Aug 24, 2020

Quote from The Essex Serpent

“But in the end it was purpose I wanted, not achievement—you see the difference?” 

                                                   — Sarah Perry

Aug 15, 2020

The Value of Art

“I believe that all great art holds the power to dissolve things: time, distance, difference, injustice, alienation, despair. I believe that all great art holds the power to mend things: join, comfort, inspire hope in fellowship, reconcile us to our selves. Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place.”

                                      — Tilda Swinton

Aug 9, 2020

Come Back by Depeche Mode

Come back, come back to me

I'll be waiting patiently

Come back, come back to me

I'll be waiting here patiently

 

Walking a thin white line between love and hate

Wasting all my time in another world

In another place

I could use a little company

A little kindness can go a long way

 

Weeks turn into months

Months turn into years

Reaching the same conclusions

Gathering up the fear

 

Come back, come back to me

I'll be waiting patiently

Come back, come back to me

I'll be waiting here patiently

 

A light will always shine in the heart of you

In truth and in reality

Only blindness can hide it away

I could use a little restraint

A little kindness can go a long way

 

Weeks turn into months

Months turn into years

Reaching the same conclusions

Gathering up the fear

Living the same delusions

Gathering up the fear

 

Gathering up the fear

Gathering up the fear

Gathering up the fear


Come back

Come back

Come back

Come back

Come back


(Notes: I suppose this is my life's theme song right now. I love this song, but sometimes it makes me cry.)

Aug 1, 2020

August 2020 Time to Create

The essential ingredient in a temenos is the perimeter that marks out the space, whether by a wall, a fence, a hedge of flowers and bushes, or some rocks that only imply the the full perimeter. Having crossed the border, we find ourselves in a special place where certain things happen and other things do not.

              —Thomas Moore
                  The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life