Express Gift Delivery Service
Est. 2011
Currency: 1657, "condition of flowing," from L. currentum, pp. of currere "to run" (see “current”)
“All knowledge is spendable currency, depending on the market.”—I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou
As a full-time urban explorer and mystic making Portland his home, Capi can be seen on his daily walks through Portland’s lovely and multifaceted neighborhoods perusing free boxes, stopping methodically to take notes on random ideas and observations, meditating with trees, searching sacred spaces, and in general, appreciating the diversity in the "ordinary."
For over a year Capi has been insisting on living a materially simple life, freely receiving an abundance of small kindnesses shown him and freely extending an abundance of small kindnesses to others, learning and constructing as he goes. He explores the beauty in all things he observes, from ideas to humans, and, perhaps for this reason, is generally appreciated and adored by all who get to know him.
Subsisting in such a way has its challenges, to be sure. At times malnourished, impoverished, exhausted, and discriminated against, Capi resiliently persists in his committed lifestyle, emanating mindfulness, tranquility and love, doing no harm and asking that others do no harm.
When you see Capi, please give him something. Give him something to give. Give him an errand to run. A job to do. A new place to explore. Give him something to nourish and inspire him—could be a juicy pear, could be some constructive thoughts, could be some art, could be a book or zine, could be a letter, could even be paper or metal currency or other precious and sacred objects. Give him something to give back to the person who gave him something to give to you. With such gifts, he acts as a willing vehicle of service, inspiring a gift-based economy, to keep the kindness express running, flowing, forever going.
Like Capi, keep it current.
Photo courtesy Fox News Corp., posted on kptv.com, Oct. 12, 2011
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