‘Fly Your Flag !’
If you don’t fly it, who else will?
(Hey people, I have been sporadic in posting of late owing to serious health issues, and will take a break altogether now. Keep up your fantastic creative work.Peace, Andy L)
Fly Your Flag !
Tag: Life
While I Wait III
‘While A Wait III’
While I Wait
‘While I Wait’
…trees through rainy windows; an uncertain wait…
Prongs
‘Prongs’
…really feeling the sharp end of it, but light and life rise above…
‘Softly But Strongly’
‘Softly But Strongly’
… a motto inscribed in stone, an arrow grasped…
A Map Of The Luminescent World
‘A Map Of The Luminescent World’
A lit up map of the times and places, tracks and journeys, that are past ,when the now is asphalt and concrete, hard and bleak. I will hope to revisit my special places once again and to explore new sparkling corners.
Hard To Grasp
‘Hard To Grasp’
Blinds Down
‘Blinds Down’
…just don’t want to know what’s outside…
The First Step
‘The First Step’
“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step” – Martin Luther King Jnr.
A Long Corridor
‘A Long Corridor’
…you may walk its narrow confines for the longest time, but you will get to the end…
Little Bridge
‘Little Bridge’
…negotiating there from here – it’s not that far…
When Nothing Is Calm II
‘When Nothing Is Calm II’
…can you soar above the tumult?…
This Morning, And Always
‘This Morning, And Always’
…we fly into the heart of the new…
Break On Through
‘Break On Through’
…over the wall, the endless awaits…
The Dead Don’t Dream
‘The Dead Don’t Dream’
This post is inspired by the title of the latest album by Finnish jazz trumpeter Verneri Pohjola,‘The Dead Don’t Dream’.
I have come across Pohjola’s amazing modern music quite recently and have been mightily impressed by what I have heard.
The musician was talking about the making of the album (dreaming it into existence as he termed it) and remarked that “it’s about embracing life in all of its complex emotions, while we still have it … after all, the dead don’t dream”.
He nailed it for me with that statement.
To live is to truly engage, and to dream. You may as well be dead otherwise.
You can listen to the tune behind the thoughts below (via YouTube):
When Nothing Is Calm
‘When Nothing Is Calm’
…then all is tumult…
Froth In The Wake
‘Froth In The Wake’
…our destination before us,the churn behind…
Knots
‘Knots’
“Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot”
–Rumi
Circle Of Light
‘Circle Of Light’
light is a circle
reaching around the darkness
that would engulf you
Drawn To The Nectar
‘Drawn To The Nectar’
…go to what sustains you…
