“ Where words fail, music speaks...” ~ Hans Christian Andersen Have you ever thought about what your music says about you? What’s the over-arching vibe of each genre you choose? How does music transcend language? Some evolutionists think that our capacity to sing and make music came before we humans learned to talk. [...]
“ Learning never exhausts the mind.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci How do you learn things nowadays? What kind of learner are you? Do you find that learning new skills, talents, or techniques keeps you help your mind body and soul more limber? Everyone has a preferred way of garnering knowledge. But knowledge isn’t [...]
“ A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.” ~ Mark Twain Are you a creature of habit? How much of your life is routine? How often is it spontaneous? One way to look at life is through the lens of [...]
“ Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.” ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau Who are your "inter-dimensional allies"? Do you connect to nature? Or does the natural world connect with you? Even folks who live in the most sterile of high-rises have some tenuous connection to nature. Just as some Walden-esque [...]
“ The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well.” ~ Alfred Adler What are you next to in life? Beyond the people who live next-door, who are your neighbors ideologically, culturally, or socially? Have you ever considered that to which you are adjacent? They say if you want to [...]
“ Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ~ Søren Kierkegaard Out with the old, in with the new, amirite? A lot of folks might be looking back on '21 like it wasn't the greatest year or something, but really, if you consider the 'might haves', we [...]
“ Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.” ~ Goran Persson Say hello to '22, may it bring good times to you, Say farewell to '21, it's been fun, but now we're done. A [...]
“Aloha aku no, Aloha mai no” ~ I give my love to you, you give your love to me Mele Kalikimaka and a Happy Solstice to you! May this turn of the sun bring you happiness, meaning, fulfillment, and joy. Keeping it brief this week and sending you love from the islands... Mahalo! [...]
“ Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.” ~ Thomas Wolfe Just how far apart are we, anyway? Is there really such a vast divide between people, especially here in the USA? What if there was more focus on what we have in common rather than what makes us different? [...]
“ Much like life, you don't complete a puzzle by throwing away the pieces.” ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough "OK brain, what are we gonna write about today?" "I don't know! You've only written about 400 of these things, are you out of topics yet?" "Oh come on, there's always something new. You're the [...]
