Category Thoughts About Art & Culture
Convince You
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ When our friends serve and die, or serve and live, both fulfill the hard moments that they must. We must have some of each to begin to understand. To remember and comprehend lives that came before and will come after. Though, in one sense, we have already […]
Rhythms of the World
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ A small child asks, “what is that sound? The one in the distance? Can you hear it?” You shake your gray head no. Realizing, at that moment, you can feel it vibrating through the soles of your feet. Climbing upward to fill your existence. Then, when you’re nearly […]
Map of Moments
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Maps of moments tell our tale. Show the direction we have gone. Doesn’t matter if we are rich or we are poor. Our journey; one long river of song. Do you think like me that we chose the path and ending we will pursue. “What of the […]
Time
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The rain has ended, yet the sound of water dripping, moving, running, as if it will never cease, fills the world. Water, essential to life, may be all things together or individually at different moments. Is it the puddle drying in the sun, a mighty cataract thundering […]
Thoughts on Thoughts
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Small brains may have great thoughts, I find. But thoughts neither enter nor leave a closed mind. ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite the World ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let me know what you think See more […]
Balanced Ending
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ I listen, only to hear distant voices, whispers, asides, deep discussions, laughter. What are they discussing, I wonder now? Certainly not Michelangelo or Da Vinci. War and rumors of war torments, memoirs of lives lost. Memorialized forever. No heavenly choir sings, nor stentorian angel proclaims threats of […]
I Can But Stay
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ My heart weeps for all that is lost. For how I have been left alone. Bereft of family and friends who I once knew. Gone now to a destination of unknown dimensions. Around the corner, behind a wall. I hope they wait for me. Fear they are […]
Why We Let This?
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The machines move rapidly, creating life, formerly, our own.They push us aside, but can theyfeel the satisfaction of the jobwell done? Work passed down,father to daughter, mother to son. Whatever combination I call forth,will it matter? When everything is made by machines and we are left to […]
A Little More
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~ ~~~~~ I have tons of material, but have been posting infrequently, because I feel discouraged. This blog has existed for 10 years and I normally get one to three responses when I post. I feel it must be something I’m doing or not doing. I don’t what, and […]
Additions To Our Song
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ What if, each morning, we could tune ourselves to the deep world? The music of our sphere, which may no longer sound true, since we’ve changed not only our own instrument, but also the score. As our once harmonious composition sounds discordant and dissonant , harsh and […]