09.03
Camp Caravan, Royalston, Massachusetts.
The day is presently open…
New breakfast-serving arrangements worked well, smoothly & sufficiently. An electric performance was presented, in what seems to be a continuing series.
Comments were invited on the experience of those sitting within the Circle/s yesterday evening. This widened to include the experiences & observations of those sitting within the Circles.
Performance: a wonderfully witty unaccompanied song of cosmology, perception & delight with self-accompaniment on guitar, drawing spontaneous applause.
At the table, Victor introduced a variegated variation:
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which is easier to grasp as a pattern than as an explanation.
14.19 A morning of personal meetings.
Elan visited to discuss various arisings of mutual interest & stayed for lunch. As a guest of the de facto top table, he answered questions on music & the life of the musician. A considerable opportunity to hear the considered views of a player with exceptional talent & long experience.
17.34 An afternoon of personal meetings.
22.27 Good comments at dinner, with silence visiting, but an irresistible tendency to witter irrelevancies, having no bearing on the course. Wittering is one of the characteristics of our time here.
Two personal meetings following dinner.
Presented in the conservatory: a morning exercise for those who have an established sitting practice.
"If in doubt, consult tradition.
If still in doubt, consult your experience.
If still in doubt, consult your body."
