14 Oct 2021

Everyone Is A Singer: How I Came To Write This

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As a small child, I sang freely.  Singing was one of my favorite activities.  At age 7, for no apparent reason, I  “lost my ability to smile”.  I also became ashamed to sing. Something happened, maybe at school.  I was loud and precocious.  Perhaps I attracted derision.  I don’t know.  My parents love singing, and have always encouraged me.   Maybe I already sounded like Nina Hagen, David Byrne, or Edgar Winter, all of whom I have emulated at times.  … Read More
13 Oct 2021

“I Don’t Know”

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This is a powerful statement that a man sometimes says to himself.  It frees him to ask questions, unbinds him from emotional traps.  Liberating! It refreshes him, to have regular periods of emptying out, of being nothing.  Identifying as “I am this”, “I am that” requires a lot of energy, making him tired.  To become nothing, he has to take out the trash accumulated in his mental/emotional house. When taking himself too seriously, or not seriously enough, me might say: … Read More