Monthly Archive for October, 2007

A Muse Without an Artist

To be an artist would be a great adventure.

I wish that I could be an artist with everything inside of me..?.. “I wish”… words that don’t normally come out of my mouth.

Could it be that something inside of me is changing; that the impossible is becoming possible once again; that the world doesn’t seem such a cruel place after all?

Oh, but alas, my old self will not let me forget the tortures of this world; my old self will not let me be content in my emotion.

When I recollect that I am human and neglect to hate my self for it, the voice inside screams, “You were happier then!” a lie that rings so true.

The object of my uniquity gone. Taken by that which makes me weak. And that which makes me weak making me strong… Living in that paradox is beautiful and astounding.

Art; true art, is a perfect balance of reality and “the way it could be” in the eyes of the person doing the balancing. Could it be that I am an artist? Could it be that everything that I wish for is actually real. Could it be that this balancing act that I do, I merely take for granted. And could it be, that after all this time there really is no answer, but just more questions?

I don’t really know. In fact I don’t even know what I’m waiting for, but what I do know is, that no matter how hard I try, unless I’m looking for another question, I’m not going to find a thing….

And that’s beautiful.

Monotonous Exultation

The thing I mean can be seen, for instance, in children, when they find some game or joke that they specially enjoy. A child kicks his legs rhythmically through excess, not absence, of life. Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, “Do it again”; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, “Do it again” to the sun; and every evening, “Do it again” to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we.

G.K. Chesterton ~ Orthodoxy

~Separation~

Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.

Eugene Ionesco

A Logical Death of Beauty

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Poetry is sane because it floats easily in an infinite sea: reason seeks to cross the infinite sea, and so make it finite.

G.K. Chesterton ~ Orthodoxy

A New Mistress

So, I’ve got a new job which means I have an income, of sorts.
Obviously I need to buy a car; to keep the job. But after the car…

I want to buy a new guitar; I’m thinking electric, since I just got an acoustic for Christmas and my electric is a freakin Peavy! And yes, I am doing this research a little pre-maturely, but…

Here are the finalists…

The Fender Stratocaster… $399 (Definately in my price range)
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The All-Purpose Marvel that is “The Strat”.

The Fender Telecaster… $434 (Not too much more than the Strat)
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For that All-American vintage feel.

The Gibson SG… $579 (pretty good for a Gibson)
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For when I just want to rock out.
or…

The Les Paul Studio… $1,199 (quite reasonable (for a Gibson), but would definitely take some saving)
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The Most: Beautiful, Dynamic, Smooth, and Classic.

Which one should I buy? Give me some of your thoughts.