Tag: bob dylan

• Reflection: Moving on

  

  “Everybody’s moving, if they’re not already there. Everybody’s got to move somewhere.” –Bob Dylan The leaves are leaving. The army of leaves that have fed the tree all summer now deserts, one by one, floating down in their dried uniforms to the ground. Soon whole regiments will be abandoning their posts, borne away by late…

  abendelow

  October 15, 2025

  Cultural analysis, Reflection

  “better angels of our nature”, abraham lincoln, awareness, Ayrshire, bob dylan, buddhism, Dalmellington, deep sleep, energy, ephemerality, fleetingness, impermanence, MAGA, memory, mindfulness, scotland, spinal fluid, transcience, tyranny, US Constitution

• Reflection: Dreams then and now

  

  “…whoever directs my dreams deserves an Emmy. I find myself mid-dream, blown away by the ingenuity of the plot as it unfolds. These “lucid” dreams are as good or better than any Hollywood production I’ve seen.”

  abendelow

  August 1, 2025

  Reflection

  anxiety dream, bob dylan, dream, dreams, emmy award, Freud, Jung, lucid dreaming, Reflection, REM sleep, tv

• Fantasy drinking companion (2024)

  

  I feel emboldened. “Bob, one of your songs declares, ‘Don’t ask me nothin’ about nothin’. I just might tell you the truth.’ So I’m not gonna ask you nothin’ about nothin’. We’ll deal with whatever truth arises.”

  abendelow

  October 25, 2024

  Uncategorized

  art, Big Joe, bob dylan, bourbon, drinking, music, new orleans, Nina Simone, NOLA, t-shirts, Woody Guthrie

• Memoir: Musical Madeleines (1970-73) (1983-85)

  

  “… in that time Taupin’s protagonists grew dark with a growing awareness of corruption and human depravity–strong stuff for 12-year-old me.”

  abendelow

  October 17, 2024

  memoir

  1970s, bernie-taupin, bob dylan, elton john, keith jarrett trio, madeleine, memoir, music, pop, pop music, toxic masculinity