Ffolkes,
“He who has the courage to laugh
is almost as much a master of the world
as he who is ready to die.”
~~ Giacomo Leopardi ~~
Mornings are fun!….
Hajime…. Just look at that face! Is that not the perfect picture of experiencing joy, simply to be alive? Such serendipitous gifts cannot be overvalued, in my estimation, providing us with a reason to look inside, to find the part of us that once felt that joy, unbidden. For those of us advanced in years, it’s a long way back in memory, but, just seeing such a smile, echoed by the glittering eyes, gives us good reason to spend the time & effort to take that journey into our own past, to share the joy she so obviously feels….
Thanks to a studious application of will, I was able to cobble together this Pearl for today. Two final tasks to complete, then I can post it, before reaching my current limit for sitting. To keep from going wonky, as is my wont, far too often, I’ll truncate this intro, as best I can, & we can all get on with the rest of the day, which, for me, is a busy one. In fact, I’ve so much to do, I actually am experiencing the dreaded deadline anxiety; time to administer the antidote, I think. How, you may ask, will he do it this time? Simple, really. Watch this….
Shall we Pearl?
“If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good.
But you can survive without it
if you have love, compassion, and tolerance.
The clear truth of a person’s love of God
is if that person genuinely shows love to fellow human beings.”
~~ Dalai Lama ~~
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Since we’re having so much fun this morning, I feel like some good time music. Here is one of my favorite concerts from a good time musician, with whom I’ve spent many a fine evening, both in concert, and on the stereo…. I’ve been a Coral Reefer since the mid-70’s, when I first heard two of his first albums, “A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation”, and “Living and Dying in 3/4 Time”. I won’t suggest you enjoy this, as I am sure you will, no matter what I may say; it’s just plain good stuff….
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Jimmy Buffett
Live in Anguilla
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Dreaming of Calliope
La belle dame sans merci speaks aloud through endless night,
torturing dreams, with powerful words and stentorian phrases.
Manifest visions bathed in unbearable grace and light,
destroying all direction, standing lost, in unfathomable mazes.
Fate plays a part, one that will never face denial,
as fear and courage eternally vie for ascendancy.
Conflict becomes valid, gifting strength in open trial,
but honest emotion wears no costume so fancy.
Blood, sweat, and tears stroll on avenues of gold,
unlikely heroines heralding as in ancient lore;
Sharp, competent knives cut through tales untold,
eternally shifting reality past the naked shore.
Drifting toward origin, bereft of mandate or cause,
finished, nay, abandoned, tied with a figurative bow.
No simple gift from muses to give comfort or pause,
save that all we need to know, we already know…..
~~ gigoid ~~
12/13/2012
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Naked Pearls
Poetic philosophy,
aka,
Philosophic Poetry….
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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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“The hour is striking so close above me,
so clear and sharp,
that all my senses ring with it.
I feel it now: there’s a power in me
to grasp and give shape to my world.
I know that nothing has ever been real
without my beholding it.
All becoming has needed me.
My looking ripens things
and they come toward me, to meet and be met.”
~~ Rainer Maria Rilke, from Book of Hours~~
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“As for the future,
your task is not to foresee it,
but to enable it.”
~~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery, “Wisdom of the Sands” ~~
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“Do I dare disturb the universe?”
~~ T. S. Eliot ~~
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“Happiness follows sorrow,
sorrow follows happiness,
but when one no longer discriminates
between happiness and sorrow,
a good deal and a bad deed,
one is able to realize freedom.”
~~ Buddha~~
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“If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.”
~~ Rush, “Freewill” ~~
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“When I discover who I am, I’ll be free.”
~~ Ralph Ellison ~~
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“All time in all time.
It does not change.
It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations.
It simply is.
Take it moment by moment,
and you will find that we are all bugs in amber.”
~~ Kurt Vonnegut Jr., “Slaughter-House 5” ~~
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“Come to the edge, life said.
