🤯 This is right where I am in my journey... it's freaky finding this video right after writing my entropy entry yesterday. The whole "sitting still on that little raft in the ocean" feeling seems more resolved now. OMG. I had no idea that "sitting still" was so important in this stage. I have been feeling so lost too. SO grateful!!
I guess I am not alone. lol - And neither are you my friend! I love you!!
I've been thinking a lot about entropy lately. More specifically, how entropic states arrive dynamically on a linear timeline. - you know... when it rains it pours...
An interesting, yet simplified explanation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics by chatGPT... goes like "In an isolated system, entropy never decreases. Left alone, things naturally move toward more disorder."
The probability of a room becoming messy is much greater than it becoming clean and tidy.
For me, it's like sitting still, isolated on a raft in the ocean and not having one move left. - In the spirit of transparency, I've felt that way for several years. Like sitting hopelessly alone on that tiny raft. It's frightening at times.
Probably why I started this whole entropy journey in the first place... lol
Why would I mention this publicly? Because sometimes you have to show your work. In five years of journey entries, I've typically shared the conclusion in hopes someone else will find value in it. So many of those entries came with much suffering (and no one needs to see that shit. lol)
If you feel this way my friend, you are not alone.
If it feels like everything is out of your control... you are NOT alone. The world is chaos right now. (high entropy → lots of unpredictability) - It's pretty easy to lose your voice and fall through the cracks.
I just want you to know... I also know how this hurts.
You are not alone.
Here's something I do to survive some of the worst moments. - I challenge you to focus your attention right now on helping another person.
Take this moment to enter a state of gratitude. Focus on a few items you are grateful for and say them out loud, over and over. If you are sitting, stand up! If you are standing, start moving! Clap your hands, smile big and become thankful for each of those items.
It might take a moment but your state will change. You will feel that heavy feeling leave and almost magically, you will be ready to help another person.
Start small. Think about the people in your life. Do it. You got this!
Nine words that will help heal deep emotional trauma.
"I am light. I am energy. I am love." - This beautiful mantra is part of my current healing. I wrote this song to help me in this process. Here's "Light"
Excited to announce Beautiful Moment V1.3 was released for iPhone! 🎉 Grateful for Apple's kindness in the review process. App reviews can be brutal.
This version: made a few UI improvements, changed the product branding to focus less on spiritual mysteries and more on discovering beauty in every moment :-)
Woohoo! Beautiful Moment was released today to the App Store! There's beauty in every moment :-)
A fun lofi remix of Still. So chill...
Here's the live version of "Still" :-)
My latest music... "Still"
I've always wanted to create an Asteroids game where you blast everything for as long as you want. Introducing Blasteroids - Ash's Revenge.
Invincibility. Rapid fire weapons. Force Fields. Black Hole Bombs that drag everything into you. (did I mention everything blows up when it hits you) Nuke IT bombs take everything out. RAMPAGE Mode adds additional ships to help you blast everything. Rampage as much as you like!
I just broke 6,000,000 on the scoreboard... and there had to be 10,000 asteroids on the screen. It was so much fun going as fast as you can, shooting rapid fire cannons, pulling all the objects into you with a Black Hole Bomb and then hitting NUKE 4 times to clear the screen. Then... more appear. Once you get the controls down, you can use them all at once for maximum damage! Yes please.
(You'll need a pretty fast computer for this one... it's just Javascript :)
Introducing... Simontaneous. My new retro groove box that can sample and play 4 hooks from a song. Create cool new grooves. And... you can play Simon too! Fun for hours :-)
The Wand. A fun, frustrating puzzle.
Damn it. I loved George. Never thought I'd see this headline. #ripBigGeorgeForeman
New Music! - Where is Dan?
Fun jam day recording drum tracks :-)
So creepy. Here's "The Letter" :-)
When a sweet little melody won't leave you (no matter what you do) - You write a song and try to stick it in someone else's head. lol
Here's "Sunday"
So sad to hear of John's passing. He was one of my favorite players since his days in Blue Murder. He was one of the reasons I got my first black Les Paul Custom. I remember the first time I played the Thunder and Lightning record... OMG. Cold Sweat. #ripJohnSykes
New Music! Here's "Proof" - ;-)
I thought it might be fun to release some of my remixes of Black Chair. Here's the "Groovix Remix" ;-)
New music! "Black Chair" hit Amazon Music this morning (hooray!) - Should be streaming everywhere else soon!
This is how I've always wanted to share this. I give you... "New Day" 🎉
You can find it on most streaming services now. It started as my morning alarm but now I have it looping on Spotify most of the day... it provides a nice affirming counterpoint to the chaos. lol
Growing up in the 70s, I was an introverted kid with a huge imagination. My grandmother had an old Western Electric 354 and listening to the local party line in Morgantown West Virginia was an interesting experience.
The video just makes me laugh. It took way longer to create but these tools are mind blowing.
Without further ado... here's "Electric 354".
Wow. Talk about musical genius.
OMG. House of Cosbys (you see ;-)
This is pretty good starter info if you know someone on the spectrum and want to better understand what they might be going through.
I'm going to put a christmas tree on my front porch and place a sign under it for amazon to put the packages there. 🌲😘
Learn to find the balance between fear and experience.
Always count on the Human Condition... but always bet on the Spirit.
Words are the new actions.
Sometimes truth is obfuscated in delusion
