i'll finish this - i have to - but jeeezuss i'm so tired of it.
Other titles: Exhaustion, The Symbol of Repression and Confinement, Adversity, Weariness, Confining, Entangled, Hardship, Depression, Tiresome Restriction, Dried Up
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Thursday, March 6, 2025
silly interlude re the challenge Life presents the Artist
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'Heaven and earth do not interact: Blocked.
A noble one uses his strengths sparingly to avoid hardship.
He does not allow himself honours and payment.'
"You can have a soaring imaginative concept of the creative possibilities here; you can have the will to be true to that concept and carry it through. You're not doing anything wrong; the problem is that these creative possibilities are just not available when things are Blocked. Small concerns dominate. The adaptive response is not to strive constantly to rise to a higher level, but to focus your attention on the small details – the immediate, uninspiring reality."
mountain meadow: Sess and Claire
WITH SESS AND CLAIRE
They near where the meadow meets the woods.
CLAIRE: So.
SESS: So.
CLAIRE: Any guess on the cowboy's relation to Hunter other than surprise visitor?
SESS: A wild one.
CLAIRE: Bet it's the same as mine.
SESS: Bet you're right.
CLAIRE: And makes you wonder, if that's the case, why he wouldn't be introduced as such?
SESS (beat): Yes.
CLAIRE: Do you think Jack knows?
SESS: I do. I'll ask.
CLAIRE: I'm going to ask if she thinks Hunter will be okay with being in a selfie to send to my dad.
SESS: Well she'll be the one calling for the group photo somewhere along the way.
They arrive at the woods, turn their horses to face Jackie and Chloe nearing, Tom and Hunter the same behind them. Jackie and Chloe arrive.
SESS: How we doin?
JACKIE/CHLOE: Great.
JACKIE/CHLOE: Jinx.
JACKIE: A color on three.
CHLOE: On three.
JACKIE: Sess?
SESS: One two three.
JACKIE/CHLOE: Green.
CLAIRE: Oh boy.
CHLOE: A letter.
SESS: A B C.
CHLOE/JACKIE: Q/R.
CLAIRE: S T.
SESS: U V.
Tom and Hunter arrive.
HUNTER: I smell alphabet soup.
CHLOE: Jackie and I are in jinx mode.
JACKIE: One more.
CHLOE: Have to.
JACKIE: Your call.
Chloe considers. The HAWK CALL aims all eyes to the red-tail flying over them then out of view.
CHLOE: A bird that is not a hawk.
SESS: On tweet.
CHLOE/JACKIE: On tweet.
They wink at each other. Tom and Hunter exchange a glance.
SESS: Claire.
CLAIRE: Buhgawk, chirp, tweet.
CHLOE/JACKIE: Eagle/dove.
CLAIRE: Hmm.
TOM: Rose.
Hunter looks at Tom.
HUNTER: Fisted glove.
CLAIRE: And if you can't be with the one you love, honey.
SESS/JACKIE/TOM/HUNTER: Love the one you're with.
All smile. Hunter extends the fist-bump that Tom reciprocates.
CHLOE: That was cool.
Jackie and Sess look at each other.
JACKIE/SESS: Way cool.
CLAIRE: Maybe charades with lunch?
SESS: I'm down.
JACKIE: And speaking of lunch, the uphill to get to it offers a view of the mountain that I think will be a wonderful backdrop for a group photo.
Sess winks at Claire, who smiles.
SESS: Great idea, Jack. Lead the way?
Jackie sets her horse in motion into the woods, the rest follow, leave view. FAINT WOODPECKER KNOCKING.
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