Ffolkes,
“Time discovers truth.”
~~ Seneca ~~
Lasers locked on target, Captain…
Hajime…. Howdy, ffolkes. While creating today’s offering, I came to a realization about why I haven’t been able to find the angst necessary to produce a good rant. The realization came as I looked for a pearl to place at the beginning, to indicate the direction the piece would follow; there were so many issues, and so many pearls, I couldn’t make up my mind. It isn’t the angst after all; there’s plenty of that, as a direct result of having plenty of cause. So, I gave up, as is my wont of late, and decided to wait until one of the issues assumed a cloak of dire need, then give it a shot….. Otherwise, I’d be writing forever, without any resolution, for there aren’t many good answers to be found.
Now that I’ve provided myself with a plenitude of future excuses to be lazy, I’ll tell you today’s Pear is a good one, if rant-free. Fine music, perhaps my best poem, and a damn fine old-school lesson, sort of. I’m happy with it, & that’s all that matters ultimately. Y’all will, as always, need to decide for yourselves whether your time has been wasted, or augmented. Sharing your decision is, of course, optional. When I see such comments, I tend to feel a small portion of guilt, right before ignoring them altogether, so, it’s not my favorite thing to occur; I gave up guilt long ago. But, I’m fair-minded, mostly, so, have at it, if you wish…. No worries; I don’t own a gun.
Okay, that’s about enough of that for one day. It’s all getting that red color that happens right before Reality begins to swirl and fade away, so, perhaps it would be best to get on with the rest of this mess. It’s not as if we are concerned with our sales figures, but, I hate casualties, and so does the insurance guy. So, we’ll get the slow on the toad, and be done with it for another diurnal period. Besides, it makes it harder to catch me this way…. See ya down the page….
Shall we pearl?….
“Entropy requires no maintenance.”
~~ Amanda Walker ~~
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Stevie Ray Vaughan, in his short time with us, left a large mark on the musical scene. He was already considered a master when he passed, and, fortunately, left a substantial body of recorded work to enjoy. This concert, though not the greatest picture, has good, clear sound, essential for full appreciation of his genius. Enjoy, ffolkes, it doesn’t get any better……
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Stevie Ray Vaughan
Live in Tokyo ~ 1985
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Unheralded Sagacity…
To many, who will not see beyond their nose,
the world becomes a dangerous place;
a bullet in every gun, a thorn with every rose.
No magic comes to save us, reality leaves no trace.
Minds closed, wrapped tight in manufactured fears,
men become clay, easily molded into complacent form.
No chains needed, held in thrall for years;
lies become gospel, when dishonesty is the norm.
Shed the chains you wear in durance, in kind;
oh, ye of little faith, and much doubt.
Strength is found in an unfettered mind;
cry “freedom” with a great shout.
No help from any gods can hinder so much
as our own lack of confidence;
finding the light within, knowing it as such
confirms us, becoming consequence.
Illumination…..
~~ gigoid ~~
4/17/2013
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Naked Pearls
Potpourri
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“I have been a stranger in a strange land.”
~~ Old Testament, Exodus ii, 22 ~~
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“What we wish, that we readily believe.”
~~ Demosthenes ~~
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“You grow up the day you have your first real laugh — at yourself.”
~~ Ethel Barrymoore ~~
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“Anyone without a sense of humor is at the mercy of everyone else.”
~~ William Rotsler ~~
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“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
~~ T. S. Eliot ~~
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“He who has a WHY to live for can bear with almost any HOW.”
~~ Friedrich Nietzsche ~~
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“Self-trust is the essence of heroism…
It speaks the truth, and it is just, generous, hospitable, temperate,
scornful of petty calculations, and scornful of being scorned.
It persists; it is of an undaunted boldness,
and of a fortitude not to be wearied out.”
~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Essays” ~~
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“He who laughs, lasts.”
~~ Mary Pettibone Poole ~~
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“Deserve your dream.”
~~ Octavio Paz ~~
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There you have it; short, but sweet. I’m going to go now, before it all loses focus, and turns on us, which can happen here at the end, if we aren’t mindful. Of course, that particular state remains fitfully inconsistent, but, we’re working on it. See y’all tomorrow, if I, once again, can find no good reason to NOT do so….. Trust me, I won’t…. and, I WILL be here, one way, or another…. Hope for the one, the other is bloody dangerous…. for everyone….
