Posts tagged “Catalonia

We Are Alive

Posted on April 9, 2013

He asked, “What makes a writer?” “Well,” I said, “it’s simple. You either get it down on paper, or jump off a bridge. – Charles Bukowski A few weeks ago, I stood beneath a dark blue and black sky. The wind was strong, and cold, and the river which lay before me was raging. I stood alone on the grassy embankment, with the bright lights of the city across the water, twinkling, and a tear in my eye. I was shaking. It was cold, much too cold, but that was only half the reason my knees trembled. The moon above me was bright, and the clouds illuminated below its pale white face looked like ghosts, out to remind the world that, hey – we are…

Good luck, goodbye, Bobby Jean

Posted on August 4, 2012

As the great writer and poet, Charles Bukowski once said, “poetry is what happens when nothing else can”. I have always thought the same of words. So often in my life I have turned to words in moments when nothing else could bring any absolution. Music, the ultimate form of poetry, is the last point of retreat when the world seems at its most dark. Musicians can often stand between the void of darkness and emptiness in pain and desolation, and the undying light of hope which keeps it at bay. When I was young and the world seemed like a dark place, I found the work of a young musician from New Jersey. I listened to The River, and could relate to the…