yin & yang

Well hell, it's been a bummer of a summer for me this year but, all the same, on the scale of this and that, the good still outweighs the not so good. Thanks all for your kind comments and e-mails and believe me when I tell you, there's nothing like being shut-down when you'd rather be out playing, to drive your mind through a fog of catharsis.

Anyway, I've been distracted long enough so let's get at it.

Working with my new friend and acupuncture dude these past few months, I learned something more about Chinese medicine and history. I've got a pretty good bead on the how and why of "meridians", a better grasp on the relationship between the "five elements" and a much clearer understanding of the concept of "yin yang".

Well, a couple of days ago I was sweeping the front porch and pondering my Chinese enlightenments when my neighbor stopped by with a few of his home grown avocados. We chatted for a few minutes, I absentmindedly dropped my new found fruit in a basket and finished my sweeping.
I'll admit I had to look twice but, on second glance, the two avocados in the basket were looking suspiciously like the Yin Yang symbol. "How cool, I was just thinking about that!"

Sort of a Han Dynasty version of Einstein's "Unified Field Theory", the Yin Yang symbol represents the field of complimentary and interdependent opposites by which all things exist.

Hmmm. . .
Male & Female • Light & Dark • Night & Day • Hot & Cold • Cats & Dogs • Black & White • Rich & Poor • Song & Dance • Death & Taxes • Life & Death • Abbott & Costello • Fred & Barney • Laurel & Hardy • Good Guys & Bad Guys • Winning & Losing • Asleep & Awake • Smart & Stupid • Fat & Skinny • Up & Down • In & Out • Love & Hate • Bomo & Climax (o.k, i made that one up) • Brave & Scared • Happy & Sad • Government & All The Rest of Us • Hard & Soft • Needles & Pins • Many & Few • Red States & Blue States • Gay & Straight • Wet & Dry • Simon & Garfunkel • Neat & Sloppy • Healthy & Sick • Positive & Negative • Happy & Sad • Laughing & Crying • Truth & Lies • Saints & Sinners • Digital & Analog (yeah, that's a stretch) • Coming & Going • Forgiveness & Blame • Left & Right • Port & Starboard • Big & Small • Ginger & MaryAnn • Porn & PG • Cops & Robbers • Cowboys & Indians • War & Peace • Sam & Dave • Heaven & Hell • Lennon & McCartney • Lost & Found • Fast & Slow • Give & Take • Good & Evil • Blow & Suck • Problems & Solutions • New & Old • Young & Old • Near & Far • Pleasure & Pain • (and my personal favorite) Understandable & Mind-Boggling