallery, AG7— When Maguire said people have pleasure recognizing passages read before, I wondered why we enjoy seeing a familiar face in a room of strangers

Is there a pleasure spot
in our brain recognizing
things seen before? Thursday, November 4, 2010, 1:15-1:25 pm
Stanford University, Art Gallery, AG7
Thanked Prof. Maguire for his lectures. Told him that Byzantines showing heaven as monochromatic and earth as colorful is similar to Newton's prism.

Newton shines white beam
of light in prism to make
rainbow of colors.

Thursday, November 4, 2010, 7:30-9:00 pm
Stanford Theatre: Fritz Lang directs
"Ministry of Fear" (1944) starring
Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds, Carl Esmond,
Hillary Brooke, (YouTube), Film Review

Espionage thriller
of mental patient chased
by secret Nazi spies. Thursday, November 4, 2010, 9:10-10:30 pm
Stanford Theatre: Roy William Neill directs
"Black Angel" (1946) starring Dan Duryea,
June Vincent, Peter Lorre, Broderick Crawford,
Constance Dowling, (YouTube: 1, 2), Film Review

Alcoholic pianist helps
woman clear her husband
of killing his ex-wife.

Friday, November 5, 2010, 12:02-12:16 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Akiko Suwanai plays Sarasate,
Zigeunerweisen, Op.20 "Gypsy Airs" (1878),
Listen, CD, (YouTube: Perlman, Heifetz, Chang)

Mom brought me to see
Chinese film of gypsies
playing Sarasate. Friday, November 5, 2010, 1:00-5:10 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Listened to webcast of Dalai Lama's Rathbun Lecture on "Meaningful Life" to complete Notes

Wrote haikus with links
to Film Noir movies and
typed Dalai Lama's Talk.

Friday, November 5, 2010, 7:30-8:05 pm
Waverley Writers Monthly Poetry Reading—
Featured Reader: Manfred Luedge,
"Chinese Poem", "Motivation and Intent",
Luedge read poem "Without the Moon"—

Without the moon
the wolf and the poet
have nothing to howl at. Friday, November 5, 2010, 8:25-9:30 pm
Friends' House, 957 Colorado Avenue, Palo Alto
Waverley Writers Monthly Open Poetry Reading—
Read "Spring Geese Are Flying North" (Notes);
(Bus #35 broke down; got here late at 7:55 pm)

Geese made arrowhead landing—
aiming for the Soul's
soaring to the One.

Saturday, November 6, 2010, 10:02-10:07 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Sir Neville Marriner conducts
Johann Pachelbel, Canon in D major (1680)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3), 1980 Film:
Redford's "Ordinary People" (Music, Movie)

Pachelbel's Canon
used by Robert Redford
in Ordinary People Saturday, November 6, 2010, 11:45 am-4:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Wrote Notes & Apple Symbolism (May 26)
after Janet's gift of dozen Fuji apples (May 22)
& six apple pears (8-16), but never wrote poem

Is gift of apples
a curse or blessing?—
Writing poem to find some clues.

Sunday, November 7, 2010, 9:22-9:28 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: George Butterworth,
The Banks of Green Willow (1913)
Listen, (CD) (YouTube), based on
A.E. Housman's "A Shropshire Lad"

Housman's "A Shropshire Lad"
inspired George Butterworth
to write this beautiful music. Sunday, November 7, 2010, 12:45-1:30 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery
shopping at Walgreens (4170 El Camino),
Fiesta Market (391 San Antonio Road),
and Safeway (2580 California St.)

Spices, cauliflower,
walnuts, clam chowder,
Swiss cheese, orange juice.

Sunday, November 7, 2010, 3:03-7:50 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Format 24 cloud photos from 11-4-2010
taken at Stanford University's Serra Mall
after Prof. Maguire's Byzantine Art seminar

River of clouds flood
the blue skies— may photos
catch this celestial dance! Sunday, November 7, 2010, 8:00-9:31 pm
Stanford Flicks: Cubberley Auditorium
Phillip Noyce directs "Salt" (2009), Trailer,
with Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daniel Olbrychski, August Diehl

Salt kills Russian spies
but is suspected to be
a sleeper agent herself.

