Relaxing the Mind
After a full day’s work and one of the most exhausting and best workouts I have ever had, I am having a great time draining my brain into Billy Gibbons’ guitar. I have become a huge ZZ Top fan and after getting more of their early 70’s bluesy rock, I have begun to slip back into fantasy. That point when you can just close your eyes and let the music take you far far away. A drawn out solo on the guitar allows me to meander to dream worlds where the waves are always softly crashing onto the sun baked shore. And then the drum starts kicking back in and I feel my mind give a little shake and bounce around. Pretty soon my head starts bobbing to the beat of that pounding bass and pure bliss creeps across a big grin on my face. This is when lyrics are lost on me, they could be talking about any horror known to man, and the groove will keep me rocking along.
And then the music changes moods and slowly Shine on You Crazy Diamond filters into my consciousness, but at this time, thoughts aren’t on a conscious level at all. Each note bounces off the guitar and penetrates not only brain, but I feel it all over, and my eyes begin to see the waves flowing outward, splashing the surface of atmosphere with crashes from the steady drums. My heart is secured by the subtle but sturdy bass driving me beyond. But in a song as this, I never know where I’ll end up. In the distance I see a rolling ball of red spinning on a bent axis and the background fades to sparkling splashes of red as if a raindrop had interrupted the stillness of a puddle. Words flood in the sea of sound and I reach for understanding and am soothed by the softness. The sax picks up and I can feel my ears perk up and sway to the kaleidoscope of color and shapes surround me. I am being drowned by the exotic sounds coming in, but I feel no anxiety, I feel welcome in the strange land.
Again the I sped off to a new land and my guides Simon and Garfunkel feel like old friends showing me new wonders and penetrate right into my heart. Softening, soothing, but with a hint of sorrow. I feel alone, yet, I feel comfortable in this solitude. A song brings my mind toward a warming smile I used to know. I search my heart for a welcoming face that won’t fade, only to feel more alone in my bliss.
And then the music changes moods and slowly Shine on You Crazy Diamond filters into my consciousness, but at this time, thoughts aren’t on a conscious level at all. Each note bounces off the guitar and penetrates not only brain, but I feel it all over, and my eyes begin to see the waves flowing outward, splashing the surface of atmosphere with crashes from the steady drums. My heart is secured by the subtle but sturdy bass driving me beyond. But in a song as this, I never know where I’ll end up. In the distance I see a rolling ball of red spinning on a bent axis and the background fades to sparkling splashes of red as if a raindrop had interrupted the stillness of a puddle. Words flood in the sea of sound and I reach for understanding and am soothed by the softness. The sax picks up and I can feel my ears perk up and sway to the kaleidoscope of color and shapes surround me. I am being drowned by the exotic sounds coming in, but I feel no anxiety, I feel welcome in the strange land.
Again the I sped off to a new land and my guides Simon and Garfunkel feel like old friends showing me new wonders and penetrate right into my heart. Softening, soothing, but with a hint of sorrow. I feel alone, yet, I feel comfortable in this solitude. A song brings my mind toward a warming smile I used to know. I search my heart for a welcoming face that won’t fade, only to feel more alone in my bliss.