Remembering Todd Martin Stafne
Todd Martin Stafne: 1950-2017 “…In between words, in between thoughts, in between the cracks, navigating is best met with non-resistance and whispers . . . the web of nowhere will not respond favorably to surrender nor to gross movements . . . imagine a sign SPATIAL DISTORTION: DO NOT SHOUT NOR BE PASSIVE! . . . Free falling is outside or between the realms of existence . . . it is real and assumes many meanings which may not represent our understanding or beliefs . . . heightened acute awareness which may or may not be existential . . .…
She Has Nothing
One of my neighbors lives outside. She’s homeless. I met her on a cold winter night sitting below a walkway at church. I urged her to seek shelter, but she refused. The woman mentioned she would lose her spot if she moved. She went on to describe how people would give her stuff, and then she’d be able to pass the items along to others who had nothing. Her statement didn’t make sense. She had nothing. Still, this was so important to her that she was willing to freeze to death to claim the space.I looked at the sleeping bags,…