My mom has a Martin that is maybe 45 years old now. I think at least once she bought a plane ticket for it so that it didn't have to go in the cargo hold.
Wow! Bless her for keeping up with her playing all these years. Music is a beautiful hobby, if your motor skills allow you to keep up with the demands of the instrument.
The culture of "TEH DEMOCRACY" pressures us all to proselytize each other by "speaking out" our strong (yet conventional!) opinions on every issue. It's as if the machine feeds on the carbon dioxide expelled when an approved opinion--whether establishment or controlled opposition--is voiced and ripples up into the ozone layer... or something. I am always encouraged when someone resists. +100
I find this encapsulates how I view things too. I feel like an observer of the goings on and not a great participant. I listen and read valid points and hypocrisy from all sides of issues, where some want me to take a hard stance or I’m deemed a “fence sitter”. But I won’t be goaded into any stance, I realise the complexities that are often overlooked (sometimes on purpose) and refuse to believe that divide is the answer, it’s a symptom, it’s not a cure! However 😆 I recognise symptoms can highlight the need for cure and can assist in leading to one 😵💫😅
I’m not clever enough to have the “cure”, but I certainly don’t want to be part of the problem.
I’m strong in my beliefs around political sphere, again I want solutions! Social complexities, not so much.
My contribution is merely that the moment one stance stomps all over another’s rights or freedoms or way of living, then it loses the merit of its plight (if that’s the right word).
> My contribution is merely that the moment one stance stomps all over another’s rights or freedoms or way of living, then it loses the merit of its plight (if that’s the right word).
Merely *not violating* others can cure many ills.
I'm glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the kind words!
"nothing to write about, except writing about how I arrived at nothing."
A satisfying zero-sum game!?
Is this how politicians feel after saying a lot of nothing? 🤣
Politicians don't feel. They steal.
My mom has a Martin that is maybe 45 years old now. I think at least once she bought a plane ticket for it so that it didn't have to go in the cargo hold.
Smart move on the plane ticket for the guitar ... and your mom must be quite a guitarist to have an old Martin 😎
She's been playing for a long time (she's 85 now).
Wow! Bless her for keeping up with her playing all these years. Music is a beautiful hobby, if your motor skills allow you to keep up with the demands of the instrument.
This isn't the first time I've written about guitars this year. Here's one about a Luna I'm guitar-sitting for a friend. Had some good guitar talk in the Comments section: https://goodneighborbadcitizen.substack.com/p/trust-me-but-pay-attention-too
That's a pretty guitar. Love the butterfly.
Good post on trust—sharing.
What a wonderfully thoughtful article!
The culture of "TEH DEMOCRACY" pressures us all to proselytize each other by "speaking out" our strong (yet conventional!) opinions on every issue. It's as if the machine feeds on the carbon dioxide expelled when an approved opinion--whether establishment or controlled opposition--is voiced and ripples up into the ozone layer... or something. I am always encouraged when someone resists. +100
And to think, I almost wrote an article about algorithms or something until this one popped up 🤣
Thanks for the kind words, B.G.!
I find this encapsulates how I view things too. I feel like an observer of the goings on and not a great participant. I listen and read valid points and hypocrisy from all sides of issues, where some want me to take a hard stance or I’m deemed a “fence sitter”. But I won’t be goaded into any stance, I realise the complexities that are often overlooked (sometimes on purpose) and refuse to believe that divide is the answer, it’s a symptom, it’s not a cure! However 😆 I recognise symptoms can highlight the need for cure and can assist in leading to one 😵💫😅
I’m not clever enough to have the “cure”, but I certainly don’t want to be part of the problem.
I’m strong in my beliefs around political sphere, again I want solutions! Social complexities, not so much.
My contribution is merely that the moment one stance stomps all over another’s rights or freedoms or way of living, then it loses the merit of its plight (if that’s the right word).
I enjoyed this read 🤝
> My contribution is merely that the moment one stance stomps all over another’s rights or freedoms or way of living, then it loses the merit of its plight (if that’s the right word).
Merely *not violating* others can cure many ills.
I'm glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the kind words!