Category Thoughts About Art & Culture
Mere Language
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Drifting into memory, real or fictional, all of our many moments are rewritten, enhanced or diminished per our needs. From the first instant, already we begin altering the story to best suit ourselves. We decide it was unimportant, so we misremember the color of the balloons, the […]
Theoretical History
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ What did the world look like before we arrived? What will it look like after we are years gone? In a distant future, will unknown alien archeologists dig artifacts from unmarked ground and wonder? What will they make of what they find and will their theories be […]
What to Do
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The world is going crazy, I don’t know what to do. While I know I am crazy, I know you’re crazy, too. Since life is upside down, I’m standing on my head. By your feet all over town. That fills me full of dread. You could kick […]
Ours to Notice
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ Where do we find the good in life? Is it hidden in everyday moments, natural or created, as all things are? Each moment in life is not pleasant, but each and all belong, enrich our song of creation. Despite how badly we have done to date, we […]
This is How
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ The passion of an argument, a good idea shared, batted back and forth, the token in a newly-minted game. The passion of love; soft, fierce and existential. This is how we find truth. Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite the World […]
No Travesty Implied
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Dancing down the street talking to birds, flowers. Waving to cops, random folk, strangers I’ve yet to meet. A happy tune trips through my thoughts, to tempt a smile. Promise, I will share it today and often, whenever I may. How do we go through our days, […]
Enough, Just Enough
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ Time is money, money is time, yet I’d like to see you eat either one. Tokens we value, believe have worth, are extremely puzzling to me. They are symbolic, I know, they can give no shelter by themselves. We treat them as real, pursue them with zeal, cry […]
Golden Crowns
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ The magic hour, the golden light filled with power; it fills our sight. Here, then it’s ghostly gone, ere we notice. Where went its silent song? A lazy evening as three deer dance away, up a hillside, chance at play. The trees, golden crowns tarnished, then gone, the […]
Uncounted Eons
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ Soft steps of life and love creep upon us at every moment. We’ve been taught, have learned to see a world of hatred, chaos in pain. Like life, any we call friends and family, love is both steadfast and capricious. It may sulk for days or whirl in […]
Sadness and Joy
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ The traditional strains of a spiritual soar forth in the soprano saxophone’s voice. The piano drives forward into this tale of love and loss, that is often repeated, if rarely remembered. Sit with me for a moment or two, until we discover joy. Joined emotions from disparate sources. […]