We did a few walks with our furry friend on the lakefront, water lapping the shore, sun streaming thru the trees, everything seemingly perfect and in its right place. Then we sprawled out on a massive, comfy couch and watched two Jane Campion movies, "Bright Star," and "The Power of the Dog." Two exquisite, life-affirming, overwhelming films. Renews your faith in Art, Film, Beauty, Intelligence, a Sharp Eye, the Wonders of our World, the Heart-Breaking Impermanence of Being.
A necessary cleanse of the Mind & Spirit. To say Campion is one of our finest screenwriters and filmmakers is a total understatement.
This morning, another sunny day. The light is dazzling at this incredibly wonderful location. I started with Sly and the Family Stone's "Fresh," (1973) on the box, funky, slinky, cool. Sly sings "You can have it all," and I flash on William Blake's "The Road of Excess, Leads to the Palace of Wisdom." You can have it all, if you can survive intact, with all your fingers and toes and faculties. I say, be careful Pilgrim, fun isn't always what it's cracked up to be. Pace yourself.
Right now I am listening to the Grateful Dead's "Two from the Vault," recorded in LA in 1968. Head-opening. Eye-clearing. Jerry Garcia's lyrical, melodic, wild-ass, beautiful lead lines are a thing of wonder. Nothing quite like the glory of Captain Trips on a harmonic bender of complete guitar ecstasy. There is a trippy, bluesy-ness on these tracks. Kind of sets a brilliant, hopeful tone for the new day.
