In 1981 I Bought An Album

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

In 1981 I bought an album. Remember those? It was Van Halen, Fair Warning. It was chock full of awesome tracks. It still is. Track number five was “Unchained”. The intro to that song has withstood the test of time ...

At The Fringes Of My Imagination (part II)

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

At the fringes of my imagination I am on a stage. The wind at my back is a result of the dance my fingers are doing on six steel strings. The heat on my face is a result of the ...

At The Fringes Of My Imagination

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

I wholeheartedly extend my deepest thanks to all veterans on this day of observance. May all they have done, are doing, and may yet have to do never be forgotten. God Bless Them All. At the fringes of my imagination ...

You Don't Have To Be,,,

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

“You don’t have to be old to be wise.” I snatched that anthem up, for a time, when I was young. It was a fitting treatise in the form of a song that fueled my teen angst and powered the ...

Life Pours In As Time Pours Out

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

Life pours in as time pours out. Memories make ripples that go on forever. The sand-mound builds inexorably towards the bottleneck it will never reach. The hourglass is fixed and will never be flipped. Our souls are but targets for ...

RAGE (prophetic lyrics?)

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

RAGE ON DISPLAY By: JOSE’ LUIS DIAZ-4/9/2007-2:35PM-2:50PM (V-1) How long did you hold it in? Do you remember when it began? Which straw was the one that breaks? Do you realize your last mistake? Of rage! We can’t see it ...

With Art We Can "Pretend"

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

With art we can “pretend”. We can use art in any of its many forms to take flights through our imagination. We can visit incredible worlds that only exist for the moment. We can find ourselves in fanciful situations we ...

One Aspect Of Creating Music

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

One aspect of creating music happens around the clock. You don’t need to be locked away from the world and inside a studio for it to occur. There’s a world out there that has to have “you” in it. You ...

When The Studio Door Closes

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

When the studio door closes and I’m cut off from the outside world physically, (so to speak), ideas that had been smoldering can auto-ignite. At the least, that’s what I hope will happen. I pour every thought I can imagine ...

You Can Actively Seek Fame

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

You can actively seek fame, or you can patiently wait for it to arrive. There are those who have an overabundance of the drive required to “beat the pavement”, and those who lack it altogether. Some can keep infinite aspects ...