Here’s the point of all this, really. If you don’t like the culture, make your own…or help others make their own. Instead of paying $50 or $100 bucks to see a megastar at your local arena, support or create your own small venues that put the spotlight on the gifted but lesser-known artists who may never find their way (or want to find their way) to top 40 radio, MTV or the Grammy Awards. …
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In Chemotherapy, Creativity, My Soundtrack, Poetry, SpiritualityTags Carolyn Arends, seize the day, Spirituality, writing52 Views2 Comments Steve
Some choose "carpe diem" as a life philosophy and live the proverbial "eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die," which indeed appears to perhaps be Horace’s original meaning. In the name of this carpe diem some get in touch with the darkest part of themselves, engaging in often self-destructive behavior. But there’s more to carpe diem than this. There’s more than one way to seize the day. …
In Creativity, SpiritualityTags Christian, Creativity, faith, sacred, Spirituality, thanksgiving, writing16 Views3 Comments Steve
As a writer and songwriter, I can tell my stories and hope and trust that someone will see a grain of truth in them--a semblance of something real that maybe they have felt themselves. …