Dear John

[Jorgelito Hagens]

Dear John Bechtel,

You asked what exactly do I do. I said I write on things that make my heart zing. This is true, but the question is a good one and deserves some thought.

I think we are patterns. Like the patterns we talked about on our walk. I think we not only communicate and see things in patterns, but that we are essentially patterns ourselves with body and soul.

So I spend my days coloring in the pattern that I am through writing, thinking, feeling and experiencing life. Because I feel we are already complete and whole at some level with no need to evolve, I just fill in the pattern as it becomes clear to me.

This is my passion. It drives me morning, noon and night. I do not know where it will lead. I do not know the destination. Half the time I don't even know the words I write before I write them.

Your friend, Doug