The Empty Can

5.jpg picture by maiiart"HOW TO LIVE LIFE AS A WORK OF ART RATHER THAN A CHAOTIC RESPONSE TO EXTERNAL EVENTS." Csikszentmihalyi         

                                                                    "The empty can makes a lot of noise when you boot it along the footpath...                                  

but there's nothing in it." Paul Green

                                                         Maiia: "I've spent 9 hours making a 4 min photo-clip using your song"                                       

P.G. "Lol- took me longer just to write the drum parts"

                                                             

Creativity is traditionally a rewarding natural part of daily life and work.    Mediocrity - is acceptable because it's so common-place, where IT moves faster the ability to master ever new technology.

     

Charlie Chaplin even in 1936 talks about formulaic mediocrity.Idiocracy or dumming down.

                                                                                                    

  

Maiia:  "Gotta have some razzamatazz - but the empty cans are a menace.     The hullabaloo    Analytical listening   Critical thinking
Cacophony- can be a manifestation of unmet social or emotional needs.  When these legitimate human needs are met - one gets into a FLOW.  That's where the arts garner esteem.    

Czikszentmihalyi   Hierarchy of Needs  Silent Power Clip Below

"You've got opinions and judgements about all kinds of things, You don't know anything about" - Van Morrison

"But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger -You'll learn things you never knew, you never knew..." Vanessa Williams.

Into Great Silence Film    Matthew FOX - Silence, Parados, Humour & Letting Go

The Phantom Toll-booth

"I didn't know that I was going to have to eat my own words."  objected Milo looking at his unappetising plate.

Of course, of course,  everyone here does." the King grunted - "You should have made a tastier speech."

"Here try some somersault." suggested the duke "It improves the flavour."

"Here have a rigmarole," offered the count passing the breadbasket.

"Or a ragamuffin." seconded the minister.

"Perhaps you'd care for a synonym bun."-suggested the duke - 

Why not wait for your just deserts?" mumbled the Earl indistinctly, his mouth full of food."

 Interview with author of The PhantomToll Booth - Norton Juster. "Did you know that this book would be around 40 years after you wrote it?" -I said I didn't  know it was going to be around 40 minutes after I wrote it.  And that's really true.   I had no idea." 

Maiia:  "A bit of fun bootin' it along the path though."  

 
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