by Charles Norman | Jul 7, 2019 | Song of the Day
Music exists only in the moment of its performance. Music always expresses the immediate in its immediacy. Music, like time, is measured but immeasurable, is composed but indivisible. — Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or Listen: Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time....
by Charles Norman | Jul 5, 2019 | Song of the Day
We are going to the moon; that is not very far. Man has so much farther to go within himself. — Anaïs Nin From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a...
by Charles Norman | Jul 4, 2019 | Song of the Day
I have just now come from a party where I was its life and soul; witticisms streamed from my lips, everyone laughed and admired me, but I went away — and wanted to shoot myself… The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the...
by Charles Norman | Jun 25, 2019 | Song of the Day
Dear Eli, I’m in the middle of the ocean. I haven’t left my room in four days. I’ve never been more lonely in my life, and I think I’m in love with Margot… For the past year he had been traveling alone on an ocean liner called the Cote d’Ivoire and had seen both...
by Charles Norman | Jun 21, 2019 | Song of the Day
Etiolation is a process in flowering plants grown in partial or complete absence of light. It is characterized by long, weak stems; smaller leaves due to longer internodes; and a pale yellow color. — Wikipedia When in the dark night of suffering sagacity cannot...