They said: We are afraid.
Come to the edge, life said.
They came.
It pushed them….
and they Flew.”
~~ Guillaume Apollinaire ~~
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Well, I did it. Okay, so, I cheated, a bit. Sue me, if you dare. For my own part, I am content, or, as content as possible in my current state of advanced ambiguity. So be it, he said, with a wicked grin and a snap of the fingers. We’re done, and, what’s more, we’re outta here. No telling, at this point, when this might happen again, but, you may rest assured, it will. Hell, I’ve even got a new poem in the process of leaking out, so, eventually, when it’s done, I’ll have to post it, if only to soothe my own fevered dreams of adequacy. For the nonce, I’ll bid thee adieu, until we meet again, somewhere in cyberspace…. See ya, ffolkes; be alert, because it will happen quickly, when it does….
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 
2 of his better albums imo…..the face of a child always brings joy….the innocence and the happiness is magic…..my music today is my stand-by…..Segovia….up to my butt in a research project need the calming sounds…LOL See ya later….chuq
Agreed; his early work is less complex, but, more fun, I think… Segovia is always a good choice when soothing is required… You have a good one too; gotta go deal with stuff in the BBR today…. but, I’ll try to get by this afternoon…
gigoid
I will be here and typing…LOL chuq
“Do I dare disturb the universe?”
~~ T. S. Eliot ~~
Not likely! 😉
*grin*
We dare, but, it pays no particular attention to us….
gigoid
Good afternoon.. gigoid..
wiTh feels and smells
oF Fresh Grass as An
Art NOW
Fresh aS
Sod now
Dances nOw
and Sings NoW
Back a Green Now
liFe oF iTs own.. noW
And when soW and reaP
beCoMeS one seeds of Grass
GrowS wHOle as hUmaN sKeYes
Can and WiLL juSt Do @LEast foR NoW..
oThEr thaN tHat nice to see you Posting Green..:)
“He who has the courage to laugh
is almost as much a master of the world
as he who is ready to die.”
~~ Giacomo Leopardi ~~
Incidental sMiLes as i often
FiNd iN Metro Dance of
Progressive Stores
More and
less
iN
Stores of
More Conservative
Poorer Economic Status..
UsuAlly.. iF i do not give uP..
i WiLL find at leASt one liGht
Switch that goes uP instead of DoWN..;)
“If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good.
But you can survive without it
if you have love, compassion, and tolerance.
The clear truth of a person’s love of God
is if that person genuinely shows love to fellow human beings.”
~~ Dalai Lama ~~
OverAll.. Human BeinGs as Science
sHows are Altruistic Beings when watered/fed
as Garden of Love.. particularly.. from ages.. 0 to 3..
So.. at core.. hUmans bind tOGeTheR with or without written
words and books and pAges as religion.. they share an innate bind as
sAMe as religion NoW of Love that does mean compassion and tolerance
when aGaPe more inNate as classicAlly evolved aS BaLancE iN relativELy
sMall groups aWay from root one square one problem of too many eYes
and hips in a room more suited for fewer naked eYes free in touchy Feely
Love.. yep.. the warm and fuzzies as Super Empathic Hairless Apes
WiLL do when LiVinG iN LoVinG BaLanCe.. yes.. A
greAteST Gift aS INherited as hUman Form
as Essence of Nature hUman.. Altruism
rules as Golden RuLe more..
Religion enforces
compassion
and
tolerance
in larger groups
in written and recorded
ways.. as Does Culture and
Government same.. And even
Science as essence oF ForM iN
thAT Word as systemizing liFE
wiTH MeaSuRE oF TruST iN
Repeatable observation
of what works
and what
will
not work
for the Larger
Groups @wHoLe..
Sure.. Scandinavian Governments..
Before the Separation of Immigration
in ideology as Belief of Older Religions
opposing the rules of Governments that
serve as religions to enforce compassion
and tolerance of differences.. as in example of
Scandinavian Governments2.. wHeRe A child can be
left safe.. on sidewalks alone.. as the ..Much Bigger..