Y’all take care out there,
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 
That is a great poem…well done….Stevie a great bluesman…..chuq
Thanks, my friend. I love the cut in this concert of ‘Voodoo Child’…. incredible solo riffs that go on forever….
Have a good one; I’ll be by to get snarky later….
gigoid
SMiLes my FriEnd.. gigoid.. bEfore i move to the Pearls
and free flow response coMes.. just for fun..
i loved your poem.. and i’ve come to find
in liFe.. through great
effort in perseverance
in never giving
totAlly
up in
the DarKest
niGhts of numb
and pain.. is Magic
is real.. nah.. not fairy
tale magic but all natural
magic in the sense and feel
that magic is simply what one human
experiences of Nature that the human sitting
wRite next to them has no fathom of in tHeir particular
multi-verse.. from matters as simple as the Young woman
in a Muslim Country in Africa who has been genitally mutilated
and will never experience
the joy of orgasm..
and same applies to
those who hold a philosophy
that sexuality is dirty other than
for making babies.. and when the
vagina or penis feels the naked sun
shame shame shame you are an animal
and no longer human.. as ignorance rains on
to separate the magic as living free.. this moves
on much farther than these simple examples as any thing
that approaches magic beyond this in Abrahamic religions
or current science projects is either evil or to be ridiculed same..
well the thing is.. we live in a new world now where we can document
the daily everyday occurrences
of magic.. like being a shut-in for
66 months with no chance of recovery
then named as dance legend in a bar
two years later and the general
public all the places
dance
roams
for free..
science gave me
no chance of even recovering..
no chance of ever getting off of
drugs to keep me from
trembling
in my boots
that no longer
had straps to pull them
up.. science says that one
is the strongest at age 30.. i exceed
the efforts in leg strength of Marines in
their twenties even getting stronger at age 56..
Magic is just the pArts of Human Nature that science
says is not normal.. the average of a functionally disabled
human population meant to be wild and free.. or the evil that
religions fear for humans to go in wild and ecstatic dance with
the beats of drums and the flutes of SonG as HeARt and SpiRit
and a SoUl of MiNd and BoDy BaLanCinG riSinG hiGher and HiGher
to bliss never experienced before in what some term as Kundalini rising
others speak of as Satori.. and so many other metaphors for a higher experience
of human potential in sensory.. sensual and overall FeeLinG way.. this magic saves..
this magic frees the hUman heARt.. SpiRit and SoUL with ReAson too.. this magic is
innate.. instinctual.. intuitive and A best pARt oF aLL.. iT doesn’t cost a Lincoln FucKinG
Red materialistic cent.. this sense.. this feeling.. this sensuaLiTy iS all Free that comes
from within.. it’s A hiGher power of Nature.. magic.. even call it God for those who can
experience a much greater way of free liGht of Life.. bottom line.. this magic iSReAL
and i’ve only touched
the surface of
this
potential
in these relatively
few lines here.. this
magic saves.. bottom line..
or these hands would be dust
at the bottom of dead.. call it a blue
turtle.. call it a seagull wing.. call it the
Ocean Whole.. call iT GoD aLL or nothing
aT aLL.. bottom line this Magic lives as mE..:)
“Time discovers truth.”
~~ Seneca ~~
And ceases
to exist..:)
“Entropy requires no maintenance.”
~~ Amanda Walker ~~
And then humans
create..:)
“I have been a stranger in a strange land.”
~~ Old Testament, Exodus ii, 22 ~~
And then
my feet became
as gRaiNs oF Sand..:)
“What we wish, that we readily believe.”
~~ Demosthenes ~~
Or we are spoon
fed a death
without wish..:)
“You grow up the day you have
your first real laugh — at yourself.”
~~ Ethel Barrymoore ~~
For me i posted Facebook
photos of myself in my underwear..
i laughed free more than ever before..
and my
family
de-friended me..
hehe.. even A cousin
who lifted up her shirt
to show us more
then at a
younger age
before when
she too was free
and lost that too.
and it’s worth noting
that’s before that side
of the family started going to church..
in fundamentalist Trump ways of priSon..
and of course Hypocrisy too.. like health
care for all is evil when you yourself are currently enjoying medicaid
now.. and your family is still supporting you while other folks don’t
have rich parents to help them in their every step of life.. same
story
happens
all over the place
but i choose to strip
free of human lies..
of darkness
without
Love
of Giving eYes..;)
“Anyone without a sense of humor
is at the mercy of everyone else.”
