Category Thoughts About Art & Culture

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. […]

With a Look

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ The master, with a look, gesture, word can direct the growth of those following. Much as they were taught by mentors, cruel or kind, depending on perception. If you’ve the desire to pursue, go beyond the scope most would willingly dedicate. Real and false excuses abound, because only […]

And Who Are We?

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~   Skip and hop along, happy, storybook people. Despite how dark the story becomes, someone will always turn the page. What comes next? If someone has torn out the final pages, and used them as fantasy toilet paper—what then? The story can end at any time. Even when […]