Or so it would seem that it’s a small world. At times my sense of place seems completely separate from everything and everyone else. Then I feel that everything is connected.
This usually happens when I see people. Have you ever noticed how everyone looks like someone else? Is that how we deal with our own reality? By associating everything we see in context to everything we already know?
In that way the world does seem small. I see people all the time and get that “How do I know that person?” feeling. It happened 2 times last night while I was enjoying sushi with some friends (sidetrack – I love love sushi – I have to put that in for good measure).
I know Minneapolis is a fairly small town when you think about it. I always run into the same strangers. Does that still make them strangers?
seeing is a verb 
Pip says: (10:06:00 AM)
mornin’ seeing

Seeing says: (10:06:10 AM)
hiya pip!

Seeing says: (10:06:16 AM)
like your posts

Pip says: (10:06:17 AM)
sushi was a blast last night

Pip says: (10:06:22 AM)
oh good!

Seeing says: (10:06:22 AM)
oh good!

Pip says: (10:06:26 AM)
hahaha

Seeing says: (10:06:29 AM)
did you have the bass?

Seeing says: (10:06:34 AM)
hahaha


Pip says: (10:06:45 AM)
no, pretty much everything else though


Seeing says: (10:06:57 AM)
fun

Pip says: (10:07:01 AM)
had a blast and am a little hung over from the sake

Seeing says: (10:07:06 AM)
heehhe

Seeing says: (10:07:10 AM)
it’ll do it

Seeing says: (10:07:17 AM)
i thinnk the sushi helps tho

Pip says: (10:07:24 AM)
but that’s ok. since i don’t have any work to do all week, i’m going to catch up on entourage season 3 on the plane

Pip says: (10:07:26 AM)
i can’t wait!

Seeing says: (10:07:27 AM)
it’d prob be much worse

Pip says: (10:07:40 AM)
yeah, the sushi is the solution to all my problems. i’m convinced

Seeing says: (10:07:41 AM)
heave headphones?

Seeing says: (10:07:45 AM)
have

Pip says: (10:07:52 AM)
i think i smell a post….sushi is the solution to all my problems….

Pip says: (10:07:55 AM)
yes!

Seeing says: (10:07:56 AM)
sushi=miracle food

Seeing says: (10:08:08 AM)
sushi=life

Pip says: (10:08:13 AM)
ahhahah
Seeing says: (10:08:26 AM)
put somethibng on seeing –i’m sick of myself

Pip says: (10:08:28 AM)
another new post

Pip says: (10:08:44 AM)
i will. have a few ideas. i’m going to try to blog for the next couple of hours before i have to leave

Seeing says: (10:08:45 AM)
well done!

Seeing says: (10:09:02 AM)
funny

Seeing says: (10:09:57 AM)
someone commented on my youtube video of catwoman

Pip says: (10:10:27 AM)
send me the link

Seeing says: (10:10:45 AM)
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=catwoman+swings&search=Search

Seeing says: (10:11:09 AM)
catwoman swings

Pip says: (10:11:13 AM)
hahah!

Pip says: (10:11:27 AM)
nice

Pip says: (10:11:41 AM)
the truck has superman hanging from the mirror


Seeing says: (10:11:51 AM)
you are so smart

Seeing says: (10:11:56 AM)
i love that about you

Pip says: (10:12:05 AM)
and we saw another truck in the bowling parking lot with kenny from south park

Seeing says: (10:13:55 AM)
you better post from seattle–especially seeing

Seeing says: (10:14:01 AM)
you’ll be seeing alot

Pip says: (10:14:01 AM)
totally

Pip says: (10:14:07 AM)
i know. i’m very excited

Seeing says: (10:14:17 AM)
don’t forget the alley of pikes

Pip says: (10:14:23 AM)
right

Pip says: (10:14:48 AM)
for being hung over, i think i’m having an excellent hairday

Seeing says: (10:14:54 AM)
the new baseball stadium is awesome

Seeing says: (10:15:00 AM)
LOL

Seeing says: (10:15:08 AM)
good hair days

Pip says: (10:15:17 AM)
see for yourself…

Kate says: (10:15:32 AM)
dark

Seeing says: (10:15:44 AM)
ah–there!

Seeing says: (10:15:47 AM)
NICE!

Pip says: (10:15:58 AM)
i was LOL’ing when i took it

Pip says: (10:16:04 AM)
hahah. “LOL’ing” lurve it

Seeing says: (10:16:17 AM)
we crack ourselves u[p

Seeing says: (10:16:20 AM)
=good

Pip says: (10:16:26 AM)
ahhahah

Seeing says: (10:17:13 AM)
it’s quiet here–i’m listening to hot chip

Pip says: (10:17:36 AM)
over and over and over…like a monkey with a minature cymbol!