Homogenous Village.. at least in past.. is one who raises
the child togEthER as common.. Holy.. Sacred.. fuLL oF
Meaning and Purpose.. sure.. With Paid Maternity Leave too..
to Water the Garden oF Love that only needs Laws to enforce it in bigger groups oF Folks..:)
“A word is dead
When it is said
Some say.
I say it just
Begins to live
That day.”
~~ Emily Dickinson ~~
Labels alone
are a little less
Alive than words
that
DancE
And SinG..
ExPaNding EsseNce
oF EmoTioNs and SenSEs
iN HUmaN BeinG More ALiVe..
And yes..
Emily
was/is
Great in MaKinG
Words FloW OrgaNic..
far away.. from Dead Labels Alone..:)
“The hour is striking so close above me,
so clear and sharp,
that all my senses ring with it.
I feel it now: there’s a power in me
to grasp and give shape to my world.
I know that nothing has ever been real
without my beholding it.
All becoming has needed me.
My looking ripens things
and they come toward me, to meet and be met.”
~~ Rainer Maria Rilke, from Book of Hours~~
IN shoRt.. ExPaNding Observer
Effect wHole as Physics
iN MiNd and BoDy
BaLanCinG
EsSeNce
unLeashed sOUL..
And relEased as Quantum
EmoTions and SenSes.. AliVe..:)
“As for the future,
your task is not to foresee it,
but to enable it.”
~~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery, “Wisdom of the Sands” ~~
Yep.. Problem With single Prophecies that withstand
the test of now.. they sImply rot.. and folks tend to
do tHeir best to self-fulfill sTuFF as crazy far
removed now heAR..
as hoping the end of
the world
comes
in a
testament of now.. past..:)
“Do I dare disturb the universe?”
~~ T. S. Eliot ~~
Or rot.. forgetting
we are the UniVerse..
alWays changing alWays
evolving now.. or not.. Stagnate..:)
“Happiness follows sorrow,
sorrow follows happiness,
but when one no longer discriminates
between happiness and sorrow,
a good deal and a bad deed,
one is able to realize freedom.”
~~ Buddha~~
A conTinUinG BleSsinG
oF Change…
HeLL
can
beCoMe
HeaVen aGaiN
heAR on eARTh..now..:)
“If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.”
~~ Rush, “Freewill” ~~
AMaZinG how..
Many folks
chose
the
do nothing
choice of Stagnate Hell..
or stick to the rules of distant bore..;)
“When I discover who I am, I’ll be free.”
~~ Ralph Ellison ~~
As long as i can see
within.. my form
is alWays now
Visible to me as Essence.. Free..;)
“All time in all time.
It does not change.
It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations.
It simply is.
Take it moment by moment,
and you will find that we are all bugs in amber.”
~~ Kurt Vonnegut Jr., “Slaughter-House 5” ~~
Yes..
butt bugs
Have different colors..
or SHades of Grey..;)
“Come to the edge, life said.
They said: We are afraid.
Come to the edge, life said.
They came.
It pushed them….
and they Flew.”
~~ Guillaume Apollinaire ~~
Or
‘they
fAiL
BacK iN
A Cave of Do
Do for
and
aGaInst
iN inDecision
GridLock In one Party..;)
FIre Works are less
Colorful than FloWers
NoW as
FLowers
Live
wiTh
wArM anD
fuZZy hUman
feelingsenses or noT..;)
WitH all that
SAiD.. eNjoYinG
Watching kARMa
pLay ouT iN
Safe
Distance..
so far now
from
A Three Ring
CircuS iN DaRkeST..
ClOwn ORange ParAde..;)
w0t a smile 😀
Aye, ’tis, isn’t it? My granddaughter, Zoey, who has her fathers love of mornings…. They don’t like to miss any of the day….
gigoid