Greetings fellow travelers upon our fine Urth! Today I have concocted a little something different. The first exercise is something that just popped into my brain after a few months of strenuous work on deconstructing my brain patterns. The second one is inspired by Dr. Claude Needham and his beautiful book, The Just Because Club. [...] Read more »

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A question arose from deep down among the iridescent deep-sea dwellers along the bottom volcanic layer of my unconscious. The question goes like this: “What qualities must I incorporate into my essence to make myself a true teacher?” This led me to ask, “What qualities have my various teachers shared in common with each other [...] Read more »

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Garrett Daun on March 23rd, 2009

Greetings my fellow creatures floating in space. How does your day flow thus far? Hmmm, it feels good to sculpt again in this space. I decided not to let the opportunity to write on a 23 day pass me by. Today, I will let myself do the talking, instead of the writing. Last Monday through [...] Read more »

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Garrett Daun on December 18th, 2008

Good Evening Readers! If you have been following this blog, you have noticed a lot of discussion around the Just Because Club experiments. Well, tonight I have a special treat for you, and it was a special treat for me too. Secret Agent 333 went to great pains to track down the creator of the [...] Read more »

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Garrett Daun on December 4th, 2008

Today, I could not resist digging back into my handy-dandy brain-expansion kit, the Just Because Club: From this text, I have plucked many experiments. Today, the one I plucked suggested that I take a walk downtown, and whenever I approach an intersection, to roll a 6-sided-die. (you know, the square ones?) 1 or 6= go [...] Read more »

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Garrett Daun on October 23rd, 2008

It has gotten a little harder to tell the difference between what happens right NOW in the ever-present moment, and what has already occured. Once some kind of sensory data hits the brain and registers as sight, sound, touch, taste, or smell, the event that caused it has already passed on. So, every perception a [...] Read more »

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Garrett Daun on October 22nd, 2008

Choosing sides in fake-ass battles does not excite me. Watching people who vomit media feeds all over each other, however, does excite me. The near-total faith in elections, electoral politics, and media “coverage,” astonishes me every single day. Today at the local health food store here in Carlsbad, most folks at the checkout engaged each [...] Read more »

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Garrett Daun on October 17th, 2008

Ok, tonight, no matter what time I finish my work for the evening, I will be doing a Just Because Club experiment. What will it be? I will sit in the bathtub for one full hour, with no water in it. I have typed in the full text of the experiment below. Just Because Club [...] Read more »

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