Author: mktdaf
Writings: Read this one out loud … …. The Waking
The Waking by Thoedore Roethke I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I feel my fate in what I cannot fear. I learn by going where I have to go. We think by feeling. What is there to know? I hear my being dance from ear to ear. I wake to sleep, and…
Thoughts: Dream on, dream off
“To die before you die is not just a quaint saying. It speaks to a very real experience that directly relates to one’s spiritual awakening. The important thing to realize is that you are grieving over a self that never was. It is the grieving over shadows and dreams. And yet, to let go of…
Poetry of music: Playing for change, with the Grateful Dead’s “Ripple”
If there’s a video that encompasses the global impact of the Grateful Dead, it’s this one as musicians in Italy, Israel, Ghana, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Illinois and many other states and countries come together to contribute to this montage centered around “Ripple.” Among the musicians included David Crosby, Jimmy Buffett, David Hidalgo and of course, Bill…
Poetry of music: Melancholy Morning, with Joe Bongiorno
If you haven’t heard Joe Bongiorno before, you are in for a treat. If you have, you know what I mean! Check out the rest of his work at his website… and, for now, sit back & close your eyes for Melancholy Morning from his Somewhere Within album.
Thoughts: Dark & light, hand in hand….
“Life is glorious, but life is also wretched. It is both. Appreciating the gloriousness inspires us, encourages us, cheers us up, gives us a bigger perspective, energizes us. We feel connected. But if that’s all that’s happening, we get arrogant and start to look down on others, and there is a sense of making ourselves…