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This is a Mantra I have been listening to for quite some time...

Tue, 08 May 2012 16:27:52 +0100

This is a Mantra I have been listening to for quite some time now, it contains powerful healing and transformation properties to release pain,doubt,anxiety….the list goes on! I decided to make it an addition to Youtube. More details on this mantra can be found in the video description.

Enjoy :)

"I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and..."

Tue, 01 May 2012 11:17:43 +0100

“I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.”

- Confucius

There’s something truely eye catching about the landscape...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:18:00 +0100

There’s something truely eye catching about the landscape of the Egyptian outback. A prolongued silence lingers in the sands of Egypt, its a sanctuary away from civilisation and a break for the mind. A sunset in the desert becomes a very personally connected experience where you and the sun become one. You are in a trance of awe gazing forward as the light becomes the sky.

During the day the pyramids look drawn into the sands, a good vantage point from the desert dunes is a great way to see these spectacular monuments of ancient history. A camel journey out to the desert is worth the spending, you can get a full panoramic view of the pyramids. That’s what you want!

"I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing."

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:25:00 +0100

“I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.”

- Socrates

I love analogue, I love old skool things. Definition, well...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:06:00 +0100

I love analogue, I love old skool things. Definition, well urban dictionary doesnt describe it accurately, but I will say that its an appreciation of things of the past, not even the past, lets say past is invisible because its gone and doesnt exist. Lets say these are relics of the past, gems, the foundations of the things we have now. I love old skool shtuff, lets see, music ok, but analogue cameras……nice!

They are tough to use if you chose not to read the manual, its fairly simple otherwise, love the way you put the film into the back, love the way you wind it, love the shutter sound, its all just brilliant. Also dont forget every photo you take is more precious. You can’t delete the bloody thing when your friend comes over and says her face looks terrible in it, its there, its permanent, unless they take the film out. I still have the Olympus OM2S I bought for 200euro, fairly expensive for something made in the 70s, but worth every cent.

Something I did for a short period of time in my life, something I will return to someday….maybe tomorrow, naaa ok…someday.

You can walk through four seasons in a few weeks, absolutely...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:51:00 +0100

You can walk through four seasons in a few weeks, absolutely great trip.
There is always a time in someones life when they realise that they need to go somewhere, where ever the place may be, to get away from a familiar routine, frame of mind, a break from the illusion perhaps. Frankly I have no idea why I went off to the north of Spain to do the Santiago de Camino, but I reckon I just needed a good walk. It was so good actually that I managed to destroy my feet but the views were majestic to say the least.

The experience itself needs to be accompanied either by you, just you, meet people along the way, or someone that wont get annoyed if you decided to take breaks to enjoy the scenery. This trip needs to be taken with time, its never a race. It’s something to take you away from all the rushing, and bloody hectic worrying of trying to get to work, school, la la la wherever and whatever. Take it as a time to break out a routine and just look, listen and love the things around you. I don’t know how I managed 300km in a week, but I saw alot in that week, it needs to be taken at your own pace. Theres alot to take in.

Well where did some of the music start? I’ve been playing...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:14:00 +0100

Well where did some of the music start? I’ve been playing music with a band for around 4-5 years now. You gotta start somewhere, we started in my attic, then eventually moved to greater things….an abandoned house. It wasn’t that abandoned really, it contained at least 5 people at any one time. Our second home, our sanctuary from all this crazy shiiet that likes to go on in this world. But we created our own little scene, our own little domain, where only the truely entitled could visit. Well really anyone showed up, we had our suspicions of junkies joining in on the free accomodation when we were out.

There was a place to play music and not be bothered, make a cup of tea, light a fire, smoke a few doobs and have a few beers….there was never “few”. We let the shrubbery take over the house from the outside as we grew our roots deep in through the rotten carpet from the inside. The smell grew on us, we didnt notice the stale smell of old furniture and the ever present smell of smoke. The fire place gave us the warmth we needed during the winter hang outs, man its been some time since then.

Moments are taken for granted so many times, yet this was one place I felt we needed to eventually leave to develope ourselves, as musicians, and humans. In the end we had no choice but to leave as a concrete slab was pleasantly placed over the front door impeeding our entry. Oh well!

This is me. Theres no complications about the “me”...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:58:00 +0100

This is me. Theres no complications about the “me” itself only that I enjoy writing blogs all of a sudden. But maybe I don’t actually like writing them, it might be a nice way to release some information other than spilling it all over someones face verbally. Theres an artist within us all waiting to break out. My realisation of the percussion came 6-7 years ago, its been a great trip those past few years, developing and wondering about that light at the end of the tunnel of glory.

I’ve always had that feeling that I will become a distinguished human, yet theres doubt that likes to linger for moments at a time, best thing’s to ignore it. The doubt sometimes helps you push yourself to prove to yourself that you really want something. Anyway, more importantly theres so many ways to express oneself its absolutely unlimited, glad I found something!