About
February 13, 2025
To muse is to...
etymology: [AFr. muser (12th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), to waste time, trifle. In OFr. to muse, meditate = Pr. musar. Ital. musare... to stare about, idle, loiter. Middle English via OFr. muse or Latin musa from Greek mousa]
VERB —
- a. With dependent question: "c1407- Musyng, what hyt myghte be That she so straungely spake to me.'
- b. In proverbial phr: "c1700- He measures my Corn by his own Bushel, he muses as he uses..."
- c. To say or murmur meditatively: "1843 Dickens: 'Seven years dead,' mused Scrooge"
1. The action of musing; profound meditation or abstraction.
2. An instance of this, a fit of abstraction; now only in sing. (to be) in one's muses: in a state of abstraction.
3. To be at a muse: to be perplexed or uncertain; to 'wonder' (whether, how, what, etc.).
NOUN — Mythol. (Now usually with capital.) One of nine sister-goddesses, the offspring of Zeus and Mnemosyne (Memory), regarded as the inspirers of learning and the arts, esp. of poetry and music.
I enjoy making things and am not that particular about the medium. Wood has been a long-standing friend with many other earth elements taking part in various constructions over the years.
In 1990 I moved to the monastery in New Zealand and, ironically enough, also plugged in to computers. Using digits as building blocks has become a regular pastime with graphics, words and code forming the matrix. My interest in writing, at the time of conceiving the site (mid 2024), has no current, clear direction. As a Buddhist monk it seems obvious that Buddhism and my monastic life will be a major influence but quite what evolves as regards a visible expression of that is what this site is about. In general I would imagine 'human experience' will be a wide enough topic-umbrella.
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The concept of organizing stuff is a good one but I make no apologies if it seems to be absent.
The triangle logo has been with me for several decades.
It is common practice for monks to identify personal items with a mark; this can be as simple as three dots. For some reason I decided, just after my ordination, to use these lines - a triangle [twice]. As an aside, I later realized it can be sewn in a single line!
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Name-wise I am most commonly known as 'Ajahn Kusalo.' Can you see the 'A' with a resting/reclining 'K' underneath it. And there is a prism with white light refracting. And... there was this album by Pink Floyd. And... depth and cosmic cool can be found in many places/spaces - perhaps even here?
Lets see what space we wander into...