Monday, November 8, 2010, 12:11-12:15 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: George Butterworth,
The Banks of Green Willow (1913)
Listen, (CD) (YouTube), based on
A.E. Housman's "A Shropshire Lad"

Housman's "A Shropshire Lad"
inspired George Butterworth
to write this beautiful music. Monday, November 8, 2010, 4:10-6:50 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Ann Heindorff: "Romanesque Art & Architectue"
Belgium's Tournai & Denmark's Kalundbory Cathedrals: Steeples symbolic of Platonic Lambda?

Triangular steeples
of churches rising to sky—
Platonic Lambda?

Monday, November 8, 2010, 7:30-8:55 pm
Stanford Theatre: Preston Sturges directs
"The Great McGinty" (1940) starring
Brian Donlevy, Akim Tamiroff, Muriel Angelus,
William Demarest, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3), Review

A bartender's tale of
rise and fall as tramp,
mayor and governor. Monday, November 8, 2010, 9:05-10:46 pm
Stanford Theatre: Preston Sturges directs
"Hail the Conquering Hero" (1944) starring
Eddie Bracken, William Demarest, Ella Raines, Franklin Pangborn, Elizabeth Patterson, (YouTube)

Small town boy Woodrow
touted by marines as war hero
rallied him to be mayor.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 10:12-10:16 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Leon Fleisher plays
Ludwig van Beethoven, "Für Elise"
Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 (1808),
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3) Commentaries

Beethoven poured his
heart out writing this music
when he was in love. Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 5:00-10:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Building
Haikus and web links on Preston Sturges' films;
Scanned Henry Maguire's Byzantine Art Poster;
Web page for Stanford Clouds 11-4-2010

Cloud patterns resemble
abstract Byzantine art
from Maguire's poster.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 10:02-10:19 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Claudio Abbado
conducts Ludwig van Beethoven,
Symphony #3 in Eb, Op. 55 "Eroica" (1803)
Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4) CD Review

Woke up to Beethoven's
Eroica— May the hero
spring forth in me! Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 1:20-2:15 pm
Palo Alto, Cubberley Community Center Gym
Friend takes me to my first Line Dancing
before I go to Foothill Middlefield Lab
(Video on 102-year old Mildred Snitzer)

Don't know steps to these
Line Dances, so I make
up my own and have fun!

Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 2:20-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Detail of Byzantine Art Cloud for comparison
to Professor Maguire's Byzantine Art Poster
Web page for Stanford Clouds 11-4-2010

Uncanny that Sky Artist
paints Byzantine art clouds
while Maguire lectures below. Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 2:20-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Found Platonic Lambda in Mshatta facade
(8th century, Jordan) from Titus Burckhardt's
"Art of Islam: Language and Meaning", p. 16

Platonic Lambda
in the Mshatta palace
shows ascent to the One.

Thursday, November 11, 2010, 12:31-12:34 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Pierre Laniau plays
Narciso Yepes, Romance for Guitar,
"Jeux interdits", Forbidden Games (1952),
Video (Listen), CD, YouTube

Heart-tugging music
from Clément's Forbidden Games
brings back much sadness. Thursday, November 11, 2010, 1:00 pm
Home in Mountain View: Reading "Education:
U.S. lags other wealthy nations in higher math"
(Lisa M. Krieger, Mercury News, 11-11-2010, B1, 6)
(1 Taiwan, 2 Hong Kong, 3 South Korea, 4 Finland)

Students from thirty
countries did better in
math test than U.S. kids.

Thursday, November 11, 2010, 2:05 pm
Mountain View: Friend got me cauliflower, green pepper, and Trail mix; Planned to drive me to
Sprouts (Sunnyvale) to buy red grapes @ 99¢/lb
but I saved her a trip by finding them @ 79¢/lb
at nearby Milk Pail (2585 California Street)

Organic red grapes,
Organic green grapes—
79¢ per pound. Thursday, November 11, 2010, 3:17-10:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Building
Sent emails to Finnish Professor Hannele Niemi
on Finnish Math; Henry Maguire, on Byzantine Art source & "Virgin Metaphors" text; Lisa Ngygen, Hoover Archivist, wants to document Dad's legacy

Catching up on emails
after haikus and photos
of clouds over Stanford.

