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		<title>new pictures</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a lot of new pictures this summer that I like.
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		<title>dumbfounded</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consciousness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[dumbfounded


 
they say the map
is not the terrain
and words are symbols
concepts are abstractions
aren’t they?
abstracted from the map
the babbling mind
that pull us out of presence
we are removed by the chatter
from the stuff that matters
and though the feel is real
it’s the quiet visual
that leaves me dumbfounded

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		<title>where we came from</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[where we came from


 
it’s as much an “and” as an “or”
the opening and closing the door
and it’s a “letting go” for sure
I sound as though I’ve been there
we fell a long way
from “being”
to comprehensions
(and it’s awfully confusing
this comprehending,
this trying to understand)
but they tell me “knowing”
is where we’re going

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		<title>more pictures</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[pictures]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I like the picture I drew/painted today

I&#8217;ve stuck it in my &#8220;new favorites&#8221;

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		<title>a new picture of maryellen</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 21:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[this drawing/painting is in a rather different style.
do you like it?

please visit my spring 2010 art page

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		<title>art</title>
		<link>http://normanallan.com/blog/pictures/art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[this blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve posted new paintings on my web site

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and
Lisa and Max have made a short film morphing  my art.

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		<title>Norman&#8217;s Art Morphs!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[videos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lisa and Max have made a short film morphing my art.

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		<title>a could not&#8230; (a poem)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve made a few minor changes to this poem:
I quite like it&#8230;
a could not: (an ugly piece)
I came here like a falling star
but could not mend a broken heart
I was caught within a fairytale
enthralled by hope
and wound around me like a shroud
the me to which I&#8217;m bound
was  a string of mixed metaphors
mixed and empty
I leave [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ted Allan: a partial biography&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://normanallan.com/blog/books/ted-allan-a-partial-biography/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ted Allan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My father used to say that Norman Bethune was the most exciting person that he every new (as  an introduction to discussing Bethune). My father, Ted Allan, was the most exciting person that I ever knew&#8230;
I have posted 13 chapters of a (20 chapter) biography&#8230; and more are coming.
The first chapter, (The Pen as Sword:
Ted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tee said&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buddhism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was telling Tee that I needed a simple text, an &#8220;Enlightenment for Dummies&#8221;, and she replied that finally there is no guide&#8230; you have to go the last step alone, uncharted&#8230; ultimately all the Gurus will tell you that for the finally step there is no path, no bridge. You have to jump&#8230; and [...]]]></description>
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