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Stewart Whisenant's avatar

The Zen master once called obsessive thinking "the sickness of the mind," just as you describe it, "this thinking sickness," but the paradox is when the thinking process produces beautiful writing like July, 1974, it tends to heal itself, sort of like formal meditation practice often does, and just as my own gone-fly-fishing days do too, especially in my "open summer mind", out there alone on the wild, scenic river. Thanks for that gift of summer on this cold, winter morning, Walter. Tight Lines!

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Dave Hardin's avatar

Fishing and thinking go hand in hand. Beautifully thoughtful and reads like poetry. Thanks.

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