Ordinary & Extra-ordinary

Where we focus; what counts.

K80Blog's video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C4xW3FQZqU

Bryony's (paperlilies) video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJPHtiiDoAY

MOUTH SLIGHTLY OPEN by Robert Haas

The body a yellow brilliance and a head
Some orange color from a Chinese painting
Dipped in sunset by the summer gods
Who are also producing that twitchy shiver
In the cottonwoods, less wind than river,
Where the bird you thought you saw
Was, whether you believe what you thought
You saw or not, and then was not, had
Absconded, leaving behind the emptiness
That hums a little in you now, and is not bad
Or sad, and only just resembles awe or fear.
The bird is elsewhere now, and you are here.

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• tlg847

[sillysillytom]

I just had to come back and watch again... I watched the links as well. I truly enjoyed this as I do the mundane as well. I believe there are still exciting folks on YOUTUBE they are just not featured and burried... but we can find them... and shoot, maybe you Tom are drawing some of them out :-) no drama from me. Thanks so much for your posts. *****

[tlg847]

Thanks for coming back and for both of your comments, tom. The system here is rigged against everyday people. Not that we're everyone's cup of tea, to be sure, but YT has not enabled vloggers to discover and appreciate one another. I guess that means we need to do it ourselves!

[dexarouskies]

Focusing on the Mundane? That sounds A LOT like Canadian TV, or the CBC. It is possible [trust me] to get sick of this sort of focus though.

[tlg847]

Hi, Garry. Well, if the focus has a poetic element to it, we usually don't get sick of it. On the other hand, not everyone's a poet! Thanks.

[FantasticBabblings]

The size of big events increases in direct proportion to the growing emptiness we feel inside as a society. YouTube reflects that. It may be the YouTube community, but it is still part of a larger community that is suffering from a lack of meaning and purpose.

[cambridgee]

I am pretty sure the president has to sleep with clothes on just in case the phone rings at 3 AM.

Can you define how renetto's new site (he seemed to define it that way) will be better for users than YT? He talks about a portal to web based community sites. a googler as it were for video content. Is that the big idea?

say it aint so.

