there is a field of beautiful blue flowers and sometimes when wind blows the people who live nearby are reminded of home there is a place where stones are as smooth as the back of your hand and in this place the world is very quiet there is a waterfall where people go to jump…
Author: bjwany
I am a writer and a martial artist.
What interests me is searching within.
under water
under water bubbles sound like rainbows and time stands still fluidly supporting you sinking down and still down further little creatures live who haven’t seen the light of day yet their life is very interesting like the surface of an iridescent bubble their nature shifts and becomes many things lights come from other places and…
simple things
the smell of clean laundry is a beautiful smell it’s not so mundane as to be uninteresting and warm water can be very soothing when you may be tired or feeling scattered the coolness of early evening has a refreshing quality it can remind you to let go a bit more a stuffed animal can…
message from the stars
One night a star felt to earth in a distant lake. It arched down over the land with a fiery tail and all at once it was gone. For a while there wasn’t sound until gradually the world exhaled. This star was an omen. When people say that they usual expect bad things, but this…
The Real World – Theater Edition: Interview with David Molina
Barbara Jwanouskos interviews David Molina, composer and sound designer. I met David Molina a number of years ago when I’d first moved back to the Bay and had stumbled into doing sound tech after teaching myself how to dj. Yvette Jackson connected me when the production that David was working on needed a substitute tech…
how the forest breathed
Felt good to be back in the forest, watching the trees breathe. Watching wind make the edges of leaves flutter. Watching the sky. Clouds passing overhead. Fuzzy and thin. Thick and looking like you could reach out and touch your hand. Run it against smoothness. Like a wave of your hand would make rain form…
lavender
lavender waves in the breeze tall stems with tiny purple flowers bending back and forth scent drifts over fields and hills and off roads down by the beach in the front yards of homes lined together where dogs walking jump in it to find their favorite toy lavender scented pillow brings sweet dreams full of…
Feather
The man was tired of the village. He found the company of others disappointing. The village itself was noisy and filled with awful smells. He had been there for 18 days. He felt that it was now wearing on him. He looked out to the hundreds of trees sprinkled over rolling hills. Dense and thickly…
quiet thunder by the water
The crack of thunder. Low rumbling. Purple grey skies, and it was raining. Not the kind that hurt or splashed into your eyes, but a steady thin stream from everywhere as if to be cleansed. The girl walking through the forest cast her face to the sky. Listening to the quiet thunder. Distant rumbling. The…
tiger
tiger lying by a pool of clear water in the sun swishing his tail with this expression on his face like he’s bored but maybe he’s just cozy tiger closes his eyes and yawns sharp teeth huge claws retract tiger opens his eyes squinting brow furrowing he sees something shifts onto his shoulder and grabs…
The Dynamics of Groove 