Ffolkes,
“A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world’s torrent.”
~~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ~~
Ebb tide on the Strand, Galway Bay, Ireland….
Hajime…. I write because I found, early on in life, it helps me to organize my thoughts; in doing so, it aids in maintaining a relative degree of what is often termed ‘sanity’. At this point in my life, a fair piece down the road, I might add, I am ambiguously happy to report, it hasn’t worked too well at all. Now, I will agree, that’s a pretty ambiguous statement, as well, but, it’s accurate, for all it may be ironic, or more pointedly, sardonic. I’m happy to be insane, but, ambiguously, because it’s not a sane world, which rather makes the whole exercise somewhat of a conundrum. I suppose, if I stop to think for long about it, that’s not only a fair assessment, but, shows clearly, my sanity bears little resemblance to what others might accept as such….
I have related the above, not because I am particularly proud of it, or even concerned by it. No, I only do so to demonstrate for y’all, in graphic clarity, a set of thoughts that, if considered with gravity and compassion, can provide some understanding of why it often gets a bit strange around here. It doesn’t necessarily excuse it, or even attempt to justify any of it; it only offers an opportunity to process the strangeness, so it can be assimilated into your own understanding of consensual reality, at least well enough not to laugh outright at any of this. Well, I guess laughing is okay; I do try to be humorous. But, it also will, hopefully, help y’all to see why I’m so fucking weird, which can only help. Right? Right…..
Now we have that completely squared away, as far as it will ever be, I think I’ll get on with the rest of what I’ve cobbled together for today. I am aware enough this morning to be able to realize, if I don’t, it may never happen. Wouldn’t want that; I’d be mentally constipated all day. Instead, let’s go consume some fibrous material for the mind, such as it may be.
What? No, we’re all out of rationality, so, don’t ask. Instead, just hang on, & before you know it, you’ll be on your way to your next scheduled stop…. I would suggest, however, you fasten your restraining belts; it might get a little turbulent….
Shall we Pearl?
“He that respects himself if safe from others;
He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.”
~~ Henry Wordsworth Longfellow ~~
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I am in need of soothing music, as is often the case in the midst of creation. Today’s selection was chosen, as is also often the case, because I like the picture it displayed on You Tube. I hope you enjoy this hour-long selection of classical pieces, put together by a random computer user…. Abondanza!….
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Classical Music
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Fine and Good, Good and Fine
A pig in a poke’s got nothing on me,
cuz I’m as confused as a man can be.
This ol’ world’s got me spinnin’ around
cussin’ and spittin’, a penny for a pound.
Forty ‘leven times since I was a kid, well,
I’ve fallen in love, ‘least too close to tell.
Every damn time, it all went to crap,
Forty ‘leven times I’ve felt like a sap.
‘Course, each time it happens, I forget the last;
why not? I’m havin’ such a blast….
Livin’ in each moment, filled with joie de vivre,
’til it’s all gone away again, nothin’ left up my sleeve.
Don’t want y’all to think I’m sad or blue,
life’s full of sorrow, lots for me, and/or you..
T’other side of that coin, we can be glad,
is joyful love, and that ain’t at all bad.
My road’s been littered with parts o’my heart,
each one colored with trust, which ain’t always smart.
Yet, long as I don’t lose my connection to joy,
I’ll find my own true love, and be a happy boy.
It’s been some kinda fun, even when I’d take a fall,
and doin’ it over makes no sense at all, at all
Day after day, I keep on keepin’ on, as it’s said;
Guess I’ll keep on doin’ that ’til I’m dead.
‘Nuff said….
~~ gigoid, tongue firmly in cheek ~~
3/23/2013
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Naked Pearls
Notes on Life at Large….
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“All that glitters is not gold”
is from “Parabolae”, a book of poems written circa 1175
by Alanus de Insulis, a French monk:
“Non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum”
= “Do not hold everything gold that shines like gold”.
It was Englished by Chaucer in the “Canterbury Tales” (1389) as:
“But al thyng which that shyneth as the gold
Nis nat gold, as that I have herd it told.”
