Surface Detail Fractal World

Another intriguing fractal video. Amazingly complex transformations take place according to very simple rule sets. Change occurs at all scales, and the end result -- if any -- is not predictable. It sounds like the basis of a gambling game. I know! We can call it "life."

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Plenty of Room in the Fractalverse

Think of it as a fractal condensation of matter, energy, and space, out of the void. The fractalverse can expand itself as needed, sometimes taking advantage of multiple overlapping dimensions as needs arise.

In the fractalverse, you can make all the real estate you could ever want, as long as you understand the rules.

So if you are concerned that asteroid Apophis may destroy the Earth in the year 2036, consider reserving your own expanding accomodation in the fractalverse. Reservations for trans-dimensional departures are being accepted now.

She Doesn't Need You

A nice and easy cross-genre performance with a pleasant blend of instruments and vocals.

The peaks and valleys of a long, active love life will take you beyond your limits. If you are able to incorporate the lessons learned without indulging in too much bitterness, you will be better for it.

Dan Fogelberg 1951-2007

His life was always about music. He left a fine legacy of work behind. He did what he loved.

Mozart's Requiem

This is one song that I have shamelessly appropriated from Paul Simon for performing at small and intimate gatherings. I cannot tell you which is better: this performance by Paul, or a random performance by myself. He wrote it, but sometimes I am absolutely inspired!
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Hallelujah

Several great artists have covered this song by Leonard Cohen. But as a singer-songwriter, I have a soft spot in my heart for performances by the person who actually sweated out and bled the music and lyrics.

Great music, literature, and art take the hard road. Life is ironic. By the time you learn life is laughing at you (instead of along with you), it may be too late.

But I digress.

For more versions of Cohen's Hallelujah, click on the screen above and go to YouTube.

Vincent

Now I understand what you tried to say to me . . .

Scarecrow's Dream

Between the worlds of men and make-believe, I can be found.

Drummer's High: Simon Phillips--Force Majeure

Brian Eno: First Light

Hat tip Cuanas.

Brian Eno is one of the grand old men of electronic music and soundracks. Relax and let him take you on a journey . . .

Return to Innocence

Enigma Return to Innocence

Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before ....
Eagles: Hotel California

And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.
T. S. Eliot, Little Gidding

When a person becomes "stuck," it may be helpful for them to back up to an earlier period of their lives, and find the things that moved them strongly. You may find yourself reliving childish and unrealistic dreams. Or you may find the motive power you need right now, to get on with things.

There is power in the purity of the innocent mind. It is still in there somewhere.

Third and Final Rooftop Vid--So Long Boys

Like a time machine--put it up on the big screen, lean back with a Guiness, and smile.


"What's that, lad? The girls? Laddy, if you're living right, the girls just seem to show up, sooner or later."

I wouldn't want to be the Bobby to pull the plug on that gig. I remember some late night gigs of my own that got closed down hours earlier than they would have ended on their own. Vive le music!

Beatles Rooftop Concert 2

Imagine how London or New York would react if the Beatles could magically re-unite for one afternoon, and put on a rooftop concert. How many people would complain about the "imposition?" Show me the constable who would want to put a stop to the disruption of the daily routine?

What would be a comparable phenomenon today? Paris Hilton? 50 cent? Popular culture seems to have fallen out of the hands of visionary artists and into the hands of money-grubbing, soulless, "youth culture industry" ghouls. Most kids growing up in the '00s are probably not capable of understanding what the Beatles represented to their generation, since big money interests have smothered most of the music and entertainment scene.

One can only hope that the de-centralised technologies offered by the internet will breed a new generation of genuine musical and cultural revolutionaries.

Beatles Rooftop Concert

This is Part I of the rooftop concert. The Beatles are together at their peak, and as they perform from the rooftop, London stops to take notice.

I could not help but wonder at the peaceful way that Londoners of that time were able to gather on the streets, window sills, and rooftops, to listen to what was already at the time a musical phenomenon. If anything equivalent were to happen in today's London, there might be the need to call out the Royal Marines to keep order. In addition, the performers would probably receive incoming mortar fire from a neighboring mosque. No, the entire thing would be much too risky today.

Hat tip Cuanas.