Ffolkes,
“Never fight with a bear in his own cave.”
~~ Subtle Bee ~~
Fog eating the Golden Gate Bridge….
Hajime…. The picture I chose to adorn the top of today’s post is rather more relevant than usual. That is to say, generally, I don’t make any attempt to make it so, but, as I begin to type, it occurs to me that I am the bridge, and my fatigue is the fog; I’ve swept away the mists from the surface of the bay, and cleared my towers, but, the fog continues to hover close by, swirling about & trying to reclaim the waters of the Bay. I guess this means I’ll be taking yet another nap after getting this posted. Ah, well, ’tis just as well, for, I don’t think I have any desire to accomplish anything much beyond getting posted; doing so may shoot my wad, but, so be it.
Looking back over that opening paragraph has clued me into the risks of trying to compose anything strong in my current mental state; it’s a bit too fragile, I think, to support much powerful thought, or writing. Since I’ve, supposedly, reached an age where forethought is common, I guess I’ll use a bit of it to convince myself, and y’all, to move right along into the rest of today’s mess, so as to avoid fulfilling the risks, & ruining the rest of the day. In truth, to do otherwise would be tempting Fate, and Murphy, so, I’ll use some of that aged wisdom to keep anything untoward from moving past potentiality into reality.
Fortunately for me, doing so is fairly simple; in fact, it lends itself to our most efficacious method for closing an intro, to wit: old #4, which always seems to work best when applied without delay. Much like this, as you shall see, if you watch closely….
Shall we Pearl?….
“If what Proust says is true,
that happiness is the absence of fever,
then I will never know happiness.
For I am possessed by a fever
for knowledge, experience, and creation.
~~ Anais Nin ~~
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Here for your listening pleasure is a fairly new collection, described as a collection of soothing, relaxing works by Ottorino Respighi. I listened to the opening bars to make sure it’s okay, & it sounded pretty good to me. I hope you enjoy it, as you peruse today’s mess. Abondanza!….
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Classical Music
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Beyond Agapé
Passion burns and shines like iridescent paint
yet solitude stands mocking such mundane complaint.
Schemes and dreams promise to tempt attraction
never ending effort spends wit in perverse reaction.
Hale and hearty reports of honor and love
draft recruits to collect manna from above,
while searching each soul for that which will serve
to bring pure sensation to each expectant nerve.
How simple to fall into complete helpless hope
of two hearts bound in tradition, with cultural rope,
living a simple life, shared, in joy and in grief
promises consummated, in consensual belief.
Reality dictates our degree of control over its state
insisting on changing whether or not we can wait.
Love will be present when we are completely at peace,
allowing ourselves, to give of ourselves, without cease.
~~ gigoid ~~
10/4/2012
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Naked Pearls
Iconic pearls of virtual wisdom….
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“Within the oyster’s shell uncouth
The purest pearl may hide,
Trust me you’ll find a heart of truth
Within that rough inside.”
~~ Mrs. Osgood ~~
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“Grain grows best in shit.”
~~ Ursula K. LeGuin ~~
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“Perhaps I know why it is man alone who laughs:
He alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.”
~~ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche ~~
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“How can I lose faith in the justice of life,
when the dreams of those who sleep upon feathers
are not more beautiful than the dreams
of those who sleep upon the earth?”
~~ Kahlil Gibran ~~
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If we lose affection and kindness from our life,
we’ve lost all that gives it charm.”
~~ Marcus Tullius Cicero ~~
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“Every man is a divinity in disguise, a god playing the fool.”
~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~
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A human being is a part of the whole, called by us Universe,
a part limited in time and space.
He experiences himself,
his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest
–a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.
This delusion is a kind of prison,
restricting us to our personal desires
and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.
Our task must be to free from this prison
by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures
and the whole nature in its beauty.”
~~ Albert Einstein ~~
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As the Colonel was fond of saying, I love it when a plan comes together. It’s done, & seems to be a pretty strong offering, considering the operational handicaps we had to overcome. I’ll take it, & make my run for the border with no further delay. I may even be back tomorrow, though such confidence may be premature. I suppose, like most every day, we’ll just need to see how it goes. Until I do, y’all be well, be happy, & remain in the vicinity of strange…. Trust me, it’s for the best…. See y’all on the flip side….
