There is a Meadow in My Perfect World

There's a meadow

in my perfect world

Where wind dances

the branches of a tree

Casting leopard spots of light

across the face of a pond

The tree stands tall

and grand and alone

Shading the world beneath it.

There will come a day

when I rest against its spine.

And look out over a valley

where the sun warms, but never burns.

I will watch leaves turn

Green, then amber, then crimson

Then no leaves at all.

But the tree will not die.

For in this place,

winter never comes.

It is here, in the cradle

of all I hold dear,

I guard every memory of you.

And when I find myself frozen

in the mud of the real

far from your loving eyes,

I will return to this place,

close mine

and take solace in the simple

perfection of knowing you.

- from Wind River featuring Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen

Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds

“Humans consider themselves unique, so they’ve rooted their whole theory of existence on their uniqueness. “One” is their unit of “measure” — but its not. All social systems we’ve put into place are a mere sketch: “one plus one equals two”, that’s all we’ve learned, but one plus one has never equaled two — there are in fact no numbers and no letters, we’ve codified our existence to bring it down to human size, to make it comprehensible, we’ve created a scale so we can forget its unfathomable scale…Time is the only true unit of measure, it gives proof to the existence of matter, without time, we don’t exist. “

I Never Let the Truth Get in the Way of a Good Story

When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now, and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened. - Mark Twain (1924)

The Rightness of Trust

Life is about trust.
Trust isn't always rewarded, but on the other hand, if you make decisions based on trust, they always seem to have a sort of rightness to them.

- Johnny Worricker

Papa Was a Rolling Stone

It's an important question you ask - But one, I think, with a simple answer. We have this need, you and I, from the time we are little, to peek over your neighbor's fence. And once we do, we see there's wonder waiting on the other side. Every step you take brings the world one step closer. You'll narrow the influence of narrow minds. You'll bridge continents. Puncture prejudice. And keep peace. You may not always know it at the time, but one day you will look back and see that you've made this world a better place. So, the question you asked me - 'what is the key'? 

It's you.

- Trans-Siberian Railway 

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The Downfall of the Forth Estate

“If you wish to see the truth, then hold no opinions"
- Hsin Hsin Ming