San Francisco, CA, Christmas time 2011. Time flew fast.

Performing Light Calligraphy* at a “legendary” ‘beat’ cafe with an Italian Volcano name.
Rough treatment from a barista with hatred in his eyes**.

I found the place to be slightly…pretentious. I could be wrong.

All you need is you***, for your Creativity to sprout, grow, blossom. You don’t need other people’s permission, nor to inhale the same air as a known writer****.
And might add, haters ain’t got enough power to diminish your Creativity.

Conflict, difficulty, discouragement – all can work for you as fertilizers.

*Use my camera as a calligraphy brush, at long exposure with my eyes closed.

**Trip advisor reviews had told me I wasn’t the only one on the receiving end of unwarranted animosity. At least he was straight forward about how he felt, which I can appreciate.

***Nice to have support/encouragement/comrades but. When you got you first and foremost, other people can be who they need to be.

****Altho I understand – e.g. people were nicer to me at West Hollywood Barney’s Beanery as I, a youngster, sat there inhaling Janis Joplin particles.

I flew back on ANA, a fancy alternative offered for a missed flight, on which I found an infinite wisdom:

Good Times Fly.

– ANA Coffee Creamer

Text added at 19:20 JST on Dec 13, 2024.

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