Ffolkes,
“Life is cruel? Compared to what?”
~~ Edward Abbey ~~
First bloom of spring….
Hajime…. As spring approaches this part of the planet, the day’s are a bit warmer, & longer by a bit each time we revolve, & move around our sun. I find myself wanting to spend more time out of doors, as made clear by today’s image of a downtown tree coming into its seasonal growth. My recovery from last weekend’s difficult journey continues apace, albeit a slow one; any wisdom we may accrue as we grow older comes with a higher price than at any previous time, to be sure. Even though I never mind paying whatever price is required, it does bring a bit of frustration along, as the price takes longer to pay. Ah, well, such is life, with all its beauty and pain, each of which, if accepted as part of the overall balance in reality, brings its own sort of appreciation and joy…. beauty at its perception, & pain at its absence….
It’s probably a bit early for such deep philosophy; one cuppa coffee isn’t quite enough to achieve that sort of equanimity…. which reminds me, it’s time to refill. Be right back…. Okay, good to go. The only question remaining, then, is to figure out where to go. I have put together the basic elements of a pretty decent Pearl, rantless though it may be, so, it shouldn’t be too much effort to finish it off. Of course, that makes the, perhaps, erroneous assumption we know where to go & what to do in order to complete that task; assumptions, while necessary at times to continue to function, are tricky bastards, often ill-advised. Today, since we aren’t going to make any, it shouldn’t prolong our agony for longer than we can endure….
That being said, I suppose it would be best to go on, without further delay; this might ensure at least a modicum of dignity, which is often completely missing from these pages. It’s not as if we care, (we don’t) (and, neither do I, in the normal, non-royal persona….), but, according to the general rules of blogging, we are supposed to make an effort to LOOK as if we do. I’m not sure, at this point, just how to do that, so, I’m going to ignore that rule, & just get on with the rest of this mess. That, in and of itself, is easy enough. All we have to do to accomplish that, is this….
Shall we Pearl?
“Don’t take life so seriously… it’s only a temporary situation.”
~~ Humanity’s Ancient Sage, Anonymous ~~
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I’m up quite late, so, naturally, we’re going with one of our default choices for music. This cut of Gimme Shelter is by the P4C Band, a live cut from one of their concerts…. It’s hot, as it should be…. Enjoy!….
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Playing For Change
Gimme Shelter
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I came across these lines, from one of T. S. Eliot’s most famous poems, & decided to include the entire poem/song as today’s choice for this section. I’ve included a link, to a reproduction of the full poem on Bartleby.com, rather than taking up that space here. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do, every time I read it…..
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
~~ T.S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ~~
http://www.bartleby.com/198/1.html
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Naked Pearls
“The more I learn, the more I have to learn….”
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“Inquiry is fatal to certainty.”
~~ Will and Ariel Durant ~~
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“What is the hardest task in the world? To think.”
~~ Emerson ~~
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“He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.”
~~ Ben Jonson ~~
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“The belief that there is only one truth
and that oneself is in possession of it
seems to me the deepest root of all evil that is in the world.”
~~ Max Born, physicist ~~
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“I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind.”
~~ Antoine de Saint Exupery ~~
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“Work is not an end in itself;
there must always be time enough for love.”
~~ Robert Heinlein ~~
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“After all,
to the well-organized mind,
death is but the next great adventure.”
~~ Albus Dumbledore ~~
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Given the handicaps, (periodic outbursts of sanity, chronic pain, bozoid tendencies, cynicism, to name just a few….), under which I normally operate, I can’t consider this one as shabby. Fortunately for us all, I CAN consider it done, as it has a completed section in each space provided, it flows fairly well, and, most importantly, I can’t think of anything to add. To avoid any further embarrassment or build-up of unduly authorized angst among the participating denizens of this reality, I think I’ll just end it here, before it gets away from me. I’ll be back, tomorrow, hopefully, to try to get it right, one more time…. Please join me then, as we explore yet another dark corner of my mind, as it attempts to deal with Consensual Reality, as best we may…. See ya, ffolkes…. As yet, nobody has come up with a reliable way to prevent me from doing so….
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 
no Spring here as of yet. maybe in another month
LOL! Sorry to hear that; I guess that old ‘latitude’ we pick to live in makes a big difference…. I guess you’ll have to cultivate patience; I hear it helps to think of it as “more time to anticipate”….
Stay warm & dry as you can….
gigoid
Welcome back aGaiN..
gigoid from a short hiatus
of recovering from the
mostly happy
stresses
it seems
from your
trip and of
course the stress
from loss as well..
very busy over here as well
dealing with the opposing faces
of joy and sadness that goes with
the so-called Mardi-Gras prelude
to withholding gratification and the
sadness of loss of course as both
paRts of liFe as humans are currently
evolved to accommodate as Struggle in
Pleasure and Pain for Change.. hmm.. i suppose
i could have just said hello.. but hehe.. that’s not my
personal way of reciprocal social communication and why
most people likely say in real life.. i gotta get the FucK out of here..
who talks about all this shit over the weather hehe.. anyWay.. deeP is
where i go..
deeper and
deeper as
life is a total
exploration to me
as a natural born wanderer..
also known and felt as the dopamine
variant gene in nomad way of moving
out of the cave.. even if it means throwing
some caution to the wind.. my friEnd.. hmm..
rhymed so i did that too.. just for a rhythm
and sing to life for overall good vibrations..
as yes.. good vibrations is what
life’s all about as sing
to go along
with
the
dance my friend as Lamps of
liGht or Trees of liFE thaT never
end @leASt for now.. goeS oN as LiGht and LIFe..
