Faux Fu
Monday, May 20, 2024
"Who Knows?"
Sunday, May 19, 2024
The Outer and Inner...
Saturday, May 18, 2024
Broken Toys...
Friday, May 17, 2024
Attracted to the Underdogs...
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Keep the Dread At Bay...
"Better Living Thru Chemistry." Yes. If one photo sums up my Life, it is the one above. Existential Dread is the "Darkness on the Edge of Town," of my world. How to "escape," that Darkness? How to head in the total opposite direction? One cup of coffee at a time. It is in the early morning hours, laying helpless in bed, when my dread reaches it's epic proportions. The only solution, get up, fire up the coffee maker, and luxuirate in a bachannal of hot, rich cups of well-brewed bean. Yes. Chemistry. It's a crutch, an addiction. No doubt. But it's true, the coffee works wonders. A magical concoction. Every cell in my body wakes up, Life surges thru me, Energy is stoked, yes, Energy is Eternal Delight. One must pick their poisons with intelligence. This morning it is a hearty, deep & rich, sort of velvety French Roast. Yes. Heavy Medicine. I am surely, and happily addicted to the healing, energizing, powers of a handful of shiny little coffee beans. I enthusiasitically indulge every damn morning. Zaps the Dread, vaporizes it into tiny, inconsequential wisps of nothingness. Helps me keep the Dread firmly at bay, at least until the early hours of next morning. I truly am like an emotional & intellectual ping-pong ball. Still, I find Better Living thru life-affirming and enriching Chemistry.
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Always Go to the Light...
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
A Humbled Doom-Slayer...
Monday, May 13, 2024
Silence...
Sunday, May 12, 2024
Ego-Death = A Clearing...
Saturday, May 11, 2024
Affix Firmly...
Maybe the mask is the lie that reveals the truth?
What happens when the mask slips? Or you put on the wrong mask to meet the wrong moment? A fracture in the reality-picture? Thinking... "not as smart as you think you are..."
Helpless in the face of circumstances. Flailing. Falling. Crashing. In the morning light, the picture starts to reassemble itself. A new mask is within reach. Just reach your arms out and embrace. Affix firmly for best results...
Friday, May 10, 2024
Karma = Salacious Joyride!
Thursday, May 09, 2024
Daily Mantra...
Wednesday, May 08, 2024
The Aquarium of Narcissim...
I don't think it is a stretch to think that it is Narcissim that rules the present day across the Human Realm:
"a self–centered personality style characterized as having an excessive preoccupation with oneself and one's own needs, often at the expense of others."
Well. Yeah. That is the aquarium we all swim in, preoccupied with oneself, at the expense of others.
We live as if we are all celebrities. We build altars to our own Egos. Ha. It's all kind of silly, self-absorbed, and pretty off-putting too. Having a "smart phone" in hand at all times, to capture the many angles of a self is a weird way to spend your days. Yep. It's a weird hall of mirrors. For sure.
It's tricky. I am one who writes about my own experience day to day. I am self-aware. And in some ways that seems important. Again we are left with navigating a dichotomy: self-aware/self-less. There is a wide spectrum of human activity.
We can choose not to play the narcissim card. Really. I think so. Sure, being self-aware is a bit of a sticky wicket. But I find that the best of times are those where I "lose my self." Give one's self, one's ego to meet a moment, an activity, or another person. Seeking those flow activities where you become one with something other.
Being present, dropping the ego, tricking your self, to lose your self, to subsume into a higher-consciousness. Yes. I think it's possible. And desirable. A step out of the hall of mirrors, into a vast Universe of other things. A step towards better, more rewarding, mode of living.
Tuesday, May 07, 2024
A Glorious Idleness...
Monday, May 06, 2024
"Don't Go Down in the Basement..."
Sunday, May 05, 2024
Decay in the Room...
Saturday, May 04, 2024
"What Is..."
Friday, May 03, 2024
It is All Play...
Thursday, May 02, 2024
What Is?
Wednesday, May 01, 2024
Messages...
"The is the real world."
Ha. Okay. All right. I get it. Message delivered and received. Roger that!
