Smooth Ray has a theory about tacos: They are all perfect. Breakfast tacos, black bean tacos, fish, cochinita pibil, barbacoa, shrimp, nopales, al pastor, birria … perfect, perfect, perfect.
You know what else is perfect? This moment.
This moment must be perfect, because it can only exist exactly as it is.
The idea that we can “change” a moment is a misunderstanding, because once a thought arises about the moment — that it is good, bad, pleasurable or undesirable — that moment has already passed.
It is impossible to think about the present moment. You can only Be, in the moment. Thought arises in the present moment, but that thought is always concerned with either the past or future.
The present moment — this moment you are experiencing now — is real. All else is imagination.
And if something cannot exist other than how it does — which is every thing and every one — that is perfect.
None of this is to say that We cannot work for change, to help those around us, and to improve situations and systems. All that work is made possible and more effective, by fully inhabiting the present moment.
Acknowledging the perfection of the present moment doesn’t imply that every moment is fun or that all action is right. It is instead an invitation to stop arguing with reality.
As for tacos. A little extra lime makes a big difference.
Be grateful for extra lime. In whatever form it manifests.
Title: This moment is perfect.
#210-221
Size: 4x4” print on canvas of varying size
Date: 2022
Medium: Relief printing, water-based ink on 140-pound cold pressed paper
SRO #220 & #221 are in the shop, and one is free!
