"I protest," said the poet to the preacher and the king. I protest, but, "what's this?" It's, then, that life begins.
Month: September 2024
On Rilke, again…
"Und wir, die an steigendes Glück denken, empfänden die Rührung, die uns beinah bestürzt, wenn ein Glückliches fällt." - Rainer Maria Rilke, "Duino Elegies: The Tenth Elegy" Translated from the original German, it more accurately reads... "I am walking in your footsteps with YOU, FATHER..." From a certain perspective...
“The Good Dinosaur”
https://youtu.be/eyHSnDcWdOA?feature=shared What do "The Good Dinosaur" and "The Road" have in common? Find out! Discuss below. P.S. Love the Of Monsters and Men musical overlay in the trailer... (Hint, hint, clue, clue...)
“The New Faith”
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lM-HEeINpsyZbFAPEbhzoXVvZpaAlGjfo&feathttps://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lM-HEeINpsyZbFAPEbhzoXVvZpaAlGjfo&feature=sharedure=shared No other album I have heard more adeptly ties our eternal damnation to notions of "Judgment" and "Atonement." Think "The Road," but with a climate change angle.
“Human”
https://youtu.be/0EnrFe3Zb6k?feature=shared The actor in this video looks suspiciously like Hugo Weaving in "The Lord of the Rings." And "The Matrix." Interesting.
“On Rilke, on solitude”
"And we, who have always thought of happiness as rising, would feel the emotion that almost overwhelms us whenever a happy thing falls." - Rainer Maria Rilke, "Duino Elegies: The Tenth Elegy" When they sit in silence, they sit with you...When they lay in thought, they lay with you…When they breathe in deeply, they breathe … Continue reading “On Rilke, on solitude”
Consigliere, Redux
https://youtu.be/wMBF3kXHoZM?feature=shared Yes, I am.
On “Vain”
Merriam-Webster Dictionary I am vain. This post is vain, but it is not "in vain." It serves a purpose, and so do I, and so I am going to keep writing and living my story the only way I know how. In faith, hope, and love for tomorrow. And, then, some. Wherever that road may … Continue reading On “Vain”
Everything
What’s your favorite thing about yourself? AND THEN SOME.
New Music (and photos…)
Check out some new music (and photos) on my Portfolio page!
Observations from the Brink 