{"id":57,"date":"2017-03-01T20:16:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T20:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iceboxstudio.com\/bowl\/?p=57"},"modified":"2023-07-27T14:55:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T14:55:59","slug":"an-exercise-in-sensing-and-witnessing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iceboxstudio.com\/bowl\/an-exercise-in-sensing-and-witnessing\/","title":{"rendered":"An exercise in sensing and witnessing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">When one presses pause for a bit and takes a break from professional productivity, it can be hard to remember the reasons behind such a choice. Already, after less than a week of it, I sense myself resisting inactivity and being frustrated with not <em>doing<\/em>. Much as I espouse embracing what is around me and <em>being<\/em> present to it, I get agitated<em>.<\/em> Chalk it up to an immigrant work ethic (me?), my Scottish-English Canadianness, or that Type B+ personality (I never tested as an A, interestingly). Whatever the case, I am having a tough time being easy in sabbaticaland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">In a morning effort to receive what is present, therefore, I\u2019m gonna note a few of the close and quiet details I am sensing around me. They follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">(Yes, I know: writing a blog post about such things is more <em>doing<\/em> than <em>being, <\/em>but fuck it. I need to start practicing this behaviour somewhere, and the WordPress training wheels help.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">my toes are dry and warm; dry<em>ish<\/em><br>a moth is walking along the window<br>the fireplace goes <em>ting ting<\/em><br>a jet seems to be passing overhead<br>my tongue is feeling metallic after peanut butter and miso on Ryvita<br>my fingertips and occipital area feel tingly, caffeinated<br>carbon dioxide is slowly zzzing out of the fermenting carrot stick jars<br>two chair pillows compress my kidneys and lumbar area<br>the refrigerator compressor is relaxing and ticking after running for a while<br>I have a little headache<br>heat from the woodstove makes my view of the trees wavy<br>my right calf, against the vinyl ottoman, feels cool<br>my left shin, not touching a surface, feels cool<br>the top of my head itches<br>there is only one small flame on the top of the log in the woodstove<br>now there is another small flame, darker orange, underneath<br>sometimes the top flame goes away<br>another airplane sound<br>something thudded outside<br>the fridge breathes<br>another thud<br>the fridge breathes<br>another thud<br>now there is another small flame, darker orange, underneath<br>sometimes the top flame goes away<br>another airplane sound<br>something thudded outside<br>the fridge breathes<br>another thud<br>the fridge breathes<br>another thud<br>carbon dioxide is slowly zzzing out of the fermenting carrot stick jars<br>two chair pillows compress my kidneys and lumbar area<br>the refrigerator compressor is relaxing and ticking after running for a while<br>I have a little headache<br>heat from the woodstove makes my view of the trees wavy<br>my right calf, against the vinyl ottoman, feels cool<br>my left shin, not touching a surface, feels cool<br>the top of my head itches<br>there is only one small flame on the top of the log in the woodstove<br>now there is another small flame, darker orange, underneath<br>sometimes the top flame goes away<br>another airplane sound<br>something thudded outside<br>the fridge breathes<br>another thud<br>the fridge breathes<br>another thud<br>now there is another small flame, darker orange, underneath<br>sometimes the top flame goes away<br>another airplane sound<br>something thudded outside<br>the fridge breathes<br>another thud<br>the fridge breathes<br>another thud<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">Okay, now I\u2019m going to practice for a bit without typing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When one presses pause for a bit and takes a break from professional productivity, it can be hard to remember the reasons behind such a choice. 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