Friday, November 12, 2010, 12:16 am
Stanford University, Green Library
Composing web page on Cloud Photos 2010
Fell asleep at computer desk & missed 12:14 am
Midnight Express & caught 1:14 am Bus instead

Did these cloud photos
make me so sleepy that I
missed Midnight Express? Friday, November 12, 2010, 2:30-5:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Andrew D. Basiago, Bio, Mars Anomaly, "Time Travel & Teleportation", (Project Pegasus),
Photo: Andy Basiago at Gettysburg, 11-19-1863

Andy teleported
back to Gettysburg
before Lincoln's Address.

Friday, November 12, 2010, 11:00-11:05 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Franz Welser-Moest conducts
Richard Wagner, Die Valkuere: Ride of the Valkyries (1856), (Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2)

Valkyries bring the fallen
to the mountain top
and sing their battle cry. Friday, November 12, 2010, 1:25-1:30 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: John Williams,
Superman: Main Title (1978), (Video),
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2)

Cymbals clash, trumpets blare—
time for final battle—
Superman is here!

Friday, November 12, 2010, 7:30-9:05 pm
Stanford Theatre: John Farrow, "The Big Clock" (1948), starring Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan, Rita Johnson, George Macready, Elsa Lanchester, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)

Stroud looks for killer
none other than his boss
who tries to pin it on him. Friday, November 12, 2010, 9:15-10:18 pm
Stanford Theatre: Irving Reis directs
"The Falcon Takes Over" (1942) starring
George Sanders, Lynn Bari, James Gleason,
Allen Jenkins, Ward Bond, (IMDB, The Falcon)

Falcon tracks killer
in Raymond Chandler's novel
Farewell My Lovely.

Saturday, November 13, 2010, 11:30-11:35 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Albrecht Mayer
plays Johann Sebastian Bach,
Cantata #208: "Sheep May Safely Graze" (1713),
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3,)

Giotto's sheep drawing
impressed Cimabue to take
him as his student. Saturday, November 13, 2010, 12:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
After getting off Bus #40 saw "Hare Cloud"
above CTIS Building and over Parking Lot 4B
Photo: Closeup of "Jack Rabbit" Cloud

Giant Jack Rabbit Cloud
greets me as I walk to
Krause Center Lab.

Saturday, November 13, 2010, 12:28-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Listening to Bach's "Sheep May Safely Graze"
and found beautiful image of Sheep Grazing,
also Lamb Gazing, Lamb & Mom, Lone Sheep

Watching sheep grazing
makes the mind peaceful
since sheep reminds us of sleep. Saturday, November 13, 2010, 12:28-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Rudy is here working on Photoshop assignment;
We chat about prayers. Rudy tells me about ETs
cloning humans that sounds like Zecharia Sitchin

Rudy never heard of Sitchin
but his idea sounds like
the Twelfth planet.

Sunday, November 14, 2010, 11:09-11:13 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Leon Fleisher plays
Ludwig van Beethoven, "Für Elise"
Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 (1808),
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3) Commentaries

Beethoven woke me up
today with Für Elise
that is filled with bliss. Sunday, November 14, 2010, 12:48-1:12 pm
Mountain View, Showers Drive: Riding Stanford Shopping Express Bus; Read Prof. Henry Maguire's 17-page paper he emailed me 11/13 on "Metaphors of the Virgin in Byzantine Literature and Art"

Verbal and visual Virgin
metaphors— bound by
rules in Byzantium.

Sunday, November 14, 2010, 1:48-7:50 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
"Doctor Jazz finds time for two challenging careers" (psychiatry & jazz), (Richard Scheinin, Mercury News, 11-14-2010, D1, D14), Denny Zeitlin

Merger state— he's no
longer the pianist but
one with the audience! Sunday, November 14, 2010, 8:00-9:47 pm
Stanford Flicks: Cubberley Auditorium
Adam McKay directs "The Other Guys" (2010),
with Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson, Trailer

Comedy crime drama—
two police detectives
chase the criminals.

