Bob
waa depressed
he felt like he was
living in a dungeon
no view out of a window....
no birds or squirrels to look at.....
nothing natural to gaze upon
Stuck inside his own cubicle at work
in his spare time he read alot. there were so many , many books to read . . . .he concentrated on spirituality . .especially about Taoism . .a philosophy that arose in early China . . but was not written down until 500BC . . .it was written down by a man named Lao Tzu ,a government clerk , , who decideed to leave the country because he was fed up with the Chinese government, ,at the border crossing , the guard would not let him pass until he had written down his thoughts . . . Lao Tzu sat down in the shade of a tree and wrote down 81 verses which became the "Tao te Ching"..translated , it is called "theTao and its power", one of the first wisdom books ever written ...bob loved the Taoist philosophy which is to follow nature . .to live simply . . and do no harm . protect the earth , . .he was a Taoist for sure,,,
thank you Tao Tao
plus , he read books on Zen...
and books on Buddhism
then he took tai chi lessons....
got rid of some bad habits...
started shaping up ..
it was either give up the bad habits or die
outlining or mapping
.. so instead of writing sentences on blue lined paper that trying to capture reality in a linear fashion .....he bought a journal with blank pages . to sketch outlines about reality . . instead of here today gone tommorow sentences.. he captured realities essense in words and connecting lines.. in maps or outlines .. . .
.. but Bob now was aware of problems on a global/planetary scale and here is a map or outline of problems that are
in the
a picture can be worth a thousand words and a map/outline can be worth a thousand pictures .. .
alot of creative writers start with an outline .. and they write a book from the outline .. Bob just did the outline and left it at that .. and the outline was not about creative fiction , but it was about reality.. nonfiction and the
now----------
Bob showed the map to a woman in a restautrant that he knew from the grocery store. .She was impressed.. .She was particularly interested in the problems at Fukushima. She was unaware of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant disaster in Japan. They talked at length about the triple core meltdowns ..and a phrase she'd heard of before, but didnt quite understand.. . . the China Syndrome .. It sounded so serious .. . what to do about the crisis.. .when she left, she gave gnat a little green seed the size of a pea. . .She said the little seed is called "GRIN" . It is safe to eat and is totally natural. Its best to eat it when are very happy and just at bed time .. .gnat thanked her and put the seed safely away in his crowded little pill box..
his folks got old and needed him so
..........he moved into their
CASTLE which they called their home