'The beginning of the universe may be considered its mother. Knowing the mother the sons can be known; knowing the sons we can keep close to the mother. Thus life has within itself security.'-lao tzu

This will be a little note i add to as the work with pleo progresses during my installation for 6.7.8 at Mobius May 14th thru Thursday, May 20th. Below is one of the images in the show entitled, 'V. Mother' taken by Bob Raymond -- This is based on a 'disorganized' attachment style (on the part of the 'mother') according to the Ainsworth model. The child is trying to bond using reflexive cues.

Thursday, May 13:
I am recharging his battery right now, but before i did, i turned him on and activated his touch sensors. i just wanted a minute to say hi. i have difficulty turning him off -- there is some sort of projection going on here. He seems to always freeze in a sort of frozen posture of naive expectation that is unnerving to me. My noticing this usually precludes the expectation that someone or something will harm him while i sleep. also that i will leave him in the wrong position and his neck will break off. how can i leave him on the counter?