So What

Miles Davis Quintet: So What

I discovered that my obsession
for having each thing in the right place, each subject at the right time, each word in the right style, was not the well-deserved reward of an ordered mind but just the opposite: a complete system of pretense invented by me to hide the disorder of my nature.
I discovered that I am not
disciplined out of virtue but
as a reaction to my negligence,
that I appear generous in order to conceal my meanness, that I pass myself off as prudent because I am evil-minded, that I am conciliatory in order not to succumb to my repressed rage, that I am punctual only to hide how little I care about other people’s time. I learned,
in short, that love is not a condition of the spirit but a sign of the zodiac.
--Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Memories of My Melancholy Whores

BUDDHA TEMPLE FROM THE TIPOFF
A PAIR FROM GRAPEVINE CANYON
COLORADO RIVER ABOVE HANCE RAPID