Monday, November 15, 2010, 10:09-10:16 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Gordon Hunt plays
Domenico Zipoli, Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2),
Elevazione for Oboe, Cello and Strings (1715)

Inspiring music—
Zipoli's Ascension
lifts my mind to heaven. Monday, November 15, 2010, 2:20-3:05 pm
Palo Alto, 3920 Middlefield Road, Gentle Dental:
Periodontal care & Arestin by hygienist Joanie;
Metallic frog and butterfly on the wall of room

Need to get new electric
toothbrush or have deep
cleaning on next visit.

Monday, November 15, 2010, 3:30-9:45 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Stanford Buddhist Studies Email: Sogyal Rinpoche
on Mind & Meditation; Prof. Robert Brown lectures
on Buddha Narratives & Spiritual Masterpiece

Busy Buddhist week—
Four days' talks to calm
the mind and excite our eyes. Monday, November 15, 2010, 3:30-9:45 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Stanford Events: Patrick Hunt, Ekphrasis; Speak Memory; Henri Atlan, Sparks of Randomness, "Enlightenment to Enlightenment" (1993 book)

Did Atlan eat mushrooms
for his enlightenment?
Will find out Thursday.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 10:36-10:41 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Angèle Dubeau plays
Ennio Morricone, Buona Fortuna Jack (1973),
Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3),
"My Name Is Nobody" (Film Trailer)

Last Western film of
Henry Fonda with music
of "Buona Fortuna Jack". Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 2:30-2:50 pm
Mountain View, 1041 El Monte Avenue
CVS: Oral-B Vitality Electric Toothbrush,
3 Brush Heads, 2 Heinz Ketchups, 800 Vitamin E,
200 tabs Vitamin D, and 200 tablets Magnesium

Paid $40, saved $85
with coupons, raincheck,
and "Extra Bucks" card.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 6:00-7:00 pm
Stanford Bookstore: Patrick Hunt, "Myth and Art in Ekphrasis"— (Virgil, Aeneid, XII.391ff) inspired Venus & Aeneas (Pompeii, 10 BC), "Europa & Bull" (480 BC) inspired (Ovid, Metamorphosis, II.849-59) & Rembrandt's "Rape of Europa" (1632), Book

Wonderful talk on
Ekphrasis— literary
text inspiring visual art. Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 7:00-7:20 pm
Stanford Bookstore: Chatted with Patrick Hunt who introduced me to Cynthia Haven (writer, blogger), and Linda Bernard (Hoover Deputy Archivist); Afterwards went to Cummings Art Library (7:30-10:00 pm) to write today's haikus

After Patrick Hunt's talk
learned more from him and
those who came to listen.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 12:00 am
Stanford Green Library: Used Prof. Dupuy's proxy card for first time to check out book: Henri Atlan's "Enlightenment to Enlightenment" (Q175.A8613.1993)

Checked out Atlan's book
since I found Ramana
Maharshi in the index. Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 12:10-1:15 am
Stanford Oval (12:14 am Shuttle) to Cal-Train for Bus #22 (12:37 am) ride home to Mountain View.
Read Henri Atlan's "Enlightenment" book (p. 99)

Multiplying words leads
to error. Silence is best,
not exegesis but practice.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 3:36-3:57 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Franz Joseph Haydn,
Symphony #101 in G major "The Clock" (1787)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)

Haydn's "Clock Symphony"
ticks away time nonstop
minute by minute. Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 11:41-11:44 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: John Barry,
The Beyondness of Things (1998)
(Listen), CD, YouTube, Bio, Notes

Beyond things is Spirit—
invisible foundation
that supports this world.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 2:30-4:40 pm
Los Altos Libray: Printing Henri Atlan's "Sparks of Randomness, "Enlightenment to Enlightenment, Cover: Roland Cat's "La Promenade", Galerie Isy Brachot, Bruxelles-Paris (Bicycle & Magic Mushrooms)

From myth of sacred
mushrooms to bicycle
of the Wright Brothers. Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 5:11 pm
Los Altos to Palo Alto: Foothill Expressway
Friend drives me to Stanford after Library
Passing by two beautiful trees that
I love to dance with (Photos: 1, 2)

Tree of airy lightness—
May I dance with you
across the Milky Way.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 5:15-6:48 pm
Stanford University, Building 260, Room 113
Sogyal Rinpoche, "The Mind: A Tibetan Buddhist View", (Photos: 1, 2, 3)

Room was packed but lucky
to find seat in first row
Sogyal appears jolly. Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 5:15-6:48 pm
Stanford University, Building 260, Room 113
Sogyal Rinpoche, "The Mind: A Tibetan Buddhist View", (Photos: 4, 5, 6)

Mind turned outward is
samsara, turned inward
is nirvana— all up to you.

