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To: Poet who wrote (25052)	3/29/2003 10:09:32 PM
From: elpolvo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104155

poet- (you wrote): I've just finished watching your movie.... It absolutely blows my mind that this kind of thing: sharing a movie, complete with soundtrack, can now be done on the internet. ...I was so touched by the camaraderie, even more by the obviously long stretches of silence and introspection that each of you experienced. I could almost feel you all getting right down to that quiet place where our lives too often prohibit us from visiting, the place where we meet the self we always were. I couldn't help but think, while watching the boiling pot on your gimbeled stove, of that place in each of us that is constant, of deepest humanity. That's where you go when you're on the water, I'm willing to wager. that's often the case when i get out on the water but mostly when i'm sailing alone. with others on board there's not as much introspective time - except when you're on the helm and the others are asleep, but then i was so tired that it took most of my energy just to stay awake and stay on course. the morning of march 18 when i saw the sun and the full moon on opposite horizons was the only time i got in touch with the inner self on this trip. (i wrote about that earlier in the letter to my dodder). one point of note that struck me in port was that there was no time at all to worry about the state of the union. all thinking time was taken up in operations of the journey, cooking, making coffee, trying to get some sleep while bouncing off the walls, trimming sails, checking positions and ETAs, watching weather, looking for traffic, etc. it made me think about people who must spend all their waking hours involved in survival for the day - and how little time they have to spend on thoughts of a political or philosophical nature. i don't know who is more blessed... them or us. for me it was a nice respite from politics. BTW the two friends i sailed with are very close friends who are as laid back as i am about most things. we all hold each other in high regard and are able to get snippy with each other without taking anything personally. it can be very uncomfortable to be in close quarters for long periods of time with people of differing or annoying personalities. you can pick yer frens and you can pick yer nose but if you're going on a long sail, pick some frens who's noses you can pick. -polver