AnyWay.. now of to the Pearls of Wisdom you bRinG..:)
“Life is cruel? Compared to what?”
~~ Edward Abbey ~~
University of Pain NoW..
can bRing both the greaTest
Reliefs and Pleasures after thaT
iF Graduation
comes
aT
aLL as
there is
now no
built in book
that says liFE is fAir..
Struggle is.. just is.. Relief
and Pleasure from all Pain is
the eternal reward iF that comes..
for
noW
@LeaSt..
And when it
does ..iT iSreAL..
bottom lines of
Victory
mY
FriEnd as surely
all around us a liFe
of merit it is or not..
A Life of struggle it is.. it is.. for sure..
aS even with a constant flow of sugar or cocaine..
Pain can be the measure of the lever the Monkeys
(Hairless Ground Apes included) never stop pressing
for
the Pain
of Instant Gratification
never ending as Intermittent
Gratification is the way of iNnate
Nature.. yes.. in all things existence..
dARk leads to liGht.. and without
some struggle..
Pleasure
Leads to Pain.. as two
fingers of opposites become one in
heHe.. BaphoMeT way two as one almost
as adequate.. a symbol of the reaLiTy of exisTence..
as that Famous Indian Cosmic Dancer at CERN.. my friEnd..
As ‘they’ say..
the cross IS A
fairly adequate
symbol too.. but it
kinda tales
only
half
the story..
when more is
DanCinG.. theN/thaN SinGinG..:)
Ah.. State of Flowers
LiVinG uP to its name after
reviewing 6 months of Dance
photos.. totaling about 400.. worth
copying and pasting to the latest
documentation
of dance
feats
sTiLL
coming
for Intermittent
Gratification too..
only 300 would fit
with the other 100 photos
and 11,313 words on the
Google Blogger format.. but
hey.. it’s free.. can’t complain about thaT..
anyWay.. this year.. the Flower State.. up here in
the LA Lower Alabama Panhandle pArt lives up
to its name as the beauty of flowers blooming
as colorful as ever all the way through SpRing of WiNter..
Climate
change
is fun
while the
fun pArt oF iT lasts..
not so fun in terms
of Tornados and Hurricanes
STiLL to balance it all out down heAR..
once again.. the Hidden Pain of Pleasure all the time..
all one
can eat
sugars and
fats in stores..
type two pre-diabetes
in two-thirds of school age
children in clinical study to
go along with pasty fingers
behind a keyboard and screen too..
With dopamine hits of Screen liGhts
misSing the mArk of oxytocin FeeLinG Love..
Life takes
more than a
PHD FeeLeD higher
and deeper NoW than
instant gratification shit..
as the ‘general public’
and Faux pundits NoW
continue to defend TRumP Lies
like the beauty of instant gratification
in opiate addictions that never end in pleasure..
i love/disgusSt to watch it live on ‘Facebook’ from a distance..
humans are so interesting to watch on the treadmill of a rat
who
cannot
escape
a wheel of shit…
in terms of instant gratification..
Hmm.. got just the theMe SonG for this
too.. hehe.. thanks Katy did and do for thAT too..;)
“Don’t take life so seriously… it’s only a temporary situation.”
~~ Humanity’s Ancient Sage, Anonymous ~~
When in Rome..
laugh
from
A Safe distance..;)
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
~~ T.S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ~~
Yep.. we are born swimming
in an Ocean with a Feeding
Tube.. without
even a
need
to Breathe Fresh
Air through a Mouth of Life..
Breathing takes work to drown death out..
as
DARkLIGht..:)
“Inquiry is fatal to certainty.”
~~ Will and Ariel Durant ~~
InFiNity+
mysterY as
liFe maKes
moRe
seNse
feeL
noW
thaT Away
iF neVer Now
EndinG eXploRinG NoW..
As FeeLinG SeNsInG NoW..
InFiniTy moRe MoVeS… FeeLinG
SenSEs
butt NoW
oNly iF
ExploRinG moRE noW..
reTiRes WHeeL oF liFe wiTh
enDless tReads oF RubbeR MoRe..:)
“What is the hardest task in the world? To think.”
~~ Emerson ~~
Hehe..
or to
avoid
teXt or thiNk..;)
“He knows not his own strength
that hath not met adversity.”
~~ Ben Jonson ~~
YeP
uNiVersiTy
adVersiTY..;)
“The belief that there is only one truth
and that oneself is in possession of it
seems to me the deepest root of all evil that is in the world.”
~~ Max Born, physicist ~~
Yep..
like
a book..
it ends..
ReaLity beGins..
ha!
book ends..
without means to begIn..;)
“I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind.”
~~ Antoine de Saint Exupery ~~
sMiLes..to
A greAtest
LibeRation for
me@
LeASt
Free Verse
DanCinG boDy
LibeRating miNd from thINk..;)
“Work is not an end in itself;
there must always be time enough for love.”
~~ Robert Heinlein ~~
WiLL to
iNcrease
Love
Problem solved..:)
“After all,
to the well-organized mind,
death is but the next great adventure.”
~~ Albus Dumbledore ~~
SMILes
to the
well organized
Free Verse Dance
Death
iS
juST A mYth..;)
Nice.. to see ya gigoid..
BaLanCinG acT as alWays..
As A Rhythm of LIFE witH overAll Good VibRations..
aLong
witH A
PaiNT
and dis
ease of REaLiTy..:)