Thursday, November 18, 2010, 12:21-12:25 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Peter Breiner arranged & conducted Paul McCartney & John Lennon,
Penny Lane (1967), Lyrics, Essay, (Listen), CD,
(YouTube: Beatles, Paul McCartney, violin version)

Classical music
with violin strings playing
the Beatles' "Penny Lane". Thursday, November 18, 2010, 4:55 pm
Stanford University: Tresidder & Faculty Club
While walking to Henri Atlan's talk, "Sparks of Randomness", stopped to view & photograph
cirrus clouds and Moon in "tornado cloud"

Before Atlan's talk
on "Sparks of Randomness"
stopped to see clouds in sky.

Thursday, November 18, 2010, 5:00-7:20 pm
Stanford Humanities Center: Henri Atlan, "Sparks of Randomness"; (Introduction by Jean-Pierre Dupuy)
Chat with Atlan: "Enlightenment to Enlightenment"

Sparks of randomness
is semen— chance meeting of
sperm and egg to make life. Thursday, November 18, 2010, 7:30-9:00 pm
Stanford University, Annenberg Auditorium
Sogyal Rinpoche, "What Meditation Really Is"
(Photos: Buddha on Screen, Sogyal Rinpoche)

Meditation is
mind free from distractions,
spaciousness abiding.

Friday, November 19, 2010, 1:15-4:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Gordon James Gianninoto, Biography,
"Planet X & Pole Shift", (Web site)

Planet X or Nibiru
will cause pole shift
when it comes close to Earth. Friday, November 19, 2010, 5:15-6:25 pm
Stanford University, Encina Hall West 208
Prof. Robert Brown, "The Rise & Fall of Visual Buddha Narratives in India"

Lack of Buddha images
due to shortage of stones
rather than shifts in doctrine.

Friday, November 19, 2010, 7:30-9:25 pm
Stanford Theatre: Michaell Curtiz directs
"Mildred Pierce" (1945) starring Joan Crawford,
Ann Blyth, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott,
Eve Arden, (YouTube: 1, 2), Film Review

Waitress climbs ladder
of success to please her
ruthless amoral daughter. Friday, November 19, 2010, 9:35-11:06 pm
Stanford Theatre: Otto Preminger directs
"Angel Face" (1952) starring Robert Mitchum,
Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman, Herbert Marshall,
Leon Ames, (YouTube: 1, 2), Film Reviews: 1, 2

Tough guy Robert Mitchum
bewitched by angelic
Jean Simmons' evil spell.

Saturday, November 20, 2010, 9:28-9:36 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Andre Rieu plays
Johann Strauss, Jr. (Listen) CD, YouTube
On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314 (1867)

Waking up to Blue Danube
waltz makes my mind leap
higher to the sky. Saturday, November 20, 2010, 12:39 pm
Stanford University: Pigott Hall to History Corner
Going to Robert Brown's talk and photographed
"Arched Stanford Walkway" & Arch of Clouds

These arched columns have
moment of silence without
students on this walkway.

Saturday, November 20, 2010, 12:41-12:50 pm
Stanford University: Pigott Hall to History Corner
Before Robert Brown's lecture, photographed
Tower & Clouds, Palm Trees & Clouds,
Palm Trees Arcade, Vampires Lecture Poster

Heavy rain has stopped
and these palm trees
are not tossing their fronds. Saturday, November 20, 2010, 1:00-3:05 pm
Stanford University: Annenberg Auditorium
Prof. Robert Brown, "Gupta Period Buddha Image of India"— Why did Buddha images become more feminized? My answer— "Feminine leads us above"

Artists portrayed Buddha
as feminine since their
mind were serene and calm.

