4/4/2024 > 4 the [●] the d8 aligns even w/ post 1144, apropos 2/4 sum 1 ≈ ii (in8 iD) born 11/22/66 > this week = a|| abt # 11, working on ^ 22-pg piece marin8ed in e11even («11 x 11 eLem^nts 2 give [||] @ e||even o'cLocK»), [▶]ing this mixTape 2 get in2 the 5pirit

> hears 2 ¶-graphs (tho n0 ¶-graph makes 5ense st&ing a|one (+ @ 5ame time each ¶ encapsuL8s the hole)):

Ø44 > sun5pots come in cYc1es of 11 yrs (±2) > Lu||s of Low so|ar activi-T occurred in: 2Ø2Ø, 2ØØ9, 1996, 1986, 1976, 1964, 1954, 1944, 1933, 1923, 1913, 19Ø2, 189Ø, 1879, 1867, 1856, 1843, 1834, 1823, 181Ø, 1798, 1785, 1775, 1766, 1755 (they didn°t [●] this data b4 1759)

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Ø46 > 11⁴ = 11 x 11 x 11 x 11 = 14641

> waves also come in 5ets of 11, az [●]ed in «C:/C-Change/6-yr snow» (off 3.3 x 3.3 = S.S.)

4/5 > mii bedder-½ j [●]ed her 1^st earthquaKe (4.8 on the Richter 5ca1e) > ii Lived thru mii fair 5hare 9rowin9 up in CaLi4nia, inKLootin9 the 1989 Loma Prieta quaKe (6.9), when ii was in ^ phys6 Lab @ UCSC, 9 mi1es from th epiCenter

4/7 > we (i, j) walked 2 the Lit-L Red Lighthouse + back, ~8-9 miles > 5peaking of 11 + beacons, hear's ^ pic of j on e||is i-L&, twin towers 5prouting from her head, time-5tamped 6/1Ø/Ø1 (2222 hrs b4 the 1st pLane hit)(+ 2 quote HendriX a9ain: if ^ 6 turned out 2 B ^ 9, i don°t mind):

4/8 > th earth quakes + 2day an eCLipse! also ^ 1^st 4 j, naught that it was fu||, but 89% (100 — 11) > we (i, j) ambled aLong the Hudson (named 4 Henry Hudson, whose name has 11 letters in it) az the lite got dim then Looped baↄk + 5ettled on ^ patch of grass around 125th + Riverside > good thing ii sti|| had mii ec|ipse gla55es from 1991, that ii dug out of mii gournel 2 watch the partia| ec|ipse in DC in 2017 (j was out of town 4 that 1), b/c the Line 2 get glasses @ the public liebury wrapped around the block > also made ^ pinhole camraw, even tho these things u can't capture on film nor naked i, u just halve 2 experience 4 yrself iRL 1st-h& how light changes, gets chi||y, animaLs react, etc. > gets harder + harder tho 2 2n out the other 8,099,811,671 ppl trying 2 2n in2 the 5ame thing + foke us on n8ure, nau9ht humun eLem^nts surrounding iT

pinholed img

ec|ipse-5haped Lens f|are on Grant's 2mb (not doctored)

Lens flare on River5ide church (witch we used 2 gaze down upon living @ 560 Riverside (2013–2014)

> naught on|y does e11even figure prominent|y in mii Life, but so so does the Sun (they used 2 ca|| meme «sun junky» in Santa Cruz > on 7/11/1991 (palindromic yr 2 boot), ii ob5erved ^ totaL soLar ec|ipse @ mii mom's house in aXiXic, meXico (where Xi = 11 in Rom^n #s), Lastin9 6'53", most/totaL/ «centraL» ec|ipse in 8ØØ yrs + won°t B ^nother mas totaL/endurin9 4 otro 8ØØ > after eL ec|ipse, ii moved 2 ^rizona 2 study 5oLar phy6 + |os ami9os that 9ave meme ^ ride (1Ø88 mi1es) introduced ii 2 j + we married 5 yrs L8er in 1996, 2gether B-comin9 1 (i, j) hence-4th > az Sound Furies sing in «Niger»:

     who would of known that an eclipse would lead all to this?

4/9 > bin reading Golokwati: ^ Tidaltectics History of Our Thymes by Kamau Brathwaite (good luck finding ^ copy, ii got mine bi emaiLing Brathwaite's widow 2 find th lone place (Black Rock Books) in Barbados that had iT) > ii'm connected 2 Brathwaite not by ^ eClipse nor earthquake but ^ hurrycane, in 1988 (there's that multiple of 11 again), that 1st destroyed KB's home + Liebury/archive in Jamaica then hit Islas Mujeres where ii (@ age 22) got str&ed > mii hard5hip nothing on th order of KB's but these eXtreme naturaL events get U 2 thinkin9 abt the power of Earth + the cosmOs + how it's a|| intereL8ed, how in5ignificant humun drama is in the 5cheme of things

> movies/shows [▶]ed these past 11 dayz:

• Eileen (2023) — not on|y weird they turned Ottessa Moshfegh's book in2 ^ movie, but Luke Goebel did it, who we met 1x in our DUMBO loft c. 2010, when Luke tagged along w/ Giancarlo az his low|y Tyrant intern (@ least that's how G framed iT) + has 5ince married Ottessa (who was in ><((°> 8 in 2009) + [●]ed this movie
• LA Confidential (1997) — we re[▶] this every so often 2 remind us how good + tight it is
• Jade (1995)
• Family Nest (1979) — Béla Tarr's 1st film, [●]ed when he was on|y 24 > no animaL cruelty but we had 2 [>>] the rape scene (not that it was graphic) > saw it after Jade ... bet n0 1 has 5een these 2 az ^ dub-L feature?
• Ripley series — not az good az the movie, but gr8 footage (in B + W of Amalfi coast + Rome)
• Cold War (2018) — good Polish film
• The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) — Barry Keoghan is gr8 in it
• 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984) — nvr [▶]ed it b4 + now ii know Y (it sucks), we just thought it was relevant 2 th ecLipse, tho in retrOspect we shd of re[▶]ed L'eclisse (not that it has N-E 2 do w/ ecLipses)