I have a friend who
Perpetually
Pursues the
Precipice
That he blissfully calls
Mountaintop experiences.
(“Mountaintop experiences”
Are what I used to call
Those ever so gentle weekend retreats
I have enjoyed attending and
For which I [...]
“To change and to change for the better are two different things.” ~ German proverb
I know that what is
happening right now
is what is happening
right now.
Yet, in my humanness,
I shift into thinking of
future and especially
of past
moments
instead of [...]
As untimely as snow in Spring,
Love comes and goes.
Not wanting or waiting for
Mortal desires, it flashes
In surprising (perhaps even
Strange) acts of everything:
From the most endearing
Coming together to a fearsome
Turning away.
Love does not [...]
I have heartburn and what I mean by that
is that my heart is breaking
thinking of the relationships
I have betrayed over the years
(And continue to betray)
with whatever level of intention
or unintentionality
I have brought to them
I try not to complain about rain.
There’s something beautiful and calming
about the way that it splashes,
Creates a drumbeat
on the earth,
a pulse on our heads…
umbrellas…
I’ve been telling myself
That I have to.
And I know it is not true.
Have To
Builds walls and fortresses that hold in
Nothing.
It cannot contain anything but vacuum
For it is the hardened place of boredom
And obligation.
So, this is not the time for
The moon does not blaze its way
From the cusp of the horizon
To the heights of the atmosphere.
It is content to meander slowly,
Incrementally
From the tops of the ridges
To the apex of its nightly rounds.
There, [...]
There are ever-expanding
Circles that I am part of.
Some encompass just you and me.
Others? The whole race.
I long to be part of that more
Giant whole and often sense
The grace in that.
Other times, that global circle
Is too much abstraction and
[...]
What happens when
A heart is filled
With longing
But its object
Is nowhere
To be found?
~ spontaneously composed by Stan Stewart
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about.me
stan stewart
muse and music for the present moment
I look for ways to re-invigorate our human experience of life. I want us to drink up every moment with enlivening spontaneity. One of the ways I do this is with improvisation -- especially improvised music. With voice, guitar, percussion, piano (keyboards) and friends, I develop "in the moment" creations. I also play classical and pop music for the vast joy it brings to know the composers and songwriters of the past and present through their music.
gigs coming up…
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