If you’ve gotten fan mail back, it’s my fault. I failed to keep my PO box paid up, and I know some people got mail back. I’m really sorry! Feel free to send stuff along to the new address: Dana Simpson PO Box 6347 Santa Barbara, CA 93160-6347 Again, I’m really sorry for the inconvenience! […]
So the Today Show had Amazon.com list some summer reading books for young reluctant readers. I’m #8! I’m almost more excited that Breaking Cat News, by my friend Georgia Dunn, is #2. Go Georgia! Go kitties! Read more →
It had been a little while since I actually won an award, though I’ve been nominated a few times. This time, kids did the voting! Phoebe was voted “Bravest Hero” (For The Magic Storm) at the Kids’ Comics Awards, at the Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival. (Which, by the way, I should attend some time. […]
I’ll be returning to C&P Coffee Co. in West Seattle, for Words West Literary’s kids’ night. I’ll be reading some selections from various “Phoebe and Her Unicorn” books. It’ll be me and Suzanne Selfors. Last time it was fun! Starts at 6. Read more →
One child, anyway. A little girl named Katy, in Massachussetts. She wrote a letter to her local paper, the Daily Hampshire Gazette, asking them to please pick up ‘Phoebe and Her Unicorn.’ Not only did they, but they let her ask me some interview questions. And she really nailed it. Read about it here! […]
Did you catch the reveal of Max’s parents in this week’s strips? I’ve actually known all along that Max has lesbian parents. I’ve been waiting for years for it to come up organically. And it actually did in the forthcoming Phoebe and Her Unicorn In: The Magic Storm, which is due out in October. So […]
SLJ’s Brigid Alverson interviewed me for a great article about LGBTQ representation in comics. I’m quoted in the article, but I said a lot more, and apparently it was interesting enough that she also published the whole interview. Read more →
Don’t suppress your thoughts; that is effort, and it disturbs the stillness you seek. Let thoughts come and go as they will, and pay them no heed. Focus on nothing; do not become distracted. Do not follow any train of thought. Allow your attention to become as still as the emptied mind you seek. Stillness will come, in due time and with diligent practice.
It is not easy, when first starting out. But, ironically, once you’ve achieved stillness, it becomes easier than thought. It takes time, dedication, serenity, and patience.
One cannot pursue enlightenment; one must allow enlightenment to come of its own accord.
Why would I or how could I not follow any train of thought? I’m not really capable of not thinking, because thought keeps me from going completely insane. And how can it be possible to achieve “enlightenment” without conscious thought? And how do we know in the first place that profound understanding of the universe doesn’t escape the grasp of the human mind?
I’m sorry, it just gets really annoying and frustrating to me when people like you talk in that particular manner, like you know exactly what to do to achieve something, when following those instructions do not work with me, even with practice. I hate when people act like they know more than they actually do.
And, to conclude, let me express the way I feel in response to that tone of voice: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don’t suppress your thoughts; that is effort, and it disturbs the stillness you seek. Let thoughts come and go as they will, and pay them no heed. Focus on nothing; do not become distracted. Do not follow any train of thought. Allow your attention to become as still as the emptied mind you seek. Stillness will come, in due time and with diligent practice.
It is not easy, when first starting out. But, ironically, once you’ve achieved stillness, it becomes easier than thought. It takes time, dedication, serenity, and patience.
One cannot pursue enlightenment; one must allow enlightenment to come of its own accord.
+1
Why would I or how could I not follow any train of thought? I’m not really capable of not thinking, because thought keeps me from going completely insane. And how can it be possible to achieve “enlightenment” without conscious thought? And how do we know in the first place that profound understanding of the universe doesn’t escape the grasp of the human mind?
I’m sorry, it just gets really annoying and frustrating to me when people like you talk in that particular manner, like you know exactly what to do to achieve something, when following those instructions do not work with me, even with practice. I hate when people act like they know more than they actually do.
And, to conclude, let me express the way I feel in response to that tone of voice: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ahh, now I feel better.
This is the best description I know of for why I am incapable of not thinking.
I like how they play chess. When I was their age I was just starting checkers. I did not learn chess until I was an adult.