Inspiration? . . .

https://www.politico.eu/article/napoleon-memoir/ 

(from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Directory) 
". . . Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. He was the de facto leader of the French Republic as First Consul from 1799 to 1804. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814 and again in 1815. Napoleon dominated European and global affairs for a decade while leading France against a series of coalitions in the Napoleonic Wars. He won most of these wars and battles, building a large empire that ruled over continental Europe before its collapse in 1815. He was one of the greatest military commanders in history, and his wars and campaigns are studied in military schools worldwide. Napoleon's political and cultural legacy has endured, and he has been one of the most celebrated and controversial leaders in world history. . ."

Broken
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from the forthcoming album (June 2022) "Grains"

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Duo . . .

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The return of the duo.  OHO (duo- Jay Graboski and Ray Jozwiak) appear at Harvest Tide Steakhouse, Lewes DE, Fri, Apr 29 @ 5:00PM. Some songs you may hear that day -  

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                 Critic’s Choice

Soliciting . . .

 

https://sciencenordic.com/anthropology-culture-

denmark/what-drives-a-prostitute/1429294

Submitting my forthcoming album "Grains" for a review. If you must concentrate on only one track,  #6 Elephants, #7 Perfidy or #11 Baggage are recommended. Bio: The acoustic, baby grand piano is my tool of choice for constructing my original jazz melodies and improvisational piano music. But I also incorporate electronics, midi, synths, samples, etc into my recordings. When I'm not at the piano, I revel in the opportunity to make music with my long-time friends Jay (Graboski) and David (Reeve) as OHO, in the sacred tradition of that formidable, Baltimore-area musical collective.

Grains
- forthcoming from Ray Jozwiak - Gonzo Piano

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                   Chromatose

New Stuff . . .

https://hbr.org/2017/03/our-brains-love-new-stuff-and-its-killing-the-planet

Tell me please

What is ‘fungible’?

Tell me now

What is not.

What’s going on here

That’s so hot?

Anyone

Can buy a Monet print.

Only one

Gets the original,

Single definitive version.

 

What is this? An NFT.

What’s it for? It is

A work of art!

Just what gives?

Mom won’t understand.

Here’s the thing,

You just can’t 

Simply replace it easily.

But perchance

someone’s interested

In the dance,

They will find

their way onto 

The crowded floor.

Spending all of your cryptocurrency.

Call it art, cause you want it so to be.

Skeptical

And excited too.

What will be

It’s real worth?

Value’s subjective certainly.

But its clear

If someone wants to buy,

I can sell, 

‘cause it’s mine.

Burn up the blockchain

Touch the sky.

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                         No Frills

Pianoforte . . .

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pianoforte_Cristofori_1720.jpg

(from https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cris/hd_cris.htm)

". . . The quiet nature of the piano’s birth around 1700, therefore, comes as something of a surprise. The first true piano was invented almost entirely by one man—Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655–1731) of Padua, who had been appointed in 1688 to the Florentine court of Grand Prince Ferdinando de’ Medici to care for its harpsichords and eventually for its entire collection of musical instruments. A 1700 inventory of Medici instruments mentions an “arpicimbalo,” i.e., an instrument resembling a harpsichord, “newly invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori” with hammers and dampers, two keyboards, and a range of four octaves, C–c”’. The poet and journalist Scipione Maffei, in his enthusiastic 1711 description, named Cristofori’s instrument a “gravicembalo col piano, e forte” (harpsichord with soft and loud), the first time it was called by its eventual name, pianoforte. A contemporary inscription by a Florentine court musician, Federigo Meccoli, notes that the “arpi cimbalo del piano e’ forte” was first made by Cristofori in 1700, giving us a precise birthdate for the piano. . ."

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Reflect . . .

 

https://unsplash.com/s/photos/reflections

It's good to reflect

Every now and again

On things that you've done,

And the pleasures and pain

All encountered throughout

Your adventure to date.

A point that I always

Insist that is made,

When such dear meditations,

Deep into, I wade,

Is that all has been wonderful,

Some exceptions were bad,

But I'd never desire 

All the old things I had.

If I can't make it better

And invent something new,

Or just tackle developments,

Many or few,

Then I may as well be an old rock

Just existing, witnessing certainly,

But always resisting 

Things changing, in shock.

A Change Is Gonna Come
- Sam Cooke



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                          2014

Maturity . . .

 

https://benning.armymwr.com/happenings/playground-renovations

(from Donald Trump V. The United States: Inside the Struggle to Stop a President by 

Michael S. Schmidt)

". . . the day after his inauguration. . . Trump not only had failed to grasp the new realities and sensibilities of Washington but also had entered into "another dimension of reality." The toys of the White House . . . had turned Trump into a child who sounded as if he had just opened his birthday presents. . . "I have the best toys, you won't believe the toys, and I have the best Secret Service, they will kill anybody and follow you around everywhere-there's nothing like them" . . . "

Playground In My Mind
- Clint Holmes



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