Tag Archives: insanity

Like Syd Barrett

Posted on November 27, 2007 by John

I feel like Syd Barrett in a fun-house mirror, as if the rest of the world has gone crazy; and what’s left of the light has crawled off in a hole where it’s becoming bloated and lazy. Like the tale … Continue reading →

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Half Crazy

Posted on October 26, 2005 by John

I’ve always been a fan of reggae, calypso and island music in general; and the songs “Margaritaville” and “Two Pina Coladas” seemed to be missing what I’ve always seen as a crucial element in the description of relationship recovery: that … Continue reading →

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More on Sanity and Madness

Posted on January 23, 2005 by John

Who could imagine their ancestors all stark raving mad, or at least each generation marking out as bad an apple flung far from the tree, opposed to status quo and causing much embarrassment, endless grief and woe? Yet isn’t it … Continue reading →

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Sanity

Posted on January 22, 2005 by John

Sanity is a funny thing. It often seems that the more you emphasize your own sanity, rely upon it as a sure thing, compare yours to others, the more likely it is that you are in fact not sane. On … Continue reading →

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A Tendency to Madness

Posted on May 27, 2004 by John

There is a touch of madness in my blood; but not a malady of harmful need, more like grasping out for things that last despite all proof that just illusion stays. My German, Swiss and Irish stock is sound – … Continue reading →

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La Vita Nuova

Posted on July 14, 2003 by John

Ah, could I be quite so fully undone by that which being shown me made me whole, Love? To see it in just one place, begun, then its ending, elsewhere, would leave my soul lost. To pine for that which … Continue reading →

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Peace

Posted on March 8, 2003 by John

This one may be the hardest to write yet, because words are not what make a thing so; and sometimes, it is easy to forget this fact, and think the world cannot just go on praying (which is an action, … Continue reading →

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