Pip says: (10:17:42 AM)
i love love love hot chip

Seeing says: (10:17:53 AM)
thanks again for turning me on to them

Seeing says: (10:18:01 AM)
my fave this year

Pip says: (10:18:01 AM)
oh yeah. anytime

Pip says: (10:18:13 AM)
i’ve got some other tricks up my sleeve that i need to share with you too

Pip says: (10:18:28 AM)
at some point i’ll get around to it. when i start using my home computer more

Seeing says: (10:18:32 AM)
the first song on the album reminds me of 999

Seeing says: (10:18:43 AM)
this AWESOME band from the 80’s

Seeing says: (10:18:48 AM)
punk-new wave

Pip says: (10:19:00 AM)
hmmm..don’t know them but i guess i will have to now

Seeing says: (10:19:23 AM)
i have the album—as soon as i ge my turntable hooked up…

Seeing says: (10:19:34 AM)
i have searched for it on cd forever–can’t find it

Seeing says: (10:19:48 AM)
check itunes?

Seeing says: (10:20:30 AM)
it’s obscure

Seeing says: (10:20:50 AM)
OMG!

Seeing says: (10:20:53 AM)
i found it!

Seeing says: (10:20:58 AM)
squeeze

Pip says: (10:21:06 AM)
NICE!

Seeing says: (10:21:16 AM)
FUCK i love that song!

Pip says: (10:21:42 AM)
ahhahah


Seeing says: (10:22:20 AM)
happy day!

Pip says: (10:22:44 AM)
yes!

Pip says: (10:22:54 AM)
ok i’m going to post a rambling post on seeing in a sec

Seeing says: (10:23:00 AM)
k–have fun

Pip says: (10:23:12 AM)
actually i’ve been typing it as we’ve been chatting

Pip says: (10:23:15 AM)
it’s almost done

Seeing says: (10:23:22 AM)
hahaha-you multi-tasker you

Pip says: (10:23:33 AM)
you’ll see that it’s sorta jumbled

Seeing says: (10:23:48 AM)
and mines not?

Pip says: (10:28:25 AM)
hahaha

Pip says: (10:28:35 AM)
check it out: https://seeingisaverb.wordpress.com

Pip says: (10:28:40 AM)
sorry, i was uploading a photo

Seeing says: (10:29:38 AM)
perfect pip—perfect

Pip says: (10:30:05 AM)
doncha love the last part about strangers? i do. it was very impulsive of me. but it felt perfect

Seeing says: (10:30:18 AM)
it’s so right

Seeing says: (10:30:57 AM)
sometimes strangers are less strangers to me than people i’ve know for a long time

Pip says: (10:31:06 AM)
very true

Seeing says: (10:31:22 AM)
i’ll definately comment

Pip says: (10:31:29 AM)
great

Kate says: (10:31:41 AM)
theres lots of viewers on this site–that read and don’t comment

Pip says: (10:31:47 AM)
i know

Seeing says: (10:31:56 AM)
i love the image

Pip says: (10:32:04 AM)
me too

Seeing says: (10:32:10 AM)
profound

Pip says: (10:32:13 AM)
i was thinking. shit, i don’t have a camera

Seeing says: (10:32:17 AM)
was that intended?

Pip says: (10:32:22 AM)
but then i remembered there’s one on my fucking computer

Pip says: (10:32:24 AM)
yes

Pip says: (10:32:34 AM)
i took several but this was the one that worked itself out

Seeing says: (10:32:37 AM)
well done my insightful petunia

Pip says: (10:32:42 AM)
hahhaa

Seeing says: (10:33:22 AM)
the world reflecting back at us–revealing ourselves to ourself

Pip says: (10:33:29 AM)
yes!!


Seeing says: (10:33:52 AM)
we are the inside looking out and the outside looking in

Seeing says: (10:33:55 AM)
all at once

Seeing says: (10:34:01 AM)
we are behind the view

Seeing says: (10:34:14 AM)
we ARE the view

Pip says: (10:34:20 AM)
yes! it’s all in the left pane of the picture – giving that sense of space – of voyeurism but more than that

Seeing says: (10:34:41 AM)
and it’s perceived as reversed

Pip says: (10:34:48 AM)
yes

Seeing says: (10:35:04 AM)
as if we are looking thrrough it not at it

Pip says: (10:35:04 AM)
it’s sort of questioning in viewpoint. pensive

Pip says: (10:35:26 AM)
hmmm. i like that

Pip says: (10:35:41 AM)
i also like that it’s slightly “cartoony”

Seeing says: (10:35:49 AM)
i think you are ready for laurie anderson!

Pip says: (10:35:53 AM)
like it’s maleable – our lives are maleable

Seeing says: (10:36:08 AM)
our view is maleable

Pip says: (10:36:14 AM)
yes!

Seeing says: (10:36:14 AM)
moment to moment

Seeing says: (10:36:29 AM)
nano second to nanosecond

Pip says: (10:36:40 AM)
yes

Seeing says: (10:37:13 AM)
like poop on my fluevogs

Pip says: (10:37:44 AM)
ahhahah love it

Seeing says: (10:39:30 AM)
mind if i share this stream as a comment?

Pip says: (10:39:39 AM)
not at all

Pip says: (10:39:41 AM)
would love it