Hey guys, this was incredible. I had to keep reminding myself that is wasn’t the Album Club and I wouldn’t be able to jump in with a comment. It’s interesting that you mentioned exercise at the end, because half way through (it’s morning here) I looked out the window, the sun was just coming up and there were blue skies so I jumped up to go for my walk, a part of my mental health routine that has suffered lately because it’s been raining a lot. So many thoughts, so here are my top five:
The teacher killed by the car. Not fate exactly, I don’t believe in that, but complementary pieces of information, like colours. So yesterday Kevin wrote his thing about the Album Club. I left a comment, which you liked Keith. Thank you. I gave you a subscribe, and he was this at the top of the time line. So often, small actions can seem to complement themselves perfectly.
Home. That sounded very hard Keith and I realised how fortunate I was. I grew up in the suburbs of Melbourne in a home my mum and dad built. We never moved and when mum and dad died, we sold the house. I went back there after and it had been bulldozed, which was a relief or a gift or something, because it was now clearly no longer home. Home was with my family. Environmental issues can definitely contribute to mental health issues and when we moved to Tasmania, we thought long and hard about whether we were, in the therapeutic sense, seeking a “geographical cure”. Turns out we weren’t. It’s done wonders for our peace of mind.
Sport. Men and booze, I get it, particularly in Australia. But sport? Wow. Australia is possibly the most sports mad country on the planet, so I can see I’ll be thinking more deeply about this one.
Prank calls. Hilarious. My wife just called, she’s in Melbourne. She mentioned she saw our nephew who every time “The Demtel Man” came on the TV, he would call the FREE number. Totally drove them crazy.
Creativity / Depression. I suffer from depression from time to time, although it has been significantly less since quitting my day job. I find creativity in all its forms, music, art and writing can sweep it away quickly. This also relates a bit to the comment I left on your rejection article, Terry and to writers block in general. Having “exercises” have a double purpose and one of my favourites, which I use for songwriting is to sit down and play quavers of E major. That is all. After a while I get quite sick of it and start throwing in a few more chords and all of a sudden, a new song is underway.
This was just fabulous. I look forward to checking out some of the other episodes.
Hey guys, this was incredible. I had to keep reminding myself that is wasn’t the Album Club and I wouldn’t be able to jump in with a comment. It’s interesting that you mentioned exercise at the end, because half way through (it’s morning here) I looked out the window, the sun was just coming up and there were blue skies so I jumped up to go for my walk, a part of my mental health routine that has suffered lately because it’s been raining a lot. So many thoughts, so here are my top five:
The teacher killed by the car. Not fate exactly, I don’t believe in that, but complementary pieces of information, like colours. So yesterday Kevin wrote his thing about the Album Club. I left a comment, which you liked Keith. Thank you. I gave you a subscribe, and he was this at the top of the time line. So often, small actions can seem to complement themselves perfectly.
Home. That sounded very hard Keith and I realised how fortunate I was. I grew up in the suburbs of Melbourne in a home my mum and dad built. We never moved and when mum and dad died, we sold the house. I went back there after and it had been bulldozed, which was a relief or a gift or something, because it was now clearly no longer home. Home was with my family. Environmental issues can definitely contribute to mental health issues and when we moved to Tasmania, we thought long and hard about whether we were, in the therapeutic sense, seeking a “geographical cure”. Turns out we weren’t. It’s done wonders for our peace of mind.
Sport. Men and booze, I get it, particularly in Australia. But sport? Wow. Australia is possibly the most sports mad country on the planet, so I can see I’ll be thinking more deeply about this one.
Prank calls. Hilarious. My wife just called, she’s in Melbourne. She mentioned she saw our nephew who every time “The Demtel Man” came on the TV, he would call the FREE number. Totally drove them crazy.
Creativity / Depression. I suffer from depression from time to time, although it has been significantly less since quitting my day job. I find creativity in all its forms, music, art and writing can sweep it away quickly. This also relates a bit to the comment I left on your rejection article, Terry and to writers block in general. Having “exercises” have a double purpose and one of my favourites, which I use for songwriting is to sit down and play quavers of E major. That is all. After a while I get quite sick of it and start throwing in a few more chords and all of a sudden, a new song is underway.
This was just fabulous. I look forward to checking out some of the other episodes.
Thank you for listening and for sharing! Although I don't know what "The Demtel Man" is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoNkk6Y5fYA
Wow! I didn’t even realise classical music was among the dodgy wares he was trying to sell. He was a mainstay of Tv advertising.
Thank you for listening and responding, Robert! So many thoughtful comments.