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 
Hello gigoid.. ‘two’ i’LL Capture
too heAR today retrieve
And feed
back
in whaTever
Riff coMes nexT..
Reminds me of sitting Decades at
A Piano.. just hoping with all of what
Was is left of my heART SpiRiT and
SoUL oF iMaGiNaTioN and CreaTiViTy
to Create One New Phrase of Piano Music
i never read before in Sheet Music way
or just rearranging what was already
tHeRE iN Plain and Visible SiGht
WitH A Little hint of
PoTenTiaL
of wHaT
STiLL could
CoMe then and
all the way approaching
my 50’s.. it’s true.. Order and
Reason and Mechanical Cognition
Destroys much of what HuMaN PoTenTiaL
Can and Will Be When esCaping Stresses of
past and future stresses and responsibility that
has no Life but what we give that inside our Heads
but what to replace that with when the problems finally
hide tHeir dark faces of muddy water.. ah.. to aRise..
Yes to Bloom as Rose and Rise in and as Laser
Force of Positive LiGht iN all the ways
of iMaGiNATioN and CreaTiVity
wHeRe one never kNows
uNtil now wHat
coMes
nexT MoRe
than one ever
saw before in past..
SMiLes.. the More Doors we
oPen to other views and the more
Doors we shut in the problems and stresses
of Life thE More An Ocean of Free Flows through
Our Veins of Creativity’s IMaGiNAtiOn SeT Freer iN as LoVe
NoW too.. stretch out and reAlly LivE iLLuSoRy Fear Free iN LiGht NoW aLiVe..:)
“Never fight with a bear in his own cave.”
~~ Subtle Bee ~~
SMiLeS uNless
it is us wHo
reFuses
to
MoVe ouT..;)
“If what Proust says is true,
that happiness is the absence of fever,
then I will never know happiness.
For I am possessed by a fever
for knowledge, experience, and creation.
~~ Anais Nin ~~
I Do NoT trUSt Any Philosophy/
Religion/God wHo
thaT Says
We Are
Not hUman
iN Ways oF RocK and RoLL and Sex..;)
“Within the oyster’s shell uncouth
The purest pearl may hide,
Trust me you’ll find a heart of truth
Within that rough inside.”
~~ Mrs. Osgood ~~
dArK
sHeLLs
oF LiGht
PEaRLs
As ‘tHey’ See..:)
Grain grows best in shit.”
~~ Ursula K. LeGuin ~~
MuseFerTiLiZuR
“Perhaps I know why it is man alone who laughs:
He alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.”
~~ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche ~~
Of cOURrse ‘tHat’ Man
IS A GLass
hAlf eMpty
NoT
Born
to LaugH
aka noW
A BabY..;)
“How can I lose faith in the justice of life,
when the dreams of those who sleep upon feathers
are not more beautiful than the dreams
of those who sleep upon the earth?”
~~ Kahlil Gibran ~~
IMaGiNaTioN
BeYoND iNFiNiTy
NoWorDsLefTCoLD
“If we lose affection and kindness from our life,
we’ve lost all that gives it charm.”
~~ Marcus Tullius Cicero ~~
When Love IS A Color
oF LiFe wHy WeaR BLand.
“Every man is a divinity in disguise, a god playing the fool.”
~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~
FooL IS A Love
wHo ReMeMBeRs PLaY
MoNa As ‘tHey’ PAinT NoW
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us Universe,
a part limited in time and space.
He experiences himself,
his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest
–a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.
This delusion is a kind of prison,
restricting us to our personal desires
and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.
Our task must be to free from this prison
by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures
and the whole nature in its beauty.”
~~ Albert Einstein ~~
Hmm.. the only oTHeR
‘thing’ i WiLL suggest NoW WitH
THiS ReNeW Einstein SonG iS DancE
Fredenstein F and E wITh K and H..;)