More Questions to and Answers from
The Writer in the Window

Village Voice, NYC 1985
How does a desert laugh?
Dryly, with cactus flowers and the curling smile of arroyos.

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Living Batch Bookstore, Albuquerque NM
What is the universe, and more -- what is the purpose of it all?
The universe is a poem with one theme: experience.  (Uni = one;  verse = poem).

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Hudson Street Papers, NYC
Whatever happened to courage, integrity, and individuality without commercial intent? 
Who can afford it?

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Galisteo News, Santa Fe NM
How can we be more loving to one another?
Forgive everything.

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Boulder Books, Boulder Colorado
Which is better and why: socialism or capitalism?
A whole, conscious, compassionate human can make either system work.
A narrow-minded, limited human makes both systems dangerous.

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Boulder Books, Boulder Co. 1992

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  Boulder Books, Boulder Colorado
An ancient sage once said:   "Breathe with your heels."  What did he mean?
You are spirit living on earth; tend to both.

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SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe NM
What is the source of misery?  What is the source of Joy?
You.
But, until that is clear
you
are at the mercy of
faulty teachings
that make any and every thing
the source of your misery,
and dubious gratification
the source of  your joy.

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Village Voice, NYC
How many roaches are there in New York, and where did they come from?
There are 66 million roaches of the crawling kind, and six million of the smoking kind.  They both originated in tropical countries.

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Galisteo News, Santa Fe NM
Why do we have a drug problem?
Because we have
a life problem
a love problem
an alignment problem
a value problem
a power problem
a sex problem
a frustration problem
a life-as-a-pile-of-shit problem.

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Looking Glass Bookstore, Portland Ore.
Why do pretentious "artistes" live in windows just writing pretentious answers to moronic questions?  Are you an authority or something?
Are you angry or something?  Artists do their work wherever they can, in the hope of seeding still-sleeping minds with visions of creative living and thinking.  All artists are authorities on how to live the life fantastique.   Actually, all humans are authors of their own destiny, hence authorities.  I'm glad you question my authority, and hope you trust enough in yours to keep it growing.

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B. Dalton, NYC
When am I going to meet the man of my dreams?
The next time you go to sleep!

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Hudson Street Papers, NYC
Did I make a mistake in Chicago?
The only mistakes we make are these:
The mistake of not experiencing the moments offered.
The mistake of attachment.
The mistake of not loving.
Did you make a mistake in Chicago?

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Galisteo News, Santa Fe NM
What is the answer to life's questions?
You.

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Boulder Books, Boulder Colorado
Is spiritual contact at the whim of the Divine, or at the will of human will?
Human will.  The Divine is already in contact with us.  It's we who have to pick up the "phone."

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College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe NM
If love is blind, what is hate?
Critical vision.

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Tower Books, Portland Ore.
Is there anything in life we can be absolutely sure of (besides death, taxes and change)?
You can be sure of the beauty of life; the beauty of its expression in nature, the beauty of its pulsing within and around you.

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The Gamut, Santa Fe  NM
Why should we be in Santa Fe?
For centering.
For rest and recupereation.
For opening the mind to wider vision and the special, golden light of Santa Fe.   Every big-city dweller needs to spend time in Santa Fe. 
Santa Fe, indeed all of northern New Mexico, is a sanatorium for city folk.

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