~~ William Rotsler ~~
And all poeTry that
reAlly speaks
has
a root
of humor..
sly.. wry.. dry and tUFF as FucK..
sure an element of sex is necessary2
to spice reaLiTy as ANIMAL IS IS HuMAN too..;)
“Only those who will risk going too far
can possibly find out how far one can go.”
~~ T. S. Eliot ~~
And this is what
poEtry.. SonG and DancE
and all oTheR hUman aRts
thaT E-sCape the entropy
of sentient Star duST
pLus does..
for
the
record
mY FriEnd..
to go even further as ARt..:)
“He who has a WHY to live for
can bear with almost any HOW.”
~~ Friedrich Nietzsche ~~
Sadly it seems from all accounts
i’ve read that Nietzche was misSing
the most important pARt of wHy
and that
mY
FriEnd
is what
was missing
for me too.. before
the magic rained in
like a Hurricane wind
with warm
and fuzzy
calm
center
never amiss..
survive is fine..
thrive is divine..
i LiGht LoVe..:)
“Self-trust is the essence of heroism…
It speaks the truth, and it is just, generous, hospitable, temperate,
scornful of petty calculations, and scornful of being scorned.
It persists; it is of an undaunted boldness,
and of a fortitude not to be wearied out.”
~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Essays” ~~
This is a really beautiful platitude but truly
Fearless is the core of this..
even before Love can
possibly reign..
and the bottom
line is humans are
animals and until one
can walk tall and fearlessly
in a dArkesT PaRkInG Lot
without fear in understanding
at a core instinctual and intuitive
level they can defend themselves from
predator and can capture prey with Grocery
store in sight or not.. the Love will never be Unconditional
enough to understand what made Adolph Hitler tick.. FEAR
is the
Devil that
kills love.. and truly
the greaTest lOvers
have no fear of
the dARk
of Night..
most everyone should/could
art martial even if they never
ouch a pound of flesh..
anyWays.. works
for mE @leASt
and made me
empirically twice
as strong in feats of feet too@56..:)
The body is the SoUL as well as miNd..
to BrinG iT aLL ToGeTHeR IS A Force
oF God oF aLL NAtuRe..
to be honored
and respected in
hUman Form..
and that
takes a physical
and mental and
emotional spiritual
practice across life span
from birth to death.. sadly
it’s never likely gonna happen sitting still..:)
“He who laughs, lasts.”
~~ Mary Pettibone Poole ~~
God IS A Laugh
for those
who Laugh..:)
“Deserve your dream.”
~~ Octavio Paz ~~
Perhaps the greatest
failing of the Christian
reality of the modern age
is dreams don’t take work..
to come to fruition noW..
Merit
is God’s
Second
name
God of Merit
Merit of Life..
Life takes work
and Free is never Free..
nor is Love and LIGht..
SMiLes.. LIFe is alWays
now short and long
when
NOw
is eternity
as Heaven now..
and if that ain’t magic
perHaps one hasn’t visited Now
AnoTheR place oF iSREAL noW2..:)
Beautiful respons, mon ami. Time held still, patently, while you danced on screen. A worthy augmentation to a fine Pearl….
*wink*
Love
gigoid
One word..
FUn..;)iS..:)
Love this, Ned ~
“He who laughs, lasts.”
I’m a stayer… haha.. 🙂
xoxoxo
Aye, I’d agree… I’d also say you’re what is called, in the most respectful sense, a keeper… a sentiment I’m sure shared by your companion….
*wink*
Glad you enjoyed it; this one was fun…
gigoid
Haha, Ned…. I believe you’re right. If ever he proved that it was during the illness I suffered.
I’m loving the change in you. Now don’t deny it; you ‘are’ changing…!
xoxoxo
Well, okay. What you note is probably my recent epiphany re: Life at Large, which is best expressed in the poem I wrote 3 or so years ago, above. I had lost track of my sense of irony, and got too far into ‘me’, without keeping my inner eye on the center…
A long winded way of saying to remember to laugh at myself…
*grin*
That way, I always have something about which to be amused….
Take care, milady…
gigoid
❤ xoxoxo