Healthy Growth Cycles- Artocalypse Carnival Blog

 

https://heatherandbone.com/artocalypse-blog-carnival-september-2024-healthy-growth-cycles/

 My entry for the September 2024 Artocalypse Blog Carnival.

    During the pandemic, I was asked to join the Artocalypse. It is a very creative group, and I am learning the ropes about a Carnival Blog.

    To this month's topic: Healthy Growth Cycles. My contribution to the topic concerns how some of my poems are written

    Wordsworth said that poetry is "emotion reflected in tranquility". Emotions of course run the entire range from ecstasy to rage. I'm focusing on the latter. Years ago I observed something at a faculty meeting that disgusted me. It was watching the "in crowd" celebrate one of their own for some achievement. Instead of saying anything, I wrote a poem about it, which eventually became my first book.

    Healthy? For sure! I did not say what was on my mind then, and I channeled it into a creative peace.  Wordsworth would be proud. 

 That's the book!

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Arthur-Turfa/author/B00YJ9LNOA?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

J.D. Souther, RIP Singer-songwriter

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/jd-souther-best-songs-eagles-linda-ronstadt-1235105243/don-henley-the-heart-of-the-matter-1989-1235105467/

     John David Souther may not be known to most music fans, but the songs he wrote or collaborated in writing are familiar. The above link has a dozen of the most familiar. If some musicologist has not written a book or dissertation on LA singer-songwriters, when it happens Souther will play a prominent role, along with Jackson Browne, various members of the Eagles, and others.

    If my guitar playing had reached a much higher level than it did, I would have loved to have written songs. My singing voice would only have worked for a very few of them, but I would have loved to have written the words and music. Actually, I am fine being a poet-writer. 

     Souther was invited to join the Eagles but decided the band was excellent as it was. His peers respected his talent, and he constantly worked. I suspect he realized that his true talent was in composition, not being a rock star. Later on, he had some acting roles as well, such as in the TV series Nashville. 

   Another musical giant has left the house, but the music remains. Enjot!