I realize this post won’t mean to you what it does to me
I’m writing this for myself, I guess

’Snowflakes Are Dancing’ was a 1974 album
By Isao Tomita
Consisting entirely of Claude Debussy’s “tone paintings”
Performed on a Moog synthesizer

As a child my parents and I would turn out the lights at night
Play Tomita and hide under a blanket
While we’d kick our feet to create sparks

I remember thinking it was as if
We were flying through space
The stars shooting by at warp speed

This is my favorite song from the album

I miss it terribly

"...But what I hope most of all, is that you understand what I mean when I tell you that,
even though I do not know you,
and even though I may never meet you,
laugh with you, cry with you,
or kiss you, I love you.
With all my heart,
I love you."

When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation. When I found I couldn’t change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn’t change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family. Now as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family. My family and I could have made an impact on our town. Their impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world.

Unknown Monk, A.D. 1100

 

 

 

"I will speak ill of no man, 
and speak all the good I know
                                  of everybody." 
                                       - Benjamin Franklin

I believe, at this moment,      
   There is so much on my mind;     
      That there is nothing on my mind.