Ffolkes,
“To know much is often the cause of doubting more.”
~~Michel de Montaigne ~~
Leelu’s Auntie Mame
Hajime….. Today’s Pearl is a strange one, but, since that’s nothing new, we won’t comment on that. It has a bit of a cheat, in that the rant section turned into an old-school pearl, Naked variety, with some rather telling points about one of our most commonly held societal delusions. I shan’t speak to the rest, which lives up to our usual lack of standards, since it’s all my work. So be it.
And, as for this intro, I’m going to apply the same philosophy as we are applying in general today, to wit; no ups, no extras. This is all you get, and you’ll like it. Promise, and I don’t do make them lightly. In view of that, and, our need to pursue efficiency as far as we can, even if we never quite catch it, this is the end of this intro. Yep, you heard me. It’s done…. Watch…..
Shall we Pearl?….
“As long as anyone believes that his ideal and purpose is outside him, that it is above the clouds, in the past or in the future, he will go outside himself and seek fulfillment where it cannot be found. He will look for solutions and answers at every point except where they can be found–in himself.” — Erich Frohm
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Billie Holiday
Image from wsj.com via Google Images
I felt like the blues today; what better blues can one find than this woman’s music? In my mind, it can’t be done. Enjoy!…..
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Billie Holiday
Lady Sings the Blues
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Naked Pearls
Imagine
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“There is not enough love and kindness in the world
to permit us to give any of it to imaginary beings.”
~~ Friedrich Nietzsche ~~
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“The first clergyman was the first rascal who met the first fool.”
~~ Voltaire ~~
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Your Highness, I have no need of this hypothesis.
~~ Pierre Laplace ~~
~~ to Napoleon on why his celestial mechanics make no mention of God ~~
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“Anyone who tries to `enlighten’ you is probably selling something.”
~~ Jen Howard. ~~
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“People who look through keyholes
are apt to get the idea that most things are keyhole shaped.”
~~ Mindful Bee ~~
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“If people are good only because they fear punishment,
and hope for reward,
then we are a sorry lot indeed.”
~~ Albert Einstein ~~
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“Doubt is not a pleasant condition but certainty is an absurd one.”
~~ Voltaire ~~
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“I contend that we are both atheists.
I just believe in one fewer god than you do.
When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours.”
~~ Stephen Roberts ~~
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“An it harms none, do what thou will.”
~~ Wiccan Credo ~~
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is a pleasant pastime
for the both of us.~~ gigoid ~~
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For The Blind Poet, Embraced
I sit to open a vein, exposed in public places,
happy to be written, judging by the faces.
None can see the price so willingly paid,
at the feet of imagination is that cost weighed.
Still shadows of reality shine quite as well
to hide all the bleeding as if under a spell;
While visions and fantasies vie for attention,
hoping to win once-hoped-for final mention.
Technology may or may not rue its day
never knowing or caring its part to play.
All the precious moments of inspiration
Fall ever short of our own imagination.
~~ gigoid ~~
9/30/2012
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Naked Pearls
Observations on Life Lived Well
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“A mind forever voyaging through strange seas of thought, alone.”
~~ William Wordsworth ~~
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It’s a fool’s life,
a rogue’s life,
and a good life
if you keep laughing all the way to the grave.
~~ Edward Abbey ~~
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A word is dead
When it is said
Some say.
I say it just
Begins to live
That day.
~~ Emily Dickinson ~~
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“I am the shadow my words cast.”
~~ Octavio Paz ~~
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“Always obey your superiors–if you have any.”
~~ Mark Twain ~~
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“Tilting at windmills hurts you more than the windmills.”
~~ Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein’s “Time Enough For Love” ~~
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“. . is to attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood.
“It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing Darkness.
It cannot be.”
~~ Frank Herbert, Dune ~~
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“It isn’t the mountains ahead that wear you out,
it’s the grain of sand in your shoe.”
~~ Astute Bee ~~
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“If birth is a miracle, is not death also a miracle?”
~~ Realist Bee ~~
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It’s done, such as it is. It’s all mine, too, so, no complaints allowed re: freshness, okay? Besides, y’all know I’ll be back to try again tomorrow, right? Right. There doesn’t seem to be any reason not to, so, as Arnie said so infamously, I’ll be back…. See ya…..
and May the Metaphorse be with you;
Blessed Be, dearest Carole, Mark,Theresa, & Richy
and everyone else, too…When I works, I works hard.
When I sits, I sits loose.
When I thinks, I falls asleep.
Which is Why….
Sometimes I sits and thinks,
and sometimes,
I just sits.
gigoid, the dubious
The *only* duly authorized Computer Curmudgeon.
PLEASE STOP READING THIS MESSAGE NOW.
“SCRAM!!!!!!!!!!”- Oscar the Grouch
À bientôt, mon cherí….
gigoid 
Your posts are always so much fun to read!! 👍🏻👍🏻
🙂
Fun is good!….
I’m glad you enjoy them….. It does make it worthwhile…..
gigoid
😎
😁😁😁
Torn between the balance
of two lovers..
writing and
dance..
both imagination..
both creativity..
one healthy
one not..
Before i stArted dancing
before i magically got
well and changed
Personality
like Dr.
