I was reading The Third Mind by William Burroughs & Brion Gysin and thought I'd try my own Third Mind experiment. I got a pile of my own writing and then literally cut the printed pages up. I then placed the pieces together in a random way and saw what manifested in the coincident pattern.

I call it "Driftwood Gate" >>
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Doors flower here, his secret parents told him a long time ago.
He was standing by the driftwood gate near the rusting letter box.
Yes, the one where the letters I sent didn't arrive.
Above him the sky, a heart trip blue,
Sadness, blue Trumpet Justice.
Smoke symbols near the mountain top.
Smoke journey, curling language, wording of clip clap foot steps and sacred sighs ...
Innocence, Earth moments, Venus breaths, Martian chaos.
The world turned a few degrees
Into the losing night light
he raised the candle
tattooed snow
cobra fish moon mind
my moon vision

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I’ve got lots of other pieces I’ve written with Third Mind principles with insertions of Tarot & I Ching readings. Just playing with different mind set configurations. I love mucking around like this. I may post some of these as well. I’m getting to that stage in my life where I figure having stuff on paper in drawers gathering dust is rather stupid. So, why not bring it out into the “sunlight”?

Here's another version I posted in my blog with slight variations.
https://dodona777.com/2021/07/24/an-experiment-with-the-third-mind/

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