Senses working overtime #424

1 My state of mind this week

2 Reading: Dave Davies - Living On A Thin Line

3 Reading: Word Origins 

 

4 Listening: The Kinks (to accompany the Dave Davies book, I started with album 1 and got up to The Kinks are The Village Green Preservation Society)

5 Poetry corner

Aria It is Wednesday I don't know who I am How did I get here?  I don't know That's a lie Not totally It keeps me empty Just empty enough For you to enter me Ariana Reines (2011)

Overtime: 

"Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit." --E.E. Cummings

Senses working overtime #335

 1 John Margolies

More of his fantastic images of roadside America here (nod to John's work courtesy of Laura Olin).

2 God - John Lennon

Cool Song Exploder episode. Ringo, Klaus, Billy and John all appear.

3 The Kinks

I've been catching up on their late seventies - early eighties catalogue this week - many many great moments in that period. Along the way I enjoyed this live document from 1973 and some great moments from their 1980 live album One More From The Road (I highly recommend this album). Sidebar: how good is the undervalued Dave Davies on guitar!

4 Waterloo Sunset

While watching some Kinks' videos, this version flicked up - Ray Davies at Glastonbury 2010. I cried - a combination of nostalgia and that line - 'so I won't be afraid'! Plus the greatness of the song can be a little overwhelming and this is a very affecting version!

5 The chocolate guy

You have to see this to believe it! (Courtesy of Laura Olin)

Overtime: 

“Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.”

– Henri J.M. Nouwen (courtesy of SwissMiss)