Press the arrow below. The picture moves into other pictures. In other words….a video. Technology is a wonderful vibe. 😊

Experimenting with the future introduction song I wrote for ‘Gray Summers on Cloud 9’ YouTube uploads. Cloud 9? It is borne basically from the central ideal of my VeeDub Bus. Out there in the open air, with the kettle on and a few seats to take in the marvellous views of beach, sea, hills, lakes, riverside, open skies, nighttime stars and the floating ever changing clouds. Cloud 9. Such a glorious place for the mind.

The overall idea? Music played and conversation shared for Well Being. Musicians who want to play and chat for the vibe of songs and others with their stories and interests, who simply want to chat and share.

The serious bit.

I say ‘maybe’ in the blog title because I have used some old Black and White photographs I have taken from the past in this video above. Are they relevant to the words? Obscure imagery? Or images that allow the viewer to expand on the content and make of them what they perceive. Who knows. Of course the person in the first image is myself, at a young age, describing my own future journey. The last images are of the VeeDub Bus and it being a vehicle which is able to take us to many places. The future journey.

The middle images in the video? Who knows! They are just a vibe of ambience and suggestions. Grabbed to fit the video purpose.

If I future inherit, by taking new black and white film photographs, a vibe of visual dynamics to adopt a more relevant holistic imagery for this little musical excursion intro ditty……then change will happen. I love my past photographic imagery. However. They are not untouchable. I can easily challenge whether they suit the situational dynamics.

Basically, I do not want to hold onto the past for the past’s sake. The past is a combination of successes and failures. The past should never be kept as a part of us, that seems so important, it always controls our lives. Our life’s stories should never determine that we focus upon them with reverence or regret. We, as dynamic individuals, continually move into new territory and experience beautiful self discovery. Finding new beginnings gives us vital impetus. I think of a lyric I wrote. ‘Crawling on your hands and knees? Crazy days…..indeed’. Why crawl when you can stand upright and face the possibility of achieving some future brightness.

New journeys are joyful undertakings. They are our inner desired need for a positive future. They help our Soul to find new self understanding, previously unknown. They are our Vision Quest to enlighten us to our purpose in life. They are vital to give hope and stay alive. They are simply promises to ourselves to find out what exists around the corner. .

The Mantra from the start of my blog excursions on WP has been a mainstay.

And so the story goes.

To where?

No one knows.

Borne from self promises.

Not worn out wishes…..

The thing is, the words from one sentence here do change a little from time to time. ‘Borne from promises’….or ‘Borne from self promises’ bobs back and forth. Sometimes I am consumed with self interest. Sometimes I realise that we are all, collectively, needing to find ‘promise’.

Word choice doesn’t really matter. We are all the same. Ever searching for self peace and smiling in our happier moments. Realising each gift is of a positive kind which allows us to move on and find the next positive gift. Enlightenment? It isn’t enlightenment. It is enjoying life no matter what. Enlightment for myself cannot be achieved. For myself it is always a whisker kiss-ker away.

Peace!