Observations on the world and its inhabitants
The history of world-class achievement is haunted by one harrowing question: Is genius inextricably tied to suffering? Across music, literature, and the unforgiving arenas of law, a devastating pattern emerges. Brilliant people possess extraordinary emotional depth and mental capacity. These gifts are frequently rooted in profound personal trauma. This trauma fuels an overwhelming need for ...
I’m a longstanding customer of Anker. I don’t buy cheap poor-quality stuff. Anker is middle of the range and produces technology that is great and reliable. No delay – the Anker Q45 is currently on sale for a genuine price drop of £42. So it is now £97.99 which means I had paid the full ...
If you’re looking for a lecture on how the mind works, you’re definitely in the wrong place. Move on swiftly to avoid angst. The TED session below came up on my YouTube. Initially I thought this was about how to appreciate classical music. Well, yes some of it is about that but that’s not nearly ...
It’s been a sad couple days. Olivia Newton John has passed on. I knew she had suffered with breast cancer some time ago. She fought it off. I wondered if it would return. Oh well – we are powerless against the ticking of the clock. The most we can do is to savour every living ...
This is a fine example of what I was talking about. People often go like, “I don’t like [X]” or “I can’t stand [Y]” if I share a music video. Well first off, I don’t know what the devil everybody will like, I don’t know everybody – and I’m not here to please everybody! I ...
Righhttt… this is a dangerous post cuz anything in a social media space can be interpreted any which way and turned into a fact that doesn’t exist. So – let’s see if I’m right – againnnn! Oh gord! I’ve used the word ‘beautiful’. Get going on that! Spend time analysing that and me. Am I ...
I’ll no doubt be judged by the many as fricking weird for posting this! Do I give a flying banana!? Did I say it wasn’t weird? I did not. I’ve looked at this music vid many times over the years. I’ve wondered, ‘What does it mean’? Well, obviously it means different things to different people. ...
What’s the big dream!! Well, you who reads this might have to spend 44 seconds of your life checking it out. Oh dear – too much time! When I wrote about value in reading books, I did a Venn Diagram. Overnight, I realised that ‘cost’ could be seen as ‘risk’. However, ‘risk’ could be anything ...
The Dealer is a song with profound meanings for ‘everybody’. Some fool – the resident in the back of my mind – is likely to ask ‘What does it mean for you?‘. Tough – I’m not important nor are my feelings or past. I don’t tick like that. I’ll look into the song’s lyrics for ...
Ooops… terrible – I’ve got hooked on this song: Blinding Lights by The Weeknd. Fiiiiine – most people have never heard of them – even though the song is rated the best so far for 2020! Keep listening to Mr Trump – instead. I’m so not interested in the band, or the history of band ...
Some will become obsessed with the video below, and unearthing my supposed underlying motivations for posting it. I well know that others will invoke their own suppositions which will form their reality foisted up on me e.g. “you’re just obsessed with her.. don’t tell lies!“. I’ll leave that right there, cuz to argue against such bullshit ...
I’ve been told by many in my very limited circles that epic music is evil and only listened to by weird people. Well, weird I may be but ‘evil’ I am not – except to stupid people! Stick with the ‘evil’ thing. How do people come to ‘know’ that epic music is evil? They cannot ...
Just to be clear, I’ve done nothing more than try to help people to open their own eyes. But the problem is not with ‘the eyes’; it is with the brain or mind. One cannot open a brain or mind, even if one could pry open people’s eyes. This thought comes to me on reflecting ...
As this is social media of some sort, I expect all sorts of inferences about my ‘personality’, for posting this. I have a very wide taste in music from Classical to all sorts of ‘heavy metal’ and ‘acid rock’. Just be clear, I do not condone or promote the use of ‘acid’! I just happen ...
The following I’ve been told about ‘everybody’. Everybody: Needs somebody. Needs friends and confidants. Gets sick at some point. Is born and dies. Has good in their hearts. Is capable of evil. Breaths air, sleeps, eats, drinks water, and goes to the toilet. Has brains. Is free to do what they want. Not everybody: Likes ...
Am I talking about your dreams at night? I am not! This is about people’s aspirations; the things they wish for in their quieter moments – and the things they do not reveal even to their closest (so-called) friends. Just to be clear reading of this blog post and viewing of videos herein, is totally ...
So you see the video clip – and you see a bunch of people playing some ‘epic’ piece, and like ‘so what?’ And what do I see? I see zillions of chemicals – in chaos – organised – into order – into a creative human effort – their minds synchronised after 6 billion years of ...
Right – it is my blog and I’ll rant if I want to! For quite some time I’ve been noticing that one (namely me) feels a tad apprehensive that some fool will imply meanings into what I post on the internet (aka social media). And why? Because meanings implied into what I post are at ...
Almost all of the songs by the late Gerry Rafferty have been and remain my favourites. Ever so often I revisit the clips on YouTube. It’s so strange sometimes when a singer and the song, seem to resonate with part of your being. It’s like a horoscope – not very accurate – but still touches ...
