Monday night. Standing in the shadows of a residential area – a fenced garden on one side and tall leafy trees on the other. Someone points at my face. No – higher, I have something on my head which I become aware of at the same time as it flies off to reveal itself – a toucan! Sure it has […]
Read more "The toucan dream…"Sunday night. The spotlight reflects off his glittering guitar as he sways to the groove. Shredding a pulsating beat, he screams his solos with ease, like a snake gliding through a jungle of noise. Pedals, switches and all sorts of trappings are at his beck and call to maximise his symphonious experience. It feels fantastic. Someone enters stage right with […]
Read more "The guitar dream…"I tweet, you listen. I blog, you pounce. I share, you inspect. I post, you record. I follow, you tail. I like, you note. I mention, you profile. I message, you spy. I am, you’re not. What am I doing that you’re not alert to? Do you breathe, feel, love, laugh, cry, dream…?
Read more "Big brother…"Cold silvery grey wisps subtly blend under his long brown locks while knowing lines of wisdom etch gradually into his face… Like most in the same place of time, he has come a long way, through oceans of joy, fields of discovery and mountains of turbulence. Yet here he is. The big five-0. Nothing more, […]
Read more "50 – love…"“No time, for making my moves, no time… No time, for hitting my groove, no time…” (J.J. Cale) I cried myself to sleep last night and woke up in a dream where you and I and loved ones sat beneath a bodhi tree We meditated, laughed and sang a lot and we watched a […]
Read more "No time…"In his mental man cave he floats, eyes up to the sky now saturated with hues of green, orange and purple as the sun sets slowly in the distance. And as fast as the sun goes down, so the waves slow to a gentle lull, lapping the nearby shores and pushing against his body, while […]
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