The Edge

The edge is where you get this vibe where an unbridled flow comes out.

I was pondering the word #Paradox last night.

I started tweeting lines live, riffing off of #Paradox and realized – this sounds a lot like Bob Dylan lyrics…when opposing forces are contained in one line.

A lyrical counterpoint.

The one word riff reminded me of the edgy Penny’s Open Mic in the Lower East Side (Tuesdays, 94 St. Mark’s Place, NYC) which typically has one word to focus on like: “Risk”: http://xthespot.blogspot.com/2010/11/there-are-days-i-never-forget-this-is.html

Performances then riff on that one word.

#Paradox

Changing nothing to keep people who follow you for changing something...

Reading too much to stay in touch...

When every line's a headline…

Saying many things, saying the same thing...

Pretending it’s real...

When you know everything without imagining anything .

Thinking of so many things, unable to do anything…

When you're reading without living, or living without reading...

When repulsion defeats who you are…

Who sounds so confident but insecure...

So tired, unable to sleep…

On, while off.

When you’re pitching to fit too many requirements…

Designing without vision…

When your black and white is grey...

When it costs you nothing but costs you everything...

When you react to someone who just doesn’t care.

When stupid begets stupid – even if you’re smart…

When tweeting to win one person, to lose another...

When you promote someone you don’t really love...

When you sue someone who holds you hostage…

When you associate with someone who is not you.

“Once upon a time, you threw the bums a dime, didn’t you?” ~ Bob Dylan

I probably lost a few followers tweeting this riff…it was just a riff…true to a vibe. You gotta make a mistake to get something right.

“Most important…a voice shot through with self-doubt. That's what makes that big sound work. It is this element of…talent -- along with…beautiful lyric writing -- that gives the often-celestial music …its fragility and its realness. It is the questioning, the constant questioning in …voice, where the band stakes its claim to its humanity and declares its commonality with us.” ~ Bruce Springsteen