The magic of the blues is that it makes a plus of life's inevitable minuses, celebrates our inherent weaknesses, forgives us our failings and reminds us that we are all in the end very much the same. Accepting our own flaws allows us to enjoy them in those around us; the closest friendships are built on accepted flaws.
If you commune with the blues you don't need a priest and every artist with the gift is your personal philosopher. In the blues, the most common life is made glorious by just completing the course; human pathos provides the obstacles and all earn a gold metal who can learn to enjoy the struggle of clearing each hurdle, never slowing when some are missed.
The blues teaches us that in life sorrow is the cake, pleasure the icing and neither worth having alone.
Eileen Harrison observed the other day that our generation was afflicted by the television world we grew up in. It left us with unrealistic expectations and unprepared to find the rewards inherent in real life. If we grew up with the twist, we are likely to be happier if we go out with the blues. If that sounds depressing then you don't understand, it is the other way around.
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An online file drawer for "James T. Bruce", "Dr. Bruce" and myself but if you really want to know what I think please go instead to - jamesbrucemcmath.blogspot.com
An open file drawer
You are probably in the wrong place. I have moved my ventings to jamesbrucemcmath.blogspot.com
Most of what remains here will be of interest only to those personally involved, though perhaps a grandchild will find amusement here at some point.
Most of what remains here will be of interest only to those personally involved, though perhaps a grandchild will find amusement here at some point.
As for the moniker, that was given to me by my good friend Virgil Snoody, who was kind and brave enough to invite me to publish on his Blog, On The Virg, presumably believing in Oscar Wilde’s observation that, “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth”. However there is little here or On The Virg for that matter that requires a mask.