I Don’t Feel So Good–Darwin’s First Mardi Gras, 1994
Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questions when the chief relish of a life is to go on asking them.
—Frank Moore Colby, The Colby Essays
Then:
Can’t get my mind organized this morning, can’t seem to want to focus on any one thing. Had a lot of ideas for the blog but just lacked the desire to follow through so I am just going to play a song this morning accompanied by an early painting from about 30 years back. It’s titled I Don’t Feel So Good- Darwin’s First Mardi Gras and was painted on August 1, 1994. It’s not much but it always makes me smile.
The song is a favorite of mine, Dead Flowers, from the Rolling Stones and their 1971 album, Sticky Fingers. But the version below is from the late Townes Van Zandt. I can’t say that it’s better or worse than the Stones version but it’s one that I like very much.
So give a listen and I’ll try to get my act together this morning…
Now:
Speaks to my own bewilderment when I run this edited and updated post from years ago that was just a filler even then. I did add the quote at the top from the early 20th century educator/author Frank Moore Colby and did switch out the image used in the original post. Maked me feel like I really did something.
Now I can move on to my real work. That’s where I feel a little more focused. And for as much as I enjoy my bewilderment at times, that’s a good thing.
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