Archive for the 'Quote/Lyric' Category

• 8.11.04 "Finding Meaning and Letting Go" is posted in Best Of, Quote/Lyric, Relationships

One of the central points of The Unbearable Lightness of Being is that we choose to create our own coincidences. At a certain point we not only recognize things but decide to tie them to our poetic memory. Random facts of no consequence suddenly take on meaning and we then find ourselves building significance from a chain of circumstance. As Kundera puts it, “when the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.” (more…)

• 6.1.04 "On the Precipice of Big Time" is posted in Quote/Lyric, Reflections, Work & Career

The title of this is from an obscure Counting Crows song, Shallow Days. I just looked through the last few years of the blog for when I referred back to this quote…and I see that the last time I felt this way something phenomenal came to me. However, what I sought and found then (and I was surprisingly specific), is completely different than what I want now. My whole approach is different. I’m a different person than I was in May/June of 2001. That part of me still exists, but it’s not where I want to be–not now.Back then I talked of being a Renaissance Man. I referred to how when a relationship had ended, the majority of my life continued because I had so many other interests. I talked about how great it was to have gone places with guitar, dance, and my close friends. Diversity was my answer to life, and I was getting good at a variety of things. At the same time, I knew something big was coming in my personal life, and I wanted it so badly. I learned a lot from what came, but kept my feet wet in other areas. Perhaps I succeeded at balance. (more…)

• 1.2.04 "Sometimes" is posted in Quote/Lyric, Reflections

This is just one of the many moods of late. Here’s a song from a CD that’s held so much meaning over the years. “Sometimes,” by Candlebox. (more…)