~~ Smart Bee ~~
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“A day dawns, quite like other days;
in it, a single hour comes, quite like other hours;
but in that day and in that hour the chance of a lifetime faces us.”
~~ Maltbie Babcock ~~
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“So seek the wolf in thyself
Shape shift – nose to the wind
Shape shift – feeling I’ve been
Move swift – all senses clean
Earth’s gift, back to the meaning of wolf and man.”
~~ Metallica “Of Wolf and Man” ~~
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“Not all those who wonder are lost.”
~~ J. R. R. Tolkien ~~
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“In the moment between stimulus and response lies freedom.”
~~ Steven Covey ~~
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“The world is full of cactus, but we don’t have to sit on it.”
~~ Will Foley ~~
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“I see my life go drifting like a river
From change to change; I have been many things –
A green drop in the surge, a gleam of light
Upon a sword, a fir tree on a hill,
An old slave grinding at a heavy quern,
A king sitting upon a chair of gold –
And all these things were wonderful and great;
But now I have grown nothing, knowing all.
Ah! Druid, Druid, how great webs of sorrow
Lay hidden in that small slate-coloured thing!”
~~ William Butler Yeats, “Fergus and the Druid” ~~
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Well, there you have it. While I wouldn’t call it classical literature, I would say, it’s done. I’ll add, thank goodness for that. This one should probably never have happened, but, who am I to argue with consensual reality? Rather than belabor such an obvious point, I’ll just say, see y’all next time, and let you be until then…. See ya….
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….
Music to sip Irish by…well done. Having a day away….hope yours is good and restful….chuq
Hello.. gigoid.. OMG.. i muSt
be tired and oFF FoCuS
as i have been
meandering here
and tHeRe online
and going not much
of anywhere in focus
but everywhere else but now..
WeLL.. Back to the present oF NoW
And i guess even Laser Focus mostly
aLL NeedS NoW iS A ChancE to VeGeTatE..
ScaTTeReD
LEaves
of
Trees
NoW alMost iNfiniTe
paRTS oF thOughts i used
to be with no Cohesive whOle..
ThoUght Control per Free WiLL
is reALLy an aMaZinG WoRk oF arT..
particularly.. when one gets to the point
that all thOughts coMe freelY iN mostly Positive
ways but hey.. try doing that at one of Maslow’s LoWeR
Pyramid Levels iN Basic levELs of HuMaN Animal Homeostasis
like ‘they’ say.. the needle of the camEL’s eYe as the Rider of the
Elephant lost Below in Subconscious rain with neither reins
or reiGn oF RideR aBoVe.. anyWay.. the riDer is Below the
Secret is out.. we alWays thOught we were smART
until the ELephant and CamEL coMes out to
PLaY.. yes.. you’ve already alluded to this
ELephant And CamEL iN wHaT
i LoVe to nAMe
as the
secular
version
of what i call
a Holy and Creative
Spirit now and it’s true
sometimes it is the Pain too..
of Now that BRinGS thaT ELePhant
NexT iN CreAtinG more thaN what Rider
THiNKs iS Possible with effortless Breeze..
as a cAMel’s HumP iS more than jusT a Myth NoW..
For those who seeHear further than ‘normal’ penCiL eYes and eaRs..
lET the FinGeRs do the TALkinG as the Hands tALk to the MouTh for FReED..
i don’t kNoW.. when i heard the Brown Nose RoundTable Discussion
at the top of the Government think tank.. today.. and a little mouse
man saying Animals Experience no Dignity and Naked is
innate ugly.. so.. says some words of a God oF Fear and
Hate and Jealousy over someone who might
see an erect nipple through a T-shirt..
if that person is not owned by paper
work now.. i just thOught the World
IS A Circus
ThanK
God
i Am
A Clown
who cannot see
with those eyes and ears..
true.. sometimes.. i’M Glad i got
Clear blue eYes that are not totally filled with sHiT..
