Infinitely Distracting

We breathe air, we eat, we drink, we speak our minds and strive to listen… sometimes... Is this what being on tour is really like?
(Illustration and incidental music by the author. AI not used at all.)

It is impossible to say if any of this pondering is of importance past this point, or better said, it is clear that none of this pondering will be of importance whatsoever past this point, that is to say, past this point in time. The here and the now are more important than pondering. (Illustration and incidental music by the author. AI not used at all.)

And in this it does serve to remind
of scenes that pass and roads that wind
as into the fracas it strays
as soon as you look the other way
(Illustration and incidental music by the author. AI not ever used at all.)

. There it is before me, the levelling sea, the calming sea, the resetting sea, just being, omnipresent in morning leaves of sunlight fluttering on its skin, banishing muddle-headedness, incidental thoughts and lethargy, doubt and indecision. (Song: "Sea Song" from the album "The Faraway Near".

...and there is no arguing with that. Who was it who said, "be yourself, everybody else is already taken"? (Illustration and incidental music by the author. AI not used at all.)