Compilation of thoughts (Seattle)

I wanted to post up a blog tonight, so here are some bits of my journal that I created while on my first visit to Seattle. Keep in mind that not everything you are about to read is poetry or songs, some of it is just insights and revelations. Its usual my desire to leave things open to interpretation, but I decided I'd like to explain things for once.

People Watcher
I love to watch people, by myself
I love to watch people and not be jealous of their love
or my lack of a lover.
Instead, watching them makes me grateful...
that love even exists at all.

Ugly Fish
Ugly fish, ugly fish
How wonderful you are
If only we, could be as lucky as thee
made as unique as you are.

this was a bit of insight on the beauty in ugliness. I swear, at the first exhibit at the seattle aquarium, I saw the ugliest fish EVER! However, I realized, as I began to walk away that there is no such thing as ugly or beautiful. It is only a matter of perception and only the one who perceives that something is ugly, is the ugly one. Ugliness is an inner quality. This fish was not ugly, just a different kind of unique.

Revelation: The Individual Perception.
Humans, at the singular level, are all deep, intimate, artistic people. Or at least they can be. BUT, it is in large groups that our primitive nature rears its ugly head.

What this meant to me at this moment was that I was no more special than the next person just because I had the ability to express my artistic creativity. In reality, everyone posses the ability to be as creative as I can. What makes the ultimate difference is how we influence (and often hinder) each others creativity abilities. In groups, we have a different agenda than what we pursue on our own.

A Strange Waltz
Dance with someone you don't know
and learn their rhythm in 3/4 flow
and take it easy as you go
so much to learn, and much to know
All this can be learned in a single dance

So dance with someone you don't know
and learn their life-story in 3/4 flow
and take it easy as you go.
You can not rush the partner you choose
All this can be learned in a single dance.