Bozo FeeLs NoW and SenSes Better Naked
And Dignified Wild FReED..
Soap BoXinG
NeVeR
SinKinG
HiGHeR
tHaN LoWeR NoW2.. heHe..
LefT JaB uP AS ‘TheY’ SaY2
For WRiTe Cross NoW2.. WhiLe
NoW.. NaH.. i Haven’t Seen Jack
Daniels or Wild Turkey latELy
buTT iT’s true every Thursday
NiGht i Pass
Close
NoW To
a Dance
HaLL Mirror
WitH a White Owl for the
Best of ThREE Generations
WiTh
A J
i
M
Be
aM
PeeRinG
tHe smART
PHoNe aBoVe..;)
“A talent is formed in stillness,
a character in the world’s torrent.”
~~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ~~
STiLL oF Laser Focus eYe of Hurricane
NoW and yeS.. ArMs oF Character
ForM Hurricane
WiNDs
EsCaPe..:)
“He that respects himself if safe from others;
He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.”
~~ Henry Wordsworth Longfellow ~~
True.. beWare
of little big
men
who
require
PainT by
Numbers BrOwn KNoWs
HoLes eXposED WaTeR
oF LiFe aLL Dried uP BeHiNd(S)..;)
“All that glitters is not gold”
is from “Parabolae”, a book of poems written circa 1175
by Alanus de Insulis, a French monk:
“Non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum”
= “Do not hold everything gold that shines like gold”.
It was Englished by Chaucer in the “Canterbury Tales” (1389) as:
“But al thyng which that shyneth as the gold
Nis nat gold, as that I have herd it told.”
~~ Smart Bee ~~
Ferris Bueller’s NiGht
oFF SHiNiNG
HiS
ToWeR..;)
“A day dawns, quite like other days;
in it, a single hour comes, quite like other hours;
but in that day and in that hour the chance of a lifetime faces us.”
~~ Maltbie Babcock ~~
LiFe is never longer than Now
INFiNiTe HuWoMaNDiMeNSioNs
oF NoW and Science has not a clue
how to MeaSure the BeYonD
INNeR SPacE as
Quantum Metaphor
oF BaLanCinG MiNd and
Body SET Free soUL NoW..
somethings juST cannot be
MeasuReD bY the Math oF
thE Observable UniVerse alone.. NoW
allone DancEs SinGS HiGher wHeN aLiVe
iN eYes
thaT
CaN and
WiLL FlY
HiGHeR oNly aLLNoW..:)
“So seek the wolf in thyself
Shape shift – nose to the wind
Shape shift – feeling I’ve been
Move swift – all senses clean
Earth’s gift, back to the meaning of wolf and man.”
~~ Metallica “Of Wolf and Man” ~~
DoGoD
noseparation.
“Not all those who wonder are lost.”
~~ J. R. R. Tolkien ~~
NeVeR nO wHeRe i AM juST i AM GoeS aS DancE AnD SonG..:)
“In the moment between stimulus and response lies freedom.”
~~ Steven Covey ~~
TrUE HeinZ 57 AnTiciPaTioN2..;)
“The world is full of cactus,
but we don’t have to sit on it.”
~~ Will Foley ~~
For some ‘folks’.. sAdly only
CacTuS PricKs FeeL ReaL..;)
“I see my life go drifting like a river
From change to change; I have been many things –
A green drop in the surge, a gleam of light
Upon a sword, a fir tree on a hill,
An old slave grinding at a heavy quern,
A king sitting upon a chair of gold –
And all these things were wonderful and great;
But now I have grown nothing, knowing all.
Ah! Druid, Druid, how great webs of sorrow
Lay hidden in that small slate-coloured thing!”
~~ William Butler Yeats, “Fergus and the Druid” ~~
‘TiLLoNlinE
KaT
A
ComBs..:)
Another fine enhancement to pearls, my friend… & always good to see you stop by….
gigoid
As alWays a pleaSure
To be HeaR mY FriEnd..:)