Just posted this documentary for Denis, but I thought you would enjoy it as well, if you have never seen it before. The great composer John Cage narrates, featuring Rahsaan Roland Kirk...
xoxo
Thomas
"do you ever wonder at the strangeness of life?" you ask.
Constantly! Gosh, sometimes it seems like a Kierkegaardian leap just getting out of bed. LOL That famous Latin expression paraphrasing Tertullian comes to mind: Credo quia absurdum (I believe because it is absurd). Belief is not very important to me, but learning to embrace life not despite its absurdity but because of it, letting in all the consciousness afforded to us and yet embracing the world unabashedly, that's the challenge of a lifetime, but a noble one, even if incomprehensible to those who don't find the human situation quite as strange as me. But our journeys are all an impenetrable secret to others, anyhow, and I think this is ultimately a cause for smiles. (Just as soon as your think you understand someone, they will surprise you.)
Hope the weather is beautiful where you are.
With love, and a hug,
Thomas
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and sometimes Maine, USA. I love to listen to jazz, especially Stan Getz and others here, and always appreicate learning and hearing more.
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Wishing you a beautiful weekend.
With love,
Thomas
xoxo
Thomas
Constantly! Gosh, sometimes it seems like a Kierkegaardian leap just getting out of bed. LOL That famous Latin expression paraphrasing Tertullian comes to mind: Credo quia absurdum (I believe because it is absurd). Belief is not very important to me, but learning to embrace life not despite its absurdity but because of it, letting in all the consciousness afforded to us and yet embracing the world unabashedly, that's the challenge of a lifetime, but a noble one, even if incomprehensible to those who don't find the human situation quite as strange as me. But our journeys are all an impenetrable secret to others, anyhow, and I think this is ultimately a cause for smiles. (Just as soon as your think you understand someone, they will surprise you.)
Hope the weather is beautiful where you are.
With love, and a hug,
Thomas
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