[joe-frank-list] 'Karma, part 3'

[russellbell at gmail.com]

	Zachary Block says that he hates 'this nature stuff'.  Larry
abreacts.  They argue.  (originally aired in 'The nature of things')
	2:30: Jolly sees Zach downloading MP3s, complains that all he
does is download MP3s; Zach complains that his parents always
over-react to him.  He tells of the time he said it would be funny if
someone were killed with a jackhammer.  Zach upbraids Larry for his
drinking.
	6:30: Joe says that although he and Kate have broken up, their
appointment with her therapist (Marlene Drucker - I find one in New
Jersey but not LA) on Tuesday is still on.  Joe wants to see her.  Joe
remembers their first kisses, at Topanga State Park, through a linen
cloth.  Drucker encourages them to reconcile, imagine their love as a
child.  Eating at an Italian restaurant, Kate says they should name it
'Tixe', after the exit sign.
	15:00: Joe recalls their worst fight, months ago, a dinner she
hosted with the first Black rapper, Angel, who had had a psychotic
break, a Black actor named Bobby, a mutual friend of Kate and Angel.
Angel refused to eat at first; Bobby stuffed his mouth.  The men
talked rudely about women; Kate danced seductively.  Angel walked out.
Kate was angry with Angel; Joe said Angel was crazy, that Kate should
have given him more latitude.  Kate broke a bunch of plates and
glasses in the kitchen.
	23:10: Jack Kornfield rehearses a sentence of Thomas Merton,
'Then it was as if I saw the secret beauty of their hearts...'
('Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander', New York: Doubleday; 1966; p
155) then talks about equanimity and about how all things pass.  He
distinguishes equanimity from indifference.
	34:00: Zachary Block talks about Larry working the phones at
Carnegie Hall to raise money along with 19-year-old interns when he
was 53.  He tells of Larry's friends, successful in their careers, who
praise Larry for his commitment to art, while Zach resents that he
doesn't support his family.
	37:10: After the therapy session Joe finds he has lost his
credit card; he had left it at the restaurant.  Joe drives back to the
restaurant that night.  Joe remembers a dream in which he's playing
chess with his father; there are small clocks on every piece,
foreshadowing his death - Joe had the dream many years after his
death.  Joe drives to Kate's afterwards, his friend Anna
'accompanying' him over the cellphone.  Kate is happy to see him; they
have a happy reunion.
	43:30: Kornfield talks about the disciplines Gautama did to
become the Buddha, acts of compassion, then all the things we can be
grateful for, that generosity is a universal truth, that generosity is
letting go, leads a meditation in gratitude for the generosity of
others.
	53:20: Larry tells Joe about the terrible misunderstandings he
has with Larry, that he loses his anger too easily, gets too mad,
gives the example of their visit to the Seattle center, where Zach
thinks Larry wants to watch old people in a goofy dance after watching
the taffy pull.
	55:40: Larry buys some booze, starts drinking before the show,
something he says he never does, understands he has become an
alcoholic.  (originally aired in 'The nature of things')

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russell bell