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Tag Archives: Choice
There’s the Deep of That
Common culture often sees child’s play as an expression of something basic. Modern psychology suggests that it is otherwise. I am inclined to agree. There’s the Deep of That by Michael Romani There is as it seems A world that … Continue reading
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Tagged Agency, Arbritrary, Archetype, Building Blocks, Child's Play, Choice, Confide, Culture, Deep, Discern, Dreams, Expression, Face, Hype, Impose, Joy, Learn, Photograph, Place, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Predesign, Preference, Psychology, Push Back, Reference, Refine, Seems, Smile, Step, Voice, Zillion
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To Life (L’Chaim)
Sundays like all other days are best lived with at least a touch of reverence for the divine. To Life (L’Chaim) by Michael Romani Life is long And often filled with questions Too many of which have no answers Only … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Answer, Assurance, Beam, Beauty, Belong, Blessed, Change, Choice, Connection, Contemplation, Cosmic Dancer, Direction, Divine, Divinity, Dream, Eternal, Final Keys, Free, Gentle, Gift, Given, God, Grace, Grief, Grow, Hand, Harden, Heart, Hesitation, Hope, Humor, Kindness, Kingdom, Know, L'Chaim, Lessen, Life, Lighthouse, Live, Love, Moonbeam, Multiple, Numbers, One, Peace, Photograph, Plurality, Poem, Poetry, Question, Relief, Return, Revelation, Reverence, Sacred, Secret, Smile, Soul, Spiritual, Stone, Struggle, Swan Dive, Touch, Truth, Understand, Union, Unity, Universe, View, Voice, Walk, Whisper, Wisdom, World
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Rules of the Beast I
A sort of start at a poetic retelling of the classic Dracula tale: Rules of the Beast I by Michael Romani As the approach is made to castle There is fear amongst its vassals A crucifix is given in protection … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Bats, Beast, Blood, Castle, Chill, Choice, Circumspect, Compare, Contradiction, Count, Creaks, Crucifix, Death, Destination, Dracula, Drop, Embrace, Fear, Groans, heartbeat, Heaven, Home, Humanity, Jonathan Harker, Knock, Known, Labyrinth, Learn, Life, Lives, Lock, Love, Maze, Mirror, Mistake, Numb, Oblige, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Prison, Protect, Pulse, Question, Rules, Shadow, Shown, Snare, Solace, Soul, Startle, Step, Stumble, Turn, Vanity, Vassal, Veins, Voice, Window
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Vision Strikes Its Pose
Always insight be it on stage or on screen, there’s a lot that goes into being a costume designer, right? Vision Strikes Its Pose by Michael Romani To design, to tell a story A costume in all its glory Accents … Continue reading
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Tagged Accent, Actor, Audience, Brilliance, Choice, Chose, Color, Costume, Costume Design, Creation, Detection, Dream, Fabric, Flow, Fluidity, Glory, Heart, Humanity, Illuminate, Imagination, Inventory, Know, Larger Than Life, Laundry, Life, Movie, Need, Painter, Perception, Performing Arts, Photograph, Playwright, Plot, Poem, Poetry, Pose, Read, Reflection, Screen, Script, See, Seen, Stage, Story, Strike, Subtle, Texture, Theater, Vanity, Vision, Wardrobe, Worn
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First Principles: Laws Made By Our Representatives Should Not Be So Voluminous That They Cannot Be Read Or So Incoherent As To Not Be Understood
“It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.” – James … Continue reading
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Tagged Avail, Choice, First Principles, Incoherent, James Madison, Law, Men, Read, The People, Understood, Voluminous
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Ring, Ring Rings the Phone
Today is both National Call A Friend Day and National Chocolate Candy Day! In honor of this, to paraphrase a military tradition, ‘eat them if you got ’em’ and call a friend if only to tell that person or persons … Continue reading
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Tagged Bliss, Box of Chocolate, Care, Choice, Christmas, Coco, Coconut Curry, Confectionery, Dares, Days, Dictionary, Dreams, Good, Happiness, Hours, Hurry, Imagination, Lose, Minutes, National Call A Friend Day, National Chocolate Candy Day, Nights, Phone, Photograph, Pleasant, Poem, Poetry, Quiet, Realize, Ring, Seconds, Seem, Share, Sit, Spent, Squares, Sudden, Text, Three, Tonight, Voice
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Thought For the Day: The Three Constants of Life Are Change, Choice and Principles
“There are three constants in life… change, choice and principles.” – Stephen Covey The new year is swiftly approaching. As is my practice, from my birthday on 12/23 forward, I look back over my past year and years and then determine … Continue reading
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Tagged Change, Choice, Constants, Life, Principles, Stephen Covey, Thought For the Day, Three
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In A Relative Theory of Violin
Happiest National Violin Day! In A Relative Theory of Violin by Michael Romani I know it’s all relative but who’s to argue But to play well one must add in divisions of two At least often, if you happen to … Continue reading
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Tagged 1922, Affinity, Architecture, Audience, Beauty, Beethoven, Ceremony, Choice, Complex, Count, Cry, Daydream, Disparate, Divisions, Encore, Fear, Fragments, Frame, Great Unified Theory of Everything, Influence, Inner Unity, Instrument, Japan, Joy, Kreutzer Sonata, Love, Math, Melody, More, Music, Name, Narrative, National Violin Day, Nobel Prize, Note, Photograph, Physics, Planet, Poem, Poetry, Positive, Relative, Relax, Score, Seams, Smile, Song, Sphere, Stress, Superlative, Tax, Theory, Uncle Albert, Universe, Violin, Voice
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