When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick: every time a stick is thrown, you run after it. Instead, be like a lion who, rather than chasing after the stick, turns to face the thrower. One only throws a stick at a lion once. Milarepa “Just as it is known t hat an image of one's face is seen d epending on a mirror b ut does not really exist as a face, s o the conception of "I" exist d ependent on mind and body, b ut like the image of a face t he "I" does not at all exist as its own reality." Nagarjuna "Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible. Nagarjuna
This is my 2nd favorite Tull song, right after "Teacher". Man, oh, man, does it ever rock. AND it's intelligent.
ReplyDeleteNot to dispute the quality of Ian Anderson, but do you know who Herbie Mann is?
ReplyDeleteI do, Herbie Mann is a jazz flutist. he was my favorite until I was turned on to Ian Anderson.
DeleteBTW, I played classical and jazz trumpet for years. Maynard Ferguson is (was) the Chairman of the Board of all time great jazz trumpeters IMNHO.
Herbie Mann
ReplyDeleteIn the first video, you have to love the shear joy in the faces of the younger musicians as they play music that rocks even now led by a flutist whose flute is older than they are
ReplyDeleteIndeed...
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