The Psychedelic Misadventures of Uncle Sam
I'm Uncle Sam...
Summertime done... come and gone, my oh my!
Who can stop what must arrive now?
Something new is waiting...
To be born.
- bonus haiku from "Crazy Fingers" by R Hunter & J Garcia
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I think the thing I like about the Grateful Dead was not just the music, but the great art that surrounded their music.
And I've always seen the pinball as a good metaphor for my own personal synchromystic journey through life.
Life is not much of a game without bumpers to fly off making you change direction and run into other pinballs bouncing around in the game.
The score doesn't really matter that much compared to the journey through the game.
It's almost a tradition for me now to place a Grateful Dead sticker on the bottom right-hand side of the windshield (driver's side in Australia) of any car I own as a reminder that if I should go under a truck or become a road-fatality on one of my car journeys (and I nearly have quite a few times now through no fault of my own) that's life and I had a pretty good one this time round compared to most.
And I love that little GD Coronavirus like GIF above the bonus haiku:-)
Stay safe and cheers for this post Jack.
Yeah, the Psychedelic art was so much a part of their “cosmic logos.” With their dichotomous skull and rose imagery, the Dead always reminded us of the thin line between life and death, agony and ecstasy. Back in the day, infused by Jerry’s (chemically augmented) guitar, their music allowed us all to recognize the essential lack of difference between the two, and to dance on that thin line! Given the craziness of the times... I would hazard one more cautionary quote from “Jehovah’s Favorite Choir” ...from “Throwing Stones” by Weir & Barlow...
“And the politicians throwing stones...
So the kids they dance they shake their bones...
Cause its all too clear we’re (Weir?) on our own...
Singing ashes, ashes all fall down...
Ashes, ashes all fall down.”
BTW, it has been interesting and somehow gratifying to see the Dead’s line: “We will get by” become an optimistic meme, showing up on signs and spray painted on walls, during this pandemic...
I consider my Dead sticker to be a cosmic, “medic alert” tag! Cheers to you and yours! Stay safe and stay GRATEFUL!!! - JH