Reflection 548

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Haircut: Andy did mine. At times Andy's hand and scissors disappeared into the Void here; then his whole arm; then both hands and his head. Several times his whole arm; then both hands and his head. Several times his whole body went, leaving only his voice. And sometimes not even leaving that. Then he would appear again perhaps without a hand and without scissors. Finally he became smaller and stood making satisfied expressions. Never has having a haircut been so enjoyable or so enlightening. R

I once had a powerful experience of first person-hood in the dentist's chair. My mouth was full of long-handled instruments which seemed to me to be patently coming out of Nothing - a void which also contained the faces of the dentist and his assistant hovering in it. ''But of course'', said Douglas, ''they were filling your Cavity''! A

The other day I was sitting, solidly, in a dentist's chair (it's the patient's chair after all, isn't it?), while two people occupied themselves with the usual poking, prodding and stuffing of sucking, wheezing, whirring, and boring instruments into my mouth. Not exactly fun, but then I recalled that I didn't have to perceive it all that way, and gave it up. Then there were just these two odd people sticking their hands and all that gear into some void on my lower horizon, apparently, and with a near comical seriousness of purpose (although thank God for that!). T

Just came back from the hairdresser who cut and arranged nothing! And the funniest thing is that she thought she did. And what is even more weird is that I paid her for it. Isn't that crazy! M