Introspection Day
Outside my window, there are booms and clashes and flashes of colors lighting up the evening sky. The hazy streets are filled with people enjoying Pre-Independence Day celebrations, meanwhile I perch behind a keyboard, attempting to chill.
It seems sometimes that there are forces around me in a constant state of flux. Strong winds and towering waves, rumbles of earth and towers of fire, proverbially speaking of course. I don't know why, but I always feel obliged to try and bring a sense of balance to these forces, even though I yield no power to control anything. What drives a person to strive to make things better, even in one minute corner of existence? What motivates a person to try and convert whatever measure of light they may posses into energy, in the hopes that it might keep everything going a tiny while longer? I ask myself these questions, and have yet to construct a reply.
On a different note; have you ever heard a song that just overtakes you surprisingly and completely...changing you somehow? The first time I heard "Slip" by Elliot Moss I was at a recital. The chords and melody kidnapped my mind so thoroughly that I barely paid attention to the elegant movements of the dancers. The song has clung to me since; not in the way a catchy pop tune stays at the front of your mind, causing you to hum it here and there in a day's time. No, this song seems to define the dimensions of my thought process, calling all the frayed and frazzled thoughts right back to the center.
Ciao for now.
It seems sometimes that there are forces around me in a constant state of flux. Strong winds and towering waves, rumbles of earth and towers of fire, proverbially speaking of course. I don't know why, but I always feel obliged to try and bring a sense of balance to these forces, even though I yield no power to control anything. What drives a person to strive to make things better, even in one minute corner of existence? What motivates a person to try and convert whatever measure of light they may posses into energy, in the hopes that it might keep everything going a tiny while longer? I ask myself these questions, and have yet to construct a reply.
On a different note; have you ever heard a song that just overtakes you surprisingly and completely...changing you somehow? The first time I heard "Slip" by Elliot Moss I was at a recital. The chords and melody kidnapped my mind so thoroughly that I barely paid attention to the elegant movements of the dancers. The song has clung to me since; not in the way a catchy pop tune stays at the front of your mind, causing you to hum it here and there in a day's time. No, this song seems to define the dimensions of my thought process, calling all the frayed and frazzled thoughts right back to the center.
Ciao for now.
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