Sunday, November 21, 2010, 12:00-4:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, Ian Punnett interviews Philip Carr-Gomm, Biography,
Web Site, "Druids & English Magic", Books:
"Book of English Magic", "Druid Mysteries"

Magic in England—
John Dee, Elias Ashmole
consulted by royalties. Sunday, November 21, 2010, 11:53-11:59 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Jean-Francois Paillard conducts
Johann Pachelbel, Canon in D major (1680)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3), 1980 Film:
Redford's "Ordinary People" (Music, Movie)

Pachelbel's Canon—
great music for line dancing
straight up to heaven.

Sunday, November 21, 2010, 10:50-10:56 am
Palo Alto & Mountain View: Friend takes me
shopping at Walgreens (4170 El Camino),
Milk Pail (2585 California Street) and
Safeway (2580 California Street)

Mixed nuts, almonds,
red leaf lettuce, creamer,
ice cream, corn, peas, green beans. Sunday, November 21, 2010, 2:45-9:45 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Email from Henri Atlan on meeting in Paris or Israel; Videos on Snuggling Cats, Vegetarian Tiger;
Rudy's Photoshop: ET Snakes & Phobia of Bulls

Stanford Flicks
is not showing Inception
tonight but next Sunday.

Monday, November 22, 2010, 10:50-10:56 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Mikhail Pletnev
plays Edvard Grieg, Op. 65, #6
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (1897),
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)

"Wedding Day at Troldhaugen"
wakes me up romping
with the trolls & elves. Monday, November 22, 2010, 3:45-8:50 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Writing 12 haikus for November 19-22, 2010;
Web page on Stanford Clouds (11-14-2010);
Queen Christina, Garbo, Mercedes De Acosta

Queen Christina, Garbo,
Mercedes De Acosta—
strong androgynous women.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 11:23-11:35 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Gustavo Dudamel
conducts Ludwig van Beethoven,
Symphony #7 in A major, Op. 92 (1812),
(Listen) CD, YouTube, Notes

Dudamel is so full
of energy that Beethoven
would be pleased with joy. Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 2:30-3:45 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me to bank
& shopping at Walgreens (121 El Camino)
and 99 Ranch Market (1350 Grant Road)

Mandarin oranges,
deluxe mixed nuts, bean curd,
Napa cabbage, broad beans,
vegetable and custard buns.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010, 12:31-12:36 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludovico Einaudi
"Two Sunsets" (Due Tramonti) (2003)
CD, (Listen), YouTube

Sun sets each day at night
but the inner Sun glows
when our mind is still. Wednesday, November 24, 2010, 1:20-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Web page on Stanford Clouds (11-14-2010);
Email thanksgiving greetings to friends

Clouds in sky inspire
Great Spirit Mind that's
infinite and eternal.

Thursday, November 25, 2010, 12:00-2:00 am
Mountain View: Home cooking pan-fried noodles
with vegetables for Sally's Thanksgiving Potluck

Green onions, garlic clove,
peas, broccoli, cauliflower,
bean curd, cabbage, radishes,
tomato, vegetable chop suey. Thursday, November 25, 2010, 12:01-12:09 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Maxim Vengerov plays
Jules Massenet, Thaïs: Meditation (1894)
Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

I'm so thankful for
Massenet's Meditation
making me mindful.

Friday, November 26, 2010, 1:07-1:14 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Christoph Willibald Gluck,
Orfeo: Dance of the Blessed Spirits (1762)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

On day after Thanksgiving
I feel blessed listening to
"Dance of the Blessed Spirits".
Friday, November 26, 2010, 5:11-5:17 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers (1892)
(Listen) (CD) (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)

Are flowers waltzing
or giddy when bees kiss
them gathering honey?

Friday, November 26, 2010, 2:30-4:30 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me to Los Altos
Library (returned Garbo books), Post Office,
Safeway (2580 California St.) & Target

Returned library books,
mailed letter, bought twelve
eggs and spinach salad.
Friday, November 26, 2010, 2:00-4:40 pm
Mountain View: Latham Street & Ortega Ave,
El Camino & Rengstroff, Showers Drive— Photographed beautiful clouds in the sky

Swirling clouds with cat
in center, sunset clouds
with stairway to heaven.

