lifes journey

Yesterday, while waiting in a Queue, I was fondling a Ten Pound Note, I have long appreciated even to a point of compulsion the textures of objects, it is something I have to do for my eyes only tell a part of the story; in the top left hand corner of the Note I felt tiny lumps which I frantically tried to scrape off with my fingers, they did not belong and spoilt the otherwise silk like flawless surface, when I looked I realised that they were the Braille dots for the blind, how acute and wonderful our senses are as to be able to read with our fingertips. One of the models of Tai Chi is to make every movement for a purpose, a beginning a middle and an end, imagine the possibilities if we were to transfer that model to the use of all of our senses. Sight, Smell, touch, hearing and taste, these are our Primordial pleasure tools yet modernity it seems facilitates the removal of these sensations from our lives, pace of life in 2018 denies us this for appreciation requires time...

What a wonderful creation, the Internet, for all of its flaws it is The Global Community and reflecting a true account of the world at large, for sure my life would have been an entirely different one had it been around in my childhood. I use Social Media not just for a variety of reasons but for the management of my entire life in one form or another, my art, my life my business all packaged and in that order, certainly it is a far cry from my first encounter with the WWW back in 1994 a time when larger images required sometimes more than half an hour to download and print, the content was sparse and questionable, despite the risk of malicious software, financial scams and 'the dark side' the internet is a wonderful thing. Of the greatest impact to me now is the management of my health and general well-being, growing my knowledge base, growing a greater understanding of mankind, maintaining contact with friends and family and, in finding a relaxation away from my a...