City Squares: The city’s simple geometric figures, squares and rectangles, vertical lines and nothing more interesting than that. No place for a mind to wander, certainly. With grey sky and empty sidewalks it becomes heavy and painful. Only the leaves in the trees to anchor the mind to life and reality. The Heart’s Eye: “Seeing” [...]
By expending our efforts, we expand oursleve; attempts to overcome problems and challenges force us to grow strong enough to overcome them (even if our attempts ultimately fail). Every undertaking is a journey with its unique hazards, pilgrims and explorers learn to trust their instincts to think creatively.
It was only a little more than 100 years ago that the only time anyone heard music, ever, was one somebody else was playing it. There was no recording, only performance, and musicians played an important role in the community (you could only hear music as good as the local musician could play it!). Listening [...]
Oblivion. Each good act forgotten, each life trampled by Time’s march, each empire crumbles before inevitability, the planet will be swallowed by fire, and a black hole will eat the galaxy. Purpose? Ah, the quest begins…