The Hills Are Alive

There is music in the air, music all around us, the world is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require.

Edward Elgar
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Hello Bruce
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One year I took a college geology course. The professor was excellent and got me fascinated with rocks. I would walk down the street analyzing rocks where ever I saw them: stone walls, stone buildings, any stone structure, even pebbles on the beach. I would try to determine what they were, what they were made of and how they were formed. For a year I was a rock fanatic. It greatly improved my observation skills.

Another year I spent taking a music course called ear training, where you learned how to recognize intervals and chords by only listening to them and not reading the notes from a score. It was very difficult at first, but was an interesting exercise and improved my listening ability very much.

I began to listen to all kinds of sounds, the birds, running water, cars and trucks passing, people talking. I realized how many different sounds there were in a single sound. Some of those sounds were tones of a scale while others were toneless. I began to hear sounds where I didn't expect them. Buildings. Buildings have sounds. My building emits a quiet, high pitched trill.

There are sounds in the air. They're there if you listen for them. They are quite harmonious sounds as a matter of fact. This giant rock we stand on is filled with sounds. They say there are even sounds in outer space. Though no human ear has ever heard them , as far as we know, sensitive recording devices have picked up some of them.

As there is with rhythm, there is music everywhere. More than we could ever require.

DB - The Vagabond
Never give up.
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A Love Song

The trees are singing my music.

Edward Elgar
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I love music.
I love silence.

I love poetry.
I love a blank page.

I love colorful art.
I love the blackness of the night sky.

I love the beauty of a well kept garden.
I love the wildness of the forest.

I love the order of science.
I love the chaos of nature.

I love companionship.
I love solitude.

I love the logic of rational thought.
I love the fantasies of imagination.

I love the happy memories of my life.
I love the contemplation of future adventures.

I love the things I managed to do.
I love the plans I'm making..

I loved it that I am alive today.
I love tomorrow.

I love this moment.
And I will love the next.

DB - The Vagabond
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SPRING QUESTION
(This is not a contest.)

In your opinion what is the most amazing thing that could happen during this decade? Make it as outrageous as you want but keep it within the realm of what you consider a possibility.

15 responses so far.

Answers will be published the first day of Summer.

Thank you.

dbdacoba@aol.com

DB - The Vagabond
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