On the subject of awareness I find that in people who always seem to be living in the moment. May I also recommend a subject relevant to the politics of today: “freedom from”….vs “freedom to”
I’ve also had the pleasure of being literally hit in the gut with musical awareness, which to me means that meaning hidden in the music suddenly or surreptitiously reveals itself. When it happened on at least two occasions, I cried, and that surprised me. I suspect that’s where “awareness” becomes “heightened awareness.” Some call that an aesthetic experience. It’s an OMG with quite subtle bells and whistles. It’s been a while since I’ve had one.
thank you for another great and thought provoking communication.
Just one comment is about the puzzler who had a "Scotch Irish mother." Here in the UK we don't use the word "Scotch" unless we want to be frowned upon by Scots or Scottish friends.
If you mention "Scotch," it means "whisky" (no e in Scotland, but the Irish spell it "whiskey.")
We can't know it all. I'm a Londoner and never knew myself about the whisky/whiskey thing until holidaying in Scotland and Ireland. I was fortunately introduced to your writing by someone I knew in Oklahoma.
Wonderful…thought provoking!
Thanks, my friend.
On the subject of awareness I find that in people who always seem to be living in the moment. May I also recommend a subject relevant to the politics of today: “freedom from”….vs “freedom to”
Yes, Ivan, I believe that is true. Thanks also for the recommendation. Let me give it some thought.
I’ve also had the pleasure of being literally hit in the gut with musical awareness, which to me means that meaning hidden in the music suddenly or surreptitiously reveals itself. When it happened on at least two occasions, I cried, and that surprised me. I suspect that’s where “awareness” becomes “heightened awareness.” Some call that an aesthetic experience. It’s an OMG with quite subtle bells and whistles. It’s been a while since I’ve had one.
Thanks, Mike. The thought of musical awareness didn’t even cross my mind when doing the post, so thanks for telling me about it.
thank you for another great and thought provoking communication.
Just one comment is about the puzzler who had a "Scotch Irish mother." Here in the UK we don't use the word "Scotch" unless we want to be frowned upon by Scots or Scottish friends.
If you mention "Scotch," it means "whisky" (no e in Scotland, but the Irish spell it "whiskey.")
Thanks for the feedback, Christine. The whole matter has always been a little confusing to me, and I should have researched it a bit more carefully.
We can't know it all. I'm a Londoner and never knew myself about the whisky/whiskey thing until holidaying in Scotland and Ireland. I was fortunately introduced to your writing by someone I knew in Oklahoma.
Thanks, Christine. Yes, there's MUCH we don't know, isn't there. Please send my thanks to your Oklahoma friend.
Another good one! Thank you. :-)
Thank you, MDB.