And the answers fall easier from the barrel of a gun
As they do from the lips of the beautiful and the dumb
The world won't end in darkness it'll end in family fun
with Coca Cola clouds behind a Big Mac sun
'...Only a flicker Over the strained time-ridden faces Distracted from distraction by distraction Filled with fancies and empty of meaning Tumid apathy with no concentration Men and bits of paper, whirled by the cold wind That blows before and after time.'
-T.S. Eliot
Okay, that's not helping. Practical advice is not my forte, so the best I can offer is: children's picture books! Dr. Seuss' 'Oh, the Places You'll Go!' has a great bit about slumps (illustrated, they're all grey and swamplike) and the line, 'unslump yourself!' Even better, if you can get hold of it, is a little gem of a book called 'The Red Tree' written and illustrated by an obscure Aussie guy called Shaun Tan - 'tis gorgeous. Could be wrong, but I think you just might love it.
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Come to Greece...we can go to the island of Kos and drink ouzos all day ;)
Mo,
'...Only a flicker
Over the strained time-ridden faces
Distracted from distraction by distraction
Filled with fancies and empty of meaning
Tumid apathy with no concentration
Men and bits of paper, whirled by the cold wind
That blows before and after time.'
-T.S. Eliot
Okay, that's not helping. Practical advice is not my forte, so the best I can offer is: children's picture books! Dr. Seuss' 'Oh, the Places You'll Go!' has a great bit about slumps (illustrated, they're all grey and swamplike) and the line, 'unslump yourself!' Even better, if you can get hold of it, is a little gem of a book called 'The Red Tree' written and illustrated by an obscure Aussie guy called Shaun Tan - 'tis gorgeous. Could be wrong, but I think you just might love it.
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