Friday, November 26, 2010, 7:30-9:00 pm
Stanford Theatre: Fritz Lang directs
"You Only Live Once" (1937) with Henry Fonda,
Sylvia Sidney, Barton MacLane, Jean Dixon,
William Gargan, YouTube, Film Review

Ex-con tries to lead
good life with new wife but
fate deals them a bad hand. Friday, November 26, 2010, 9:10-10:26 pm
Stanford Theatre: Raoul Walsh directs
"The Man I Love" (1947) starring Ida Lupino,
Robert Alda, Andrea King, Martha Vickers,
Bruce Bennett, YouTube, (Reviews: 1, 2), Lyrics

The man she loves lives
in past memories still
obsessed with his ex-wife.

Saturday, November 27, 2010, 10:07-10:10 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Pierre Laniau plays
Narciso Yepes, Romance for Guitar,
"Jeux interdits", Forbidden Games (1952),
Video (Listen), CD, YouTube

"Romance for Guitar" from
Clément's Forbidden Games
tugs the heart deeply. Saturday, November 27, 2010, 11:30 am-5:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Professor George Brown forwarded message
to Sarum Group on defense of humanities—
Gregory Petsko's letter "A Faustian Bargain"

Petsko's letter to
SUNY Albany President
on axing humanities program.

Sunday, November 28, 2010, 12:45-4:45 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, Ian Punnett interviews Chris Guillebeau, "Non-Conformity",
Web Site, Beyond Growth, "Art of Non-Conformity"

Don't conform! Be fearless!—
Do things you truly love
and fulfill your dreams. Sunday, November 28, 2010, 11:24-11:31 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Gordon Hunt plays
Domenico Zipoli, Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2),
Elevazione for Oboe, Cello and Strings (1715)

Ascent to heaven—
just close your eyes & listen
to this loftly music.

Sunday, November 28, 2010, 5:00-7:45 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Web page: "Thanksgiving (11-25-2010)",
at Sally's Backyard, La Loma, Los Altos Hills
with links to five trees & Bird of Paradise plant;
Also how "Letter to Garcia" changed my life.

Sweetgum, Walnut, Oak,
Bay Laurel, Ginkgo Trees,
Sweetgum leaves & spike balls. Sunday, November 28, 2010, 8:00-10:30 pm
Stanford Flicks: Christopher Nolan directs
Inception: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Cillian Murphy, Michael Caine, (YouTube: 1, 2), Chart, Guide, Review, Interview

Stealing info in
dream states and planting
ideas for you to act out.

Monday, November 29, 2010, 2:07-2:17 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven
"Piano Sonata #14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 #2 'Moonlight'" (1801), (Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2)

Beethoven's Piano
Sonata #14 is a
sonnet to the Moon. Monday, November 29, 2010, 2:48-10:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Wrote Sunday haikus with links to Inception film;
Read Guillebeau's "Running a Very Small Business"

Consider why people
should care about the
products you're offering.

Monday, November 29, 2010, 2:48-10:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Wrote haikus for Denise's A Place of Good
and six of her hand-made dolls for children

This is a place of good
where we're back to childhood
and dream of knighthood. Monday, November 29, 2010, 2:48-10:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
SUNY Albany cancelling Humanities Program
NY Times, Huffington Post, CBS 10-1, NPR 11-16

Without humanities
program, SUNY-Albany
has lost its soul.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 10:07-10:14 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Mischa Maisky (cello) &
Pavel Gililov (piano) play Franz Schubert (1825),
Ellens Gesang III, D839, Ave Maria, Op. 52 #6
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, Pavarotti, violin)

Schubert's Ave Maria
soars high as Dante's
ascent to Paradise. Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 2:00-10:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Reading eyewitness account of 1932 World Series:
"John Paul Stevens was there and says Babe Ruth called his shot" (Yahoo Sports, 11-29-2010); Called Shot

Supreme Court Justice Stevens
saw Babe Ruth calling
the shot of his home run.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 2:00-10:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Web page: Mountain View Clouds (11-26-2010)
Cloud photos taken on day after Thanksgiving

Am I in Shakespeare's
Midsummer Night's Dream—
eyes glancing from earth to heaven? Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 2:00-10:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Haikus for A Place of Good: "Lo.Chi sails from
Fuji to Capri— Cherokee Chief with golden key"

Tea.La is stellar
dweller, telling you're
a unique cosmic feller.