Sunday. Today is mother’s day. I wish that my mother could be here. Once again I would show her my gratitude for the kindness which she demonstrated to me. She is not here however as each of us pay dues to time. We are time bound. This tune has to do with time. There…
New struggles — After Buddha was dead, his shadow was still shown for centuries in a cave –a tremendous, gruesome shadow. God is dead; but given the way of men, there may still be caves for thousands of years in which his shadow will be shown. –And we –we still have…
Drift Away Day after day I’m more confused Yet I look for the light through the pouring rain You know that’s a game that I hate to lose And I’m feelin’ the strain Ain’t it a shame Oh, give me the beat boys and free my soul I wanna get lost in your rock…
Music as an advocate — “I am thirsting for a composer,”said an innovator to his disciple, “who would learn my ideas from me and transpose them into his language;that way. I should reach men’s ears and hearts for better. With musicone can seduce mento every error and every truth:who could refute a tone?” –“‘Then…
Spring is manifest in Batavia, Rising earlier than usual, I assisted to prepare for the yard sale. The town sponsors a weekend yard sale to fund the 4th of July fireworks display. I do not know what “middle class” means nowadays since so many are under-employed, underpaid relative to the time and effort a…
Joined with a group of friends last night to exchange ideas about morality. Is morality relative or absolute? The notion of an absolute, something not disposed to many interpretations, a universal standard, — inevitably is linked to the idea of a deity. Absolutes of any kind, morality included, are affairs of divinity, since we…
Art and nature — The Greeks (or at least the Athenians) liked to hear people speak well. Nothing distinguishes them so thoroughly from non-Greeks as does this truly greedy craving. Even of passion on the stage they demanded that it should speak well, and they endured the unnaturalness of dramatic verse with rapture. In…
Only artists, and especially those of the theater, have given men eyes and ears to see and hear with some pleasure… only they have taught us to esteem the hero that is concealed in everyday characters; only they have taught us the art of viewing ourselves as heroes from a distance and, as it…
Truthfulness— I favor any skepsis to which I may reply: “Let us try it!” But I no longer wish to hear anything of all those things and questions that do not permit any experiment. This is the limit of my “truthfulness”; for there courage has lost its right. –excerpt The Gay Science, Book 1,…
I have a fortunate life. You do as well, if you are reading this. To be homo sapiens is particularly difficult. Literature expresses our dilemma sometimes subtly and sometimes with a raw edge. The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus comes to mind. The rendition of this tune, and the video is an expression…
