TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2009
Hi. Two weeks or more have passed and I've been working to finish and file my 2008 taxes. I have not had time to write about songwriting or make any new videos worth posting on YouTube. But I have one thing to say today, and I'll make it short.
I once used Blogit.com, and my Religion and Spirituality blog was always in the to fifty, usually in the top 20, week after week, and since there were about10,000 blogs on the subject, that seemed to be pretty good. I have not posted there for over a year, but I still have the fire in my heart to write about apiritual values and concepts.
I don't carry any particular religious flag here, because there is too much divisivenss, and it seems that if you life any particular banner, it sparks hostility and hurt feelings among many, many people. Soi all I have to offer on the subject is this: There's something about poets, songwriters, singers, actors, artists, dancers, people of every kind in the arts and humanities, that seems to be characteristic of most: We are all drawn to a higher plane, a higher Power, like sunflowers turning aa landscape, unanamously and all at once, toward the sun. They are classified as "heliotropes," or sun seekers. I've noticed that most really inspired, soulful, deep people are "Theo-tropic," that is they turn toward "Theos," the Greek word meaning god, or God, if you perfer. We generally live less well structured, less conformist lives than the general population, many of us marry several times, often turbulently, or drink or smoke or party too much, or do other things that may be more or less taboo for the general population, but one thing is sure, as faulty and "weak" as some of us are, as prone to human frailty and "bad behavior" as we may be, we are drawn, nonetheless, in the direction of the Higher Power, God, the Lord, and that seems to be true in 'way more than half the people I know in the arts and humanities. Songwriting is part of that scene, and I'm happy that so many of my friends and dearest ones in the arts and humanities are "Theotropic" people, like me. Without offending anyone by being selective of this or that way of expressing this "turning to God" type of trait, without saying this is "my way" of relating to or expressing my love for the Almighty, there is no doubt we are in general agreement that good is better than eveil, beauty is better than ugliness, and kindness is much, much superior to rudeness, and finally love is better than cruelty, affection is better than hate.
Now that's off my chest, I'll get back to my Income Tax Forms, and have them in on time (for the first time in years!)
James P. Louviere, AKA DrHanzonScience (Go to YouTube.com/user/DrHanzonScience for more.
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2009
Is Songwriting somehow connected to "blessings"?
There's a really nice custom we have, but as a commentator mentioned in an email today, saying God bless you" or "Gesundheit" or whatever is probably just a nice, polite thing we do that kind of binds us all in a nice warm network of humanity. But lately, in the exact same time period when Ive been incredibly creative, posting 17 musical videos on YouTube in 21 days, and having 12 of them rated "five stars" (the highest rating), and two at 4.5 stars, and three not yet rated (two are very dark, and probably discourage rating by being so dark), I have been giving blessing right and left, to whomever seems like they may be receptive. I'm old enough and harmless looking enough that I don't tend to frighten people, Check out my video I'll add at the end and you can see what I look like.
I'll tell you next time we meet how blessing is connected to wongwriting, but for now, just assume it is ("take it on faith")and let me bestow my no-fail blessing on you:
Bod bless you! Eery day of you life, from today on, will be marked by some unexpected, "undeserved," un asked-for blessing straight from the Divine source of all life and power. This I promise will happen!
It will, and you'll be amazed, but don't expect to get "free money" or any other much advertised "benefit." Look for more important, vital, relationship things that will work out for you in surprising ways. I'll let you in on my secret next time I blog with you. Meanwhile, if something happens, please let everyone who reads this know, by your comment. Happy Valentines day!
I have 3 songs without ratings. Here's the URL for one: the dumbest Man Taking Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc7Uw6Q34bM.