{"id":400,"date":"2005-09-23T23:32:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-23T23:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mercurystate.wordpress.com\/2005\/09\/23\/retreating-from-the-brim\/"},"modified":"2008-09-09T22:59:09","modified_gmt":"2008-09-10T02:59:09","slug":"retreating-from-the-brim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/retreating-from-the-brim\/","title":{"rendered":"retreating from the brim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/public.fotki.com\/solbeam\/photogalleries\/guatemala06\/');\"  href=\"http:\/\/public.fotki.com\/solbeam\/photogalleries\/guatemala06\/\" target=\"new\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images14.fotki.com\/v223\/photos\/1\/10428\/2532160\/IMG_2526-vi.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t write.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it happens. The material is there. And the thoughts are spun. But I just can\u2019t bring myself to sit at the loom. Or as Buddha might have methaphor-ed it, \u201cmy cup is full\u201d; and with no space left to fill up, I haven\u2019t anything to pour out. So I\u2019m off (to the <em>fronteras<\/em> of my insides) to sit in my space, silence, and stillness, where there I hope to slowly drain the flood of turbulent emotions and experiences that currently reside inside. 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