In Case I Don't See Ya, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, and Good Night.*
And Touch the Stars, Don't Postpone, Whenever the World Comes to You As a Lover
Most of the 132 essays published on Substack have now found their place in the final version of:
“Other Eyes for Johnny Rocco: 3000 Miles on the Road with a Heart Unlocked by a Month of Silence (A Journey in 108** Essays)”
The Journey is now divided into two books:
Book One, with 57 essays and this music on YouTube:
and Spotify:
Book Two, with 51 essays and this music on YouTube:
and Spotify:
There are also 108 postcards divided into ten seasons - four in Book One and six in Book Two.
I’ll let you know when the book is out.
* The Truman Show
** In Theravada Buddhism, number 108 is reached by multiplying the senses of smell, touch, taste, hearing, sight, and consciousness by whether they are painful, pleasant or neutral, and then again by whether these are internally generated or externally occurring, and yet again by past, present and future. Finally, we get 108 feelings. 6 × 3 × 2 × 3 = 108. Thus, the number 108 represents all the possible sensory states that one could experience. Buddhist malas or rosaries are usually 108 beads. In the neo-Gnostic teachings of Samael Aun Weor, an individual has 108 chances (lifetimes) to eliminate his egos and transcend the material world before "devolving" and having the egos forcefully removed in the infra-dimensions (Wikipedia).
This concludes the series of posts that were meant to promote the old version of “Other Eyes for Johnny Rocco: 3000 Miles on the Road with a Heart Unlocked by a Month of Silence,” but ended up reshaping the whole thing into a collection of 108 essays.
"In case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night.”*