Grandeur: Part One

03/29/20 • 8 min

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” Rumi

Romance is not the absence of loneliness. Looking across a barren plain for a friendly face. Love must be kindled from within.

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” Rumi

Romance is not the absence of loneliness. Looking across a barren plain for a friendly face. Love must be kindled from within.

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Flowing Water, Part Two

The Rose that Grew from Concrete Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's law is wrong it learned to walk with out having feet.

Funny it seems, but by keeping it's dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air.

Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else ever cared. William Blake

Here I depart from sounding like a guitar and play as a pianist. The chorus stop swells and fades from one of the MIDI foot pedals under my left foot. I dream of breaking free of the concrete in my life, walking without feet, flying without wings.

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Grandeur: Part Two

Childish simplicity. Some bells reminiscent of my years playing Saron in the gamelon. Now a new diversion. There a new path.

Nearly understood phrases underscore bells. Lydian harmonies, raised 4ths, mellotron swells and soaring sounds of voices never understood. Breaking rules of harmony to cherish a melody. Like church bells, rising chromaticism, silent movie musical dramatics. "Aye yah, aye yah", say the voices.