I think it was a Tony Bennett coffee table book.
I'm almost positive.
"A Life of Art and Music" I remember it because it took my breath away. That's what I want.
Hell, that's not just what I want it's what I need. Almost like breathing clean air
and drinking clean water.
A need.
Good music,
Great art,
Delicious food & drink, and
everything that goes along with it.
Yes. Doesn't it make you just want to jump out of your skin and shout right out loud?
Which by the way is what that song of mine is all about. 'Shout'
Here in the mid-west at least amongst the folks that I know. The thing you get taught
is to hunker down and just be safe-bland, and as you get older you get more bland.
(can I say that? 'more bland' or is it 'blander')
If that's possible.
People look down upon you if; as you get older, you still like spicy food,
or are still in love with love, or how about staying up past nine pm just to catch Letterman.
***GASP***
I remember in my 20's feeling that everything was brand new. No one
had discovered what it was that I was feeling and seeing. The first dead show,
the first jam band, the first creme brule, the first all night love making, the first time
I stayed up all night accidentally because the conversation was just so "happening".
The time I realized that the great 'WE' included 'ME', and further that this same great
'WE' were going to change the world.
Now I realize that no one gets to go back, and
that there really isn't any point to chasing after those feelings like some crazed addict.
That's not what I'm saying. What I am saying is that although you can't ever go back
neither can you stop. Just because you're 'insert proper age here' doesn't mean ya
can't still be on fire with life.
Maybe it's better to ask ourselves this, "Why is it deemed proper to get bitter as
we get older?" I guess this begs the question or at least the statement/thought
How come we can't keep that 'beginners mind'? And what would happen if we could?
I wonder what it'd be like if everyone that read this would do something anything
right now to remind themselves that they're still alive.
This sounds like a promising movement to me. How about you?
I guess that's all I wanted to say.
Lets get this movement started huh?
Come on ya know you want to. Lets stay up a little late and go out and look at the
stars. I think their still shining.
Good luck
Trevor (Unca_T) Marty
1 comment:
Wow, This is a fabulous blog! So true. So Many people stop living. They give in to jobs, families, careers, whatever. But what happened to that wonderful feeling of life? I understand everything you say here. As you know, I am in the process of learning to embrace life again. My loss of 100 pounds, new jobs, new business, new friendships, new opportunities, has brought me to this point. Your song "Shout" inspires me not second guess this whole life changing events going on. In fact, it keeps me embracing it. Anyway, enough rambling on my part! This is your blog after all.
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