pianogonzology

Monday, May 7, 2018

Upheaval . . .

Complications
Multiple frustrations
All is in upheaval
To accomplish good cause
Conscience will be
Undisturbed in the end
And purpose well served

'This too shall pass'
Said President and Poet
To which I may add-
My selfish goal
Shall be several steps closer

Augment In 3 With Dishes
©2018 Raymond M. Jozwiak

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Sunday, May 6, 2018

Like Crazy . . .

Black And White Digital Art - Crazy Circles by

Methune Hively

On and on flow the hours
Like rolling waves upon the sea
And like so many and so varied flowers
Each one some nectar for the bee

We're keeping tabs and writing numbers
Logging each minute in the book
We have a choice to
Either dread the counting
Or see the bricks if we just look

Store the knowledge
Hoard the wisdom
Take the years
And just run like crazy
Party’s only
What you make it
Make it into the
Best you can

There’s no protection from the power
We’re generating everyday
The blazing lights shine
From each lofty tower
Just to illuminate the way

Things that never occur to you
In the spring
Become clearer with each moving
Season passing

All options must be on the table
All points of view be kept in sight
And if you don’t do ev’ry thing you’re able
Make sure you do those which are right

Store the knowledge
Hoard the wisdom
Take the years
And just run like crazy
Party’s only
What you make it
Make it into the
Best you can

The Hours
©2014 Raymond M. Jozwiak

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Saturday, May 5, 2018

Blind . . .

There is none so blind
As he so consumed
By desire to accomplish
That merely perfume

Since life holds such glory
Much is easily missed
When the focus is narrow
Far afield any bliss

Divided/United
©2017 Raymond M. Jozwiak

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Friday, May 4, 2018

Leading . . .

(from A Higher Loyalty; Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James Comey)
". . . And then there was a man named Harry Howell. . . During my junior and senior years of high school, I worked for Harry at a large grocery store near Allendale. I didn't make much money stocking shelves, retrieving carts, and working the ash register, maybe four dollars an hour but I loved my job. That was in large part due to the kind of leader he was. . . Somehow he created an environment that was both demanding and incredibly fun. He suppressed a smile at our silliness- just letting the corner of his mouth turn up slightly so we could see his amusement- and told us bluntly when our work wasn't good enough. We loved him. But we also feared him, in a healthy way. Because he made us feel important, because he so obviously cared about what he was doing and about us, we desperately wanted to please him. . ."

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Thursday, May 3, 2018

More Gazebo . . .

. . . from GAZEBO [coming soon to a lobe near you] liner notes). . .

-All songs composed and performed by OHO (1990-2018) with the exceptions of tracks 7 and 17 used with permission: “Baltimore” (Randy Newman, Six Pictures Music), “Over, Under, Sideways, Down” (Jeff Beck, Chris Dreja, Jim McCarty, Keith Relf & Paul Samwell-Smith, Sony/Atv Music) with “It’s a Small World” (Richard Sherman & Robert Sherman, Wonderful Music Company, Inc.) --Sequence continuity by Michael M. Kennedy and Jerry Semler -Produced by OHO and Bill Pratt at The Bratt Studio, Woodlawn, MD. Additional recording by David Reeve at Blue Balls Studio, Stewartstown, PA; P. Daly German at his Back Room Studio, Baltimore, MD; Steve Carr at Hit and Run Recording, Rockville, MD; and David Kelly at Luna Blue Studio, Severn, MD.
-Front cover illustration by Connell P. Byrne; on-CD art by David W. Wilcox; photography by Cameron Reeve and David Norbut; back cover and left inside panel background: “Well Tempered Drummer” by Lena Samsonova; OHO logo design by Jon Considine ©2018 OHO Music
This one’s for Connell.

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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Necessary . . .

Drowning, sometimes,
Knowing all
About the cause
And all reaction

'Know thyself'
The doctor said
The remedy
Is no transaction

Necessity will birth invention
What's needed
Has roots
In another dimension

Good Therapy
©2018 Raymond M. Jozwiak

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Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Together . . .

“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.”
– Napolean Hill

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
– Helen Keller

“None of us is as smart as all of us.”
-Ken Blanchard

“Teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.”
– Patrick Lencioni

"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."
– Booker T. Washington

“The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.”
-Lee Iacocca

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.”
–Michael Jordan

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