The Side Effects of Endorphins

I wrote a piece earlier called Find All The Unused Acronyms trying to scratch the surface of this question that has so many tentacles. That is the reason for Art. When I listen to a song, read a book or watch a movie I somewhat expect it to alter the way I see the world. Sure there are many reasons to partake and sometimes it is nostalgia. Even listening for nostalgic purposes that piece of art changed your worldview previously.

Dark Of The Moon

When I was in high school, I excelled in baseball and football. But one fine day, I decided to piss off my football coach and go out for the play. I tried out and played the part of an old man who smoked a pipe and said wise things.

The experience was tremendous. It opened my world to a whole new group of friends who were artists and dreamers. It exposed a part of my personality. I didn’t know I had. I had something to say.

I sit here reflecting on that, listening to Miles Davis album “Kind of Blue”

Freddy Freeloader

There is a bench

I know nestled in

the beach grass 

where calming cool

breezes along with

the hypnotic roar of

the ocean almost 

makes me feel guilty

for listening to 

Miles Davis

Miles Davis does that to people,

Led Zeppelin never did, but here I ramble on the Dark Side of the Moon.