Arousal and Sadness

Music. Good Music. Real Good Music should convey these two fundamental feelings: Arousal and Sadness. Great music conveys them simultaneously, like in Melody Gardot's CD Worrysome Heart.

Love me like a river does
Cross the sea
Love me like a river does
Endlessly
Love me like a river does
Baby don’t rush you’re no waterfall
Love me that is all

Love me like a roaring sea
Swirls about
Love me like a roaring sea
Wash me out
Love me like a roaring sea
Baby don’t rush you’re no waterfall
Love me that is all

Love me like the earth itself
Spins around
Love me like the earth itself
Sky above below the ground
Love me like the earth itself
Baby don’t rush you’re no waterfall
Love me that is all

On February 12th, Melina and I will have a mini-concert.
Location is secret.

Be there.

L'etá del dubbio

Can you still fall in love? Can you still let your heartbeat break your brains? Are you ready to forget your history and dive into a precarious future? Can her hair let you forget your life delusions? And the rage that burns you after her refusal, is that really love or is it just your proud? Montalbano is 58, and he keeps asking this questions to himself. The detective is questioning himself. In the meanwhile life goes on like melting snow; only the cold remains, when everything is useless.

Andrea Camilleri - L'etá del dubbio

Success

Christmas is a period of 2 weeks, made of parents and family, long dinners and loads of words. In the interstices I read a book Melina gave me (*).

Bas Haring: Voor-een-echt-succesvol-leven (read: For a truly successful life). The thesis is etymological: succeeding means: that has a succession, and according to the philosopher there are concepts that are "built" to stay on for a long period, and others which are destined to estinguish. For instance, the idea "it is important to communicate your ideas to others" has more chance of surviving then it's opposite. People that believe that communication is not important do not communicate their ideas, including the idea "it is NOT important to communicate". The ones who believe in communication, have more chances that their beliefs are spread around, including their faith in communication. But they also break their heads in finding something intersting to say, spend energy looking for their audience, fill internet pages with words; to succeed is to make sure it continues after you! The philosopher argues that the only one that gets advantage of success is the idea of success. The "hero", who sacrifices himself for it has a miserable life.
Therefore, during these holidays, I did not want to succeed any more - actually better, I decided to be like Louis XIV: Aprés moi, le rien. All my deeds of the last two weeks have contributed to nothing, have added nothing, won't last even in my own memory.




(*) Thank you Melina