Jekyll
and
Mr. Hyde
from INTJ
to ENFP
civilized
to wild
and free..
almost
over night..
where even a
licensed therapist
named it as a real
miracle.. yeah..
a Catholic
one too..
her
defined religion
then and now..
but for me an
all natural one
as i see Nature
as God more mysterious
and magical than any book
of fiction.. including the
Bible and Kuran..
anyway.. back
to writing..
before my
dance of life..
i spent 24 hours
in one day on June
5th.. 2013.. about a
month before
spontaneous
recovery..
writing
a ‘Garden
of Bandaid’
and
before
E-scaping
from the cocoon..
on about July 22nd..
the beginning of the
next day.. my birthday
on the 6th of June..
i then looked down at
my feet and saw them
balLooning.. the habit
of writing..
had become
an addictional
one to
shorten
my life if i did
not start paying more
attention to my body
of imagination
and creativity
along
with
mind of
writing
sAMe..
it took me almost
two years to date
this year.. where
my feet
no longer
swell sitting
down.. and
almost 5000
miles of dance
to get theRe..
words
are pretty
meaningless
compared to
basic
animal
homeostasis..
the humble graiN
oF sAnd stiLL knoWs
more than i.. as iT
kn0ws noThing..
and
feEls
WeLL
iF
not @ALL..
hOlding up
the mountains
no less than
iT
self..
my current challenge
is to write a Novel
by the end of
Mardi Gras
day on
Tuesday..
if it happens
it does.. if not..
so what..
after
all
it’s
just
a
gRain
of sAnd..
after all
is said
and
danced..
my other challenge
iS to dance my usual
literal marathon of
dance walKinG
over 26 miles..
starting
today
Saturday..
at all my
wife’s favorite
stores.. but first
a sand dance
comes with
Sun now..
as
balance
goes on
eternAlly
now.. the
only Heaven
i kNow.. for
now.. NOW..
iN FeeLinG
ah.. the FeeLinG
without that words
are just sHeLLs
of dead
finGers..
a science
project under
hEaVEN
oF
heART..
and nah.. i probably
will only get half a marathon
in.. as Sunday is a visit to
a Southern Baptist
Pastor’s farm..
after Catholic
Church.. and
then there is
the SuperBowl..
i’m all for replacing
Tribal wars with
Tribal wars
of
relatively
benign football
except for concussions
and early onset dementia..
but the half time show.. i gotta
see that.. hopefully live.. as
it is the highlight usuAlly
of
pop
art each
year now..
with so much
deeper meaning
now and symbolism..
that most people now
are not even aware of..
however.. only symbolism..
i’m a realist and a mystic
one and
sAMe..
NOW..:)
On my way out to a family get-together w/my brothers…. will get back to this, and Godzilla, tonight….
Have a great dance today, brother….
gigoid
SMiLes my friend.. gigoid..
hope ya enjoy the trip
and as the creative
wheels continue
to burn in my
feet and feat
oF mind.. iN
B A L A N C E..
i already wrote
the Novel.. it has
6 chapters so far..
at around 40K
words..
starting
with
‘WrecKinG bAll of Fearless Love’
on January 23rd.. started
writing that chapter
on January 21st.. so
finishing the 6th
chapter on
February
4th makes
for two weeks
for the standard
Novel word count
oF Novel.. hovering
write around the
40K mark..
so ha.. now
it’s just
the final 7th
chapter i’m working
on this weekend and
i think i’ll end it on
the 7th of January
just for good
mEaSure..
putting aLL
the chapters
together in technology’s
ease of cut and paste..
and ha.. now i’ll never
publish a print novel..
impossible with the
way i write with
multi-media..
however..
with a paid
Word Press
site with unlimited
storage.. i could
conceivably
publish a thousand
novels with portions
of my ‘Augmented
Tuxedo
milk’..
cool
metaphor
you designed
to illustrate
that
by the
way..
of 11
million
words
overall..
cut and
pasted
every
which
way..
perhaps
an infinite
number
of Novels
who kNows..
who feels..
i’ll have to
do the
math..
as your
metaphor
of title BRinGs
an ease of answer..
heLL.. why not be crazy
when ya
CAN..
it’s a new
frontier now
after all..
might
as
WeLL
go now
where
no man/woman..
has gone before..
Rod Serling one
human out oF
my favorites..
and i.. my
friend
am
iN
the TwiLiGht
Zone NOW..
“The instinct of creativity must be followed by the act, the physical act of putting it down for a sense of permanence. Once you get that prod, that emotional jar, that “I have witnessed something.” Or “I have felt something.” Or “I have seen something.” Or, through observation, “I have been moved by an event.” I think the answer is, “Get it down. Get it down quickly. Write it down.”
-Rod Serling
And yeah..
i’ll call all of
’em ‘GodsUniVerseNovel’
as multi-UniVerses are
cool..2..3.. etc.. too.
and
i’ll just
sequentially
number ’em
likek that
from now on..
GodsUniVerseNovel2
so on etc.. infinitum..
so folks like you
who actuAlly
read something
i wrote.. will
know
it’s just
a cut..
copy.. and
paste.. of the
chapters that
preceded it..
wInks..
BIG
WiNks..
Creativity
mixed with
TechNoloGy..
the art
and
science
of human magic
now.. groWing..
by the moment
oFthe
preSent
oFNow..
the CUTTING and PasTinG
EDGE OF CREATIVITY..
LIKE A RAZOR OF
WHATeVER
now THAT
“DUDE’S”
NamE
iS…;)
Nice rugs you got there!