Ffolkes,
“Virtue is its own reward.”
~~ John Dryden ~~
The Look….
Hajime….
“It is not necessary to light a candle to the sun.”
~~ Algernon Sidney — Discourses on Government, Chap. ii, Sect. xxiii ~~
Though I managed to finish this Pearl yesterday, between my walking & playing in the BBR, and listening to music, I find myself somewhat lacking in ideas this morning to introduce it. Originally, I’d intended to write a short, pithy discourse using the above quote as a springboard. That fell by the wayside when I gazed at it this morning, & found I had nothing I wish to relate, either on the idea of government, or lighting candles, even metaphoric ones. So, with that elegant opportunity wasted, I move now to a more efficient, if less elegant technique, so I can get it posted in a relatively timely fashion.
Even this is sounding rather stilted, formal, & not at all what I had in mind when I began. Rather than try to make it into something it is not, I’ll just use my experience at blog manipulation to move us down the page, to where the material is distracting enough to make us all forget we ever had anything else in mind. To do that is a fairly simple task, for we can utilize old #4, which has earned its place as our default escape tool over time. It’s actually pretty cool, as long as you hang on to something….
Shall we Pearl?….
Beverly: “We will start with the assumption that I am *not* crazy.”
~~ “Remember Me”, Stardate unknown ~~
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Ray LaMontagne
Image from Billboard.com via Google Images
I only recently discovered this artist’s music, though, apparently, I’ve been listening to it for years, on the air waves. Perhaps it is me, but, I often hear music while I’m out and about, or riding in someone’s car, music I enjoy listening to, but have no clue as to the artist’s name. After a number of years of hearing a certain voice, I’ll ask, or discover the artist’s name; I then have a chance to explore their work to see if they’re someone I’ll listen to more, or even procure it for my personal use via purchase or download. This man’s work has been on that edge of my awareness for a long time now, & I am very pleased to have discovered him, and, with him, an entire genre of modern music of which I’d been unfamiliar. I hope you enjoy him as much as I find I do….Abondanza!….
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Ray LaMontagne
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Blue chameleon
It’s hot today, with chances of pain & rain.
So it says on the news.
Guess there’s nothing to do again
unless it’s sing the blues.
The blues are gettin’ old, though.
So I say, & I should know.
I been singin’ the bloody songs, y’know?
For what seems a long row to hoe.
S’pose it could get better someday.
I’ve heard that tune before.
Always seemed out of tune anyway;
I ain’t waitin’ any more.
Bang those drums & kick the cans.
May as well raise some hell.
Clang together some old pots & pans;
It hides the little voices so well.
Never worry, don’t you fear at all.
We’ve got certificates of note.
Bureaucratic protections, officially small.
Non carborundum illegitimi, he wrote.
Time, and circumstance, wrote me today.
It came in the daily mail from home.
It said I shouldn’t write unless I say
you’ll be charged for the distance you roam.
~~ gigoid ~~
5/28/2016
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Naked Pearls
Notes on being human….
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“Wherever you come near the human race
there’s layers and layers of nonsense.”
~~ Thornton Wilder, Our Town ~~
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“Nothing is so easy as to deceive one’s self,
for what we wish, that we readily believe.”
~~ Demosthenes ~~
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“Thinking, understanding, reasoning, willing, call not these Soul!
They are its actions, but they are not its essence.”
~~ Akhenaton? (c. B.C. 1375) ~~
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“Every extension of knowledge arises
from making the conscious the unconscious.”
~~ Friedrich Nietzsche ~~
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“Those oft are stratagems which errors seem,
Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream.”
~~ Alexander Pope — Essay on Criticism, Part i, Line 177 ~~
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“We are the hurdles we leap to be ourselves.”
~~ Michael McClure ~~
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“Sherlock Holmes observed that once you have eliminated the impossible,
then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the answer.
I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible.”
~~ Douglas Adams, “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency” ~~
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It’s done, & though I’m not sure exactly how that happened, I’ll take it. I’ll also disdain any further folderol (love that word), & merely bid thee adieu until we meet again. That should only take a day or two, as I’m starting to find a balance I haven’t enjoyed in very long time. To provide my Gentle Readers with the opportunity to experience the same, I’ll just say, see ya, & leave it at that…. 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….
Whenever you come close to a human
There’s just layer after layer nonsense
I am struck by this
As though I have never
Thought of this before
A strong cup of cofree
Helps to start the day
Hope all is well
As Sheldon Always
Good Afternoon Evening coming soon
friEnd gigoid as Florida Heat and
Dry soon succumbing
to Tropical
Moisture
and Wind
in Weekend Sun
day PaNHandle
Cloud Nate Winds
inNate as such to
Distribute Nature’s
Healing Force of Greater
Balance Super Normal as that
tEnds to come lately heAR in terms
of Recorded Historical Environmental
Events and even
Votes Hope of
Confidence
in Love or
Fear and Hate..
what does come
goes around for even more..
Hope you are enjoying your California
Dreaming too my friEnd.. as i’LL catch
up with your two current live efforts in spreading
Wisdom
in LiGht
iN HiStorical
to More Modern
LiteRature iN Pearls sTiLLl yET to Be..:)
“Virtue is its own reward.”
~~ John Dryden ~~
As LonG as Virtue
FeeLs and SenSes
reAlly Good i’LL Do iT whY NoT..
And sure..
A little
struggle
Makes Virtue Taste
Even Sweeter Smells
CrosseS iN WaY STaTioNS LiGHT..:)
“It is not necessary to light a candle to the sun.”
~~ Algernon Sidney — Discourses on Government, Chap. ii, Sect. xxiii ~~
Yeah SeRiouSly so easy to FeeL
SeNSe sKin oF God Sun
beforE
cloThes
HidE
LiGHT WitH WRiTe..;)
Beverly: “We will start with the assumption that I am *not* crazy.”
~~ “Remember Me”, Stardate unknown ~~
For me aT lEast
people tEnd to
lETme Be FreeR aS
LonG as ‘they’ see
A
crazy eye
oF TLC..;)
“Wherever you come near the human race
there’s layers and layers of nonsense.”
~~ Thornton Wilder, Our Town ~~
As Science Shows Humans are Emotional
And Sensory Animals First before reaSons
in words like the other Animals too..
so.. what this means is
without A DancE
And SonG
iN EmoTioNaL
ReGuLaTinG SeNSoRY
iNteGraTinG REaLiTY
now most all other Human Intelligences
Suffer a loSing cause iN BeinG Happy NoW..:)
“Nothing is so easy as to deceive one’s self,
for what we wish, that we readily believe.”
~~ Demosthenes ~~
GreaTest Gift We Create our Emotional
Sensory Reality as we
go or
we talk
and rarELy
Hear a Beauty
And Wisdom oF Feeling and Sensing LiFe..:)
“Thinking, understanding, reasoning, willing, call not these Soul!
They are its actions, but they are not its essence.”
~~ Akhenaton? (c. B.C. 1375) ~~
It’s true.. it was/is hard to put Human
Emotions and Senses Beyond
Rainbow ColorS iN Words now/then too..
(PoEtrY AS HEaVeN)
“Every extension of knowledge arises
from making the conscious the unconscious.”
~~ Friedrich Nietzsche ~~
Look Seek
Find
Within(subconscious)
And yeS.. EcStatiC TrancE DancE WorkS WeLL too..:)
“Those oft are stratagems which errors seem,
Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream.”
~~ Alexander Pope — Essay on Criticism, Part i, Line 177 ~~
When reaLiTy is no lonGer random real we make..:)
“We are the hurdles we leap to be ourselves.”
~~ Michael McClure ~~
Hehe.. unless we continue and Jump Sharks..;)
“Sherlock Holmes observed that once you have eliminated the impossible,
then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the answer.
I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible.”
~~ Douglas Adams, “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency” ~~
A RE-Creator iS A TeRRiblE THinGiE to waste..:)
It’s always fun to see your take on the day’s Pearl, my friend…. Sorry for not getting by to read, but, I’m having too much fun away from the comp…. enough so I’m only posting fresh about every fourth day…. Evolution happens, as you know…. But, I’ll get by eventually…. You & K be well, & happy….
Love
gigoid
SMiLes my FriEnd
For Love is enough to
Give.. no
Sorries..
HeaR..
i am so
Happy that
You are escaping
Back to Life..:)