Tender Mercies

The Lost Cause - Tom Morello + Manchester Orchestra
There's No Mountain - Glen Hansard
the fruits - Paris Paloma
Dance Of The Clairvoyants - Pearl Jam
Blackbird - Martyn Bennett

Tender Mercies - Glen Hansard + Eddie Vedder

We restrict ourselves to this narrow range of thought, conditioned by the lived experience, and complain when the solutions don't work. What tools do we have at our disposal to elongate the (narrowed) extremities of thought ? I think the answer could be in the world of arts. We must make arts as accessible as we can. It could be argued that arts come in only after basic needs are met. If all our material needs are met, what would we be pursuing ? I looked around and don't find a satisfying answer, and I don't want to start blaming the ills of capitalism to paint a grim picture. It is what it is. Am I brushing it off by saying "It is what it is" ? A lazy ontological dismissal so I can momentarily disengage from critical thinking. The antidote for such blunt dislocation is to look within. Underneath the layers of ego, lies buried the most pressing questions we must ask. For those of us lucky to be able to do things, we must take a moral high ground. Crack open the psyche and to not be afraid of finding nothing. There is no nothing.

PJ

Release - Pearl Jam

To see them perform live and also open with a deep cut that I never thought would happen. I'm floored. I remember a time when I was desperately looking for a clean live rendition of `Release` and the rarity of it combined with a mystic aura of the song makes it a killer deep cut. Jeff Ament's bass was a force to reckon with. Vedder and his special voice moves the crowd in special ways. Cosmic Psychos opened the evening and they looked pretty sloshed. Great night and what a great performance. Time to finally get the `Ten` album on vinyl. 

Next up is Glen Hansard. I think I know where this is going. There may come a time when I get to see both Hansard and Vedder on stage. To witness the full force of songwriting that these two came up with and rendered in the utmost brilliance of a voice will truly be something.

UDHR

Awake My Soul - Mumford & Sons
Can't Go Back - Blink-182
Destroyer - Of Monsters And Men

To become sensitive to the sensibilities of human sentiments

Structured lives need to be dismantled and happenstance takes priority. To let the mind roam about and lay a new path for itself. The governance of our minds is in shambles. Its time we check out the principles of self governance for its sake, while respecting the boundaries of societal structures which are themselves human constructs. However flawed they are, we must see them as opportunities to tackle and soldier on.

To read the universal declaration of human rights and do everything we can to uphold its values. How it starts off with a heroic tone

Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world

Article 26 has:

Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms

It didn't come for free. We must remind ourselves of that.