I Took A Look In The Rearview Mirror And Noticed It.

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

A few months ago I attended a safety and orientation class in Alice, Texas. It’s one of the many courses I must complete in order to gain access oil and gas exploration locations. At the end of the class everyone ...

Bad Things, Good People. Good Things, Bad People...

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

Bad things happen to good people. Good things happen to bad people. Sad but true, both of these. I made the second one up just now. But it stands to reason why they are true. Our laws are written by ...

Life Is A Conglomeration

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

Life is a conglomeration of triumphs and tragedies, surprises and inevitabilities, moments of solace, and moments of rage, and even more than all these extremes. The filler between them all is like thick icing between cake layers, or thin oil ...

I Am Appreciative Of Every Muse

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

I am appreciative of every muse that has ever inspired me. It makes no difference to me if those entities are objects of affection, simple interest, or even targets deserving of my anger or hatred. My soul has a revolving ...

I'm A Fan...

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

I’m a fan of loud music. I gravitated to hard-driven guitars and banshee-like vocals a long time ago. I’m not keen on country or hip-hop, but if the song is good, I might listen. I’m a fan of poetry. From ...

When Fantasy And Reality Collide

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

When fantasy and reality collide they will release infinite energy. Clouds of plasma will propagate and elements will fuse and fission apart. The reactions will spread out along the electromagnetic spectrum and in an instant they will transcend infinitely beyond. ...

Methinks...

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

There are enumerable ideas on back burners in my mind. They exist as a dark fog in the distance within my mind’s eye. They percolate slowly in a soupy roil of thought balloons that are filled with words, images, and ...

As Long As The Ideas Are Cascading

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

As long as the ideas are cascading from my synapses I will keep up the fervor and try to capture as much as I can in writing and recording. There comes a time though when even my active imagination wears ...

And So It Was...

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

And so it was a vacation to remember. I did not accomplish everything I sat out to do, but I did accomplish some things with a fair amount of satisfaction. I drove to the Galleria Mall in Houston and spent ...

No New Thing Under The Sun

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

“There is no new thing under the sun.” Ecclesiastes 1:9 That bible passage certainly applies to artistic creation. How many of the songs that we enjoy today are actually re-makes or ‘cover tunes’? Musical historians no doubt take pride in ...