Sham. . .

. . . "support" required HERE. . .


(from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/17/us/politics/trump-shell-workers.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=aut&bicmlukp=WT.mc_id&bicmst=1409232722000&bicmet=1419773522000&bicmp=AD&fbclid=IwAR20kEv6gF_w0JjRu4KnyAIbbT1wivce6kgmE6tx4MWZoi65UCA9C1pO5aI)
". . . Thousands of union workers at a multibillion-dollar petrochemical plant being built outside Pittsburgh were given the choice of attending a speech by President Trump on Tuesday or staying away — and losing some of their pay for the week. . . Ray Fisher, a spokesman for Shell, said in an email to The Times that workers who didn’t show up for the speech would still have gotten paid for their workweek, but not as much as those who scanned in and stayed on site all day. . ."

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Staying . . .

. . . Well



Of poetry, I know not much
Of life, I've learned a little
I don't profess an expert be
In politics, left, right or middle

Mechanics of most any sort
Don't operate quite rightly
No matter how sincere I try
Results I take not lightly

In love, my fortune great indeed
The reasons not apparent
My find, I treasure constantly
Of indefinite fidelity I truly am declarant

And for the icing on the cake
As by the sea I dwell
The music that I hear and make
sustains and keeps me well


At Once
©2018 Raymond M. Jozwiak

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Glitter . . .

. . . Many and new contemporaries and adults were introduced into my life with the addition of formal education to my daily routine. These new experiences did not so much teach me that everything and everyone on this earth were not always good, honest and sincere people, but it did confirm that. But I still managed to retain a certain optimism, in spite of it. Deep down, bullies who punched me in the stomach and ran (brave, huh?), nasty classmates who whispered and giggled to each other in my presence, the abrasive girl on the schoolbus that made fun of me, the guys that would never choose me to be on their team (I was NOT athletic) and the teachers who scolded the entire class for something obviously perpetrated by one misguided soul - could not dissuade me from the notion that the world was still a good place and that most people within it were still very much good. I firmly believed that.


All That Glitters
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More Thoughts . . .

. . . about compositions . . .


 . . . this about a very young, at the time, gentleman whose effervescent personality exuded youthful unpredictability and enthusiasm for life.  The music, at least I believe, makes a sincere attempt to capture that unpredictability, in its melody, chordal and rhythmic structure.



Harrissinny
©2002 Raymond M. Jozwiak

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Like. . .

. . . the vineyard tasting room quickly abandoned by the large group of young,  professional-types and their limo driver (our 'tour guide', if you will). . .

. . . who predominantly occupies the lion's share of the tasting bar  geography while inundating the atmosphere with boisterous, jocular, superficial chatter during our intended, peaceful, rejuvenating lunch break, the musician readily and sincerely empathizes.  This for both the obliviousness and the indifference demonstrated by the general public in response to the honest, sincere, creative efforts put forth by individuals such as creators of fine, fermented beverages as well as the authors of those creative, original, eclectic musical endeavors with which they are confronted on a regular basis. . .

(Note:  OHO was much appreciated by the audience at Elk Run Vineyard on this particular warm August night.)


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Sincerity . . .

Saw a lot of social media talk the other day about 'all lives matter', white racism, etc. etc. and rightly so. This is a good thing.  As long as we talk.  As long as we are sincere.  And as long as we LISTEN. We must listen to each other.  Let us all enter the discussion with open minds and hearts. Preconceived notions and know-it-alls are NOT welcome here. I grew up with racism.  While not defending it, I can recognize the source of it. . . and as they say, acknowledging the problem is the first step in resolving it. It's not easy and it's not simple. Still, I believe it is noble and worth working toward. Like campaign reform and redistribution of wealth, it probably won't be accomplished in my lifetime.  But it will be accomplished.

So let's be careful to avoid generalizations. People are people, and much like music, there are only two kinds. . . good and bad. Be sincere.

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Sing . . .

. . . Vladdie . . . 

With my newfound interest in and empathy for Vladimir Putin, at least for his desire to serve his countrymen and for his lack of duplicity in things political, drove me to learn that he is a musician.  Well, not a professional musician nor maybe even not a terribly exceptional one.  But he is, with little doubt, a sincere music lover.  Now how can you dislike a music lover no matter how many countries he invades?

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Quotes from Trane. . .

. . . John Coltrane, that is. Forty fours years gone, last week. . .

“I never even thought about whether or not they understand what I'm doing . . . the emotional reaction is all that matters as long as there's some feeling of communication, it isn't necessary that it be understood.”

“All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is in communion with the natural laws.”

“Over all, I think the main thing a musician would like to do is give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things that he knows of and senses in the universe. . . That’s what I would like to do. I think that’s one of the greatest things you can do in life and we all try to do it in some way. The musician’s is through his music.”

“You can play a shoestring if you're sincere”

“I’ve found you’ve got to look back at the old things and see them in a new light.”

“Sometimes I wish I could walk up to my music for the first time, as if I had never heard it before. Being so inescapably a part of it, I’ll never know what the listener gets, what the listener feels, and that’s too bad.”

"My music is the spiritual expression of what I am — my faith, my knowledge, my being...When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people, to help humanity free itself from its hangups...I want to speak to their souls."

"I start in the middle of a sentence and move both directions at once."

“The first violins have the most interesting part.”



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