Random rambling about my life. I don't feel super focus, but writing feels good. Monday morning Tai Chi, last class of the year. I drive back home, my daugher, tired, trying to clean the kitchen. I wanted her to be ready for pick up. She is confused and tired. We had a tiring weekend. I am happy to see her, while in Tai Chi I though I should have stayed and make her breakfast. There are often other guests during the weekend and we don't get to spend a lot of time together. I plan to have next weekend only for her and I, resting, taking it easy, cleaning, fire on the beach. Will it be the full moon then? I continued the tattoo on my left hand over the weekend. I couldn't focus, so I didn't draw very straight lines. I need to take some time this week to practice more on my left hand. The online tattoo class is okay, but it's still computer time. I really have to let go of any entertainment in front of the computer, so I am only in front of a computer for work or learning. Minimizing my time there. My writing setup is okay, staying in the console, fbterm, emacs, with a nice illustration, on a dark brown background. It doesn't feel like computer time. I know that once I'm completely off from using my computer for entertainment I'll probably go back to my ebook + mech keys, for my writing. I feel by the new year, I will be in a different spot again with my relation with technologies. The least time I spend on the computer, the more my life is moving forward. Maybe I am just getting older but reality seems to be moving faster and faster. I've setup some drills to practice tattooing, but I am still waiting for my power supply. I got myself a tattoo pen, but it feels a bit awkward, heavy on the end. But I can connect the tattoo pen to a cable, and then to a power supply (or just a battery) which makes the pen a lot more precise. I got a decent power supply, which would provide constant power (no need to think about recharging) and create a nice setup for working. I think the space I create for tattoo will influence how I tattoo. It's like setting up a space for creation. For example, this morning I wanted to write, but my laptop was out of power. I had to spend some time to look for the power brick. I had to find the adaptor too, which is quite annoying. I realize that I can modify this laptop to take usb C charging, but that there are also cable that would connect directly to the thinkpad power, which would remove one layer of annoyance. Still need to find some part for a tool to work. But hey, I could use that in the car too! My typewriter, by contrast, is there, waiting for me to write. Nothing is needed, well, just a few sheet of paper. My journal and pen also doesn't need power, but still need some ink, which I have a bottle for. Tai Chi doesn't require anything though. Meditation, yoga, breathing... Action that doesn't requires anything, doesn't pollute, or needs to be charged... Playing my violin, my dumbek, all low requirements. There is something calming about performing activities where the tooling is simple. Modular synth might be on the top of complexity! But computer still has a lot of complexity, a lot can go wrong. When I think about a permacomputer or a device build for permacomputing, I see a really low resource machine, that has easy to change battery, with solar power or crank charging included in the machine. I've created that setup with my ebook + mech keyboard + solar panel + meshtastic device. But it's all in different parts, not a single device. Which might be best for the long run. Well I've been all over the place today. Like plowing the snow, I need this morning reflection to remove what the storm left. All that activity that needs a place to land, to be expressed, but also to guide my next step. After this, I'll sit at the table, take my yellow notebook, and write down what I want to accomplish today. I normally set my goal on 3 or 4 clients or projects, knowing that other task will resurface as I move forward. I try to also include my online schooling, but that hasn't really work yet. Third week of theater, now as a art director. That's a good role for me. It's a lot less stressful, and I feel like I can fully step into this. I'm already seeing the stage, the lights, the music... Excited to play with my sonicware smpltreck. It's a neat instrument, I just don't spend enough time with it. If I'd master this sampler/looper, I might get rid of a lot of my other instrument, which would feel great to a certain degree! All right, enough rambling this morning, lets get to work.