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
This Story Will Probably Continue to "Dog" Her...
Monday, April 29, 2024
What's the Narrative Thru-Line?
Sunday, April 28, 2024
The Really, Really Stupid Part...
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Sing, Laugh, Love, Play...
Friday, April 26, 2024
WTF?! Skinny Immunity?!?!?
Thursday, April 25, 2024
The Malefactor Vs. The USA...
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
These Days...
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
2 Rules for Good Living...
Monday, April 22, 2024
The Way of the Way...
Sunday, April 21, 2024
"Hello Wig!"
Saturday, April 20, 2024
As Real As You Possibly Can Be...
Friday, April 19, 2024
Counter-Programming, Not So Counter...
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Lessons from Dog-Land...
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Wrestlemania for the Politcally Inept...
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
"The Lonliness of the Long Distance Runner" - Alan Sillitoe
Monday, April 15, 2024
Perfectly Human...
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Sisyphus: Guitar on Shoulder, Pushing a Boulder...
Played a r&r show last night in a dive bar. Big chaos guitar jam at the end, four electric guitars cranked to the limit, and one electric bass holding down the low-end, playing up a storm on Neil Young's "Down by the River," & "Rocking in the Free World." Two great guitar-based songs, epic chords and changes. Total raunchy, gory, greasy, r&r glory. It was incredibly exhilarating to play, not sure how great it was to listen to. Oh well. So it goes.
Came across this quote from Roger Daltry about playing a live show with The Who back in the late sixties, early 70's, The Who in peak form, (prime example #1: "Live at Leeds" - 1970), probably one of the greatest live acts (I am talking about when Entwistle & Moon were still alive), ever to grace a stage...
"A bum note and a bead of sweat."
Yes. After all the noise, hurly-burly, epic glory, razor sharps riffs, overwhelmingly powerful major & minor chords, next morning you wake up in a bit of a haze. Hey, how was the gig? Well, basically "a bum note and a bead of sweat."
Think Sisyphus with a guitar on his shoulder, pushing a boulder...
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Reality? Yes. Certainly.
Friday, April 12, 2024
The Street/The Mansions of the Mind...
Thursday, April 11, 2024
"You have to lose..." - J. Tweedy
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Existential Crisis One Day at a Time...
Tuesday, April 09, 2024
Confronted by the Monolith...
Monday, April 08, 2024
Off the Wheel...
Sunday, April 07, 2024
A Salty, Crusty, Gnarly Duo...
Saturday, April 06, 2024
Frailties & Uncertainties...
Friday, April 05, 2024
Figure Things that Just Don't Figure...
Thursday, April 04, 2024
"You Are Here..."
Wednesday, April 03, 2024
Into the Mystic...
Tuesday, April 02, 2024
Cooler Heads, Calmer Nerves...
Monday, April 01, 2024
Directed Sleeping...
Sunday, March 31, 2024
"Mad, Bad, & Dangerous to Know." - Lady Caroline on Lord Byron
Saturday, March 30, 2024
Ejecting Stars at Every Turn...
Friday, March 29, 2024
A Nuanced, Hushed-Beauty Approach...
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Pure Zen Genius...
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
The Swiss Army Knife of Questions...
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Feeble and Confused & Tired, Not Like Jesus!
Monday, March 25, 2024
Not Again...
Sunday, March 24, 2024
Escaping Escapism...
Saturday, March 23, 2024
Against the Wind...
Friday, March 22, 2024
Fear & Loathing at Mar A Lago
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- A Humbled Doom-Slayer...
- Silence...
- Ego-Death = A Clearing...
- Affix Firmly...
- Karma = Salacious Joyride!
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- The Aquarium of Narcissim...
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- The Malefactor Vs. The USA...
- These Days...
- 2 Rules for Good Living...
- The Way of the Way...
- "Hello Wig!"
- As Real As You Possibly Can Be...
- Counter-Programming, Not So Counter...
- Lessons from Dog-Land...
- Wrestlemania for the Politcally Inept...
- "The Lonliness of the Long Distance Runner" - Alan...
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- Confronted by the Monolith...
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