Monthly Archives: April 2014

Music – It soothes the savage beast and nearly revives the dead

Posted on April 30, 2014 by VocareMentor

“If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD WAS MUSIC” – Kurt Vonnegut When life gives me lemons, I don’t make lemonade. But time and again, … Continue reading →

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I take Inspiration wherever I can get it

Posted on April 14, 2014 by VocareMentor

“I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not “true” because we’re hungry for another kind of truth: the mythic truth about human nature in general, the particular truth about those life-communities that define … Continue reading →

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Baseball, Books and the delight of Spring

Posted on April 6, 2014 by VocareMentor

“I didn’t ask for you to feel the way you do. You’re influenced by an illusion. Writers are magicians. They write down words, and, if they’re good, you believe that what they write is real, just as you believe a … Continue reading →

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