{"id":161,"date":"2004-07-19T12:11:52","date_gmt":"2004-07-19T17:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=161"},"modified":"2004-07-23T16:21:02","modified_gmt":"2004-07-23T21:21:02","slug":"mask-and-trance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=161","title":{"rendered":"Mask and Trance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m moving all my reality-binding, consumer-clone objects, of which I have no real need but to which I cling as though my entire existence were based on my owning them, to a new residence for which I pay too much based entirely on the somehow expensive privelege of living in the crowded conditions near a polluted lake and trendy, overpriced coffee houses and clothiers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shorelinerealestate.com\/propertypics\/1504NProspect580_350.jpg\">It is a nice apartment, though<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the meanwhile, I may not write much. I suggest you read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/0878301178\/104-9289671-7533557?v=glance\">Impro<\/a>* and I suggest you borrow it from the library. Not that Mr. Johnstone (if he still lives) does not deserve your money, but I&#8217;m in a mood which eschews ownership of material goods as evil. Sinners.<\/p>\n<p>* Although this is a book about teaching acting students, the subject becomes more a discussion of how the mind can more easily be set free in general and how as people we are often instructed to ignore our instincts. Quite the eye-opening read and easily devoured by any of you voracious readers out there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m moving all my reality-binding, consumer-clone objects, of which I have no real need but to which I cling as though my entire existence were based on my owning them, to a new residence for which I pay too much based entirely on the somehow expensive privelege of living in the crowded conditions near a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73iP8-2B","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2760,"url":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=2760","url_meta":{"origin":161,"position":0},"title":"Your Daily Digest: Alchemy","date":"11\/23\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Our production meeting last night for Bachelorette filled me with hope again for theatre. 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