Monday, September 19, 2016

On Talking by Kahlil Gibran

On Talking
 Kahlil Gibran

You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts;
And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart
you live in your lips,
and sound is a diversion and a pastime.
And in much of your talking, thinking is half murdered.
For thought is a bird of space,
that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly.
There are those among you who seek the talkative through fear of being alone.
The silence of aloneness reveals to their eyes their naked selves and they would escape.
And there are those who talk,
and without knowledge or forethought
reveal a truth which they themselves do not understand.

And there are those who have the truth within them, but they tell it not in words.
In the bosom of such as these the spirit dwells in rhythmic silence.
 When you meet your friend on the roadside or in the market place,
let the spirit in you move your lips and direct your tongue.
Let the voice within your voice speak to the ear of his ear;
For his soul will keep the truth of your heart
as the taste of the wine is remembered
When the colour is forgotten and the vessel is no more.

Monday, September 12, 2016

A Musical Metaphor for Life from Miles Davis via Herbie Hancock

I shared this quote on the Homestead Beat a couple of weeks ago :

"It's not the note you play that's the wrong note - it's the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong."   Miles Davis

Here's a video that helps place it in better context:



Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

ox,
Mari