I don’t write in a journal everyday, but I have accumulated many entries over the past 50+ years beginning in 1966. Some items evolved into longer works. Among the leftovers little pieces survived. I thought a collection of these with a piece culled from the same date in a past year would make an interesting yearbook. The consistencies and inconsistencies of mind, skipping back and forth across time, provide varied perspectives. It is difficult to remember the context of the past we’ve lived; we also make suppositions about times that predate ourselves.

The few alterations from original drafts were to improve clarity. The worst of my work is not included. There remains enough mediocrity and immaturity to make me feel humble and you feel smart. There are also moments of accidental insight and incidental humor.

Author Stephen Crane referred to his little pieces as pills…apparently they were small and somewhat hard to swallow, but good for you.


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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

The most valuable of lessons


April 25, 1969  (I was 24)
 
The most valuable of lessons
teaches the difference between implication
and explication

A teacher conducts a class
   (the verb is a good one)
Conductors must be musicians

A decent score is necessary
   (the adjective is a poor one)
It takes more to inspire great music

you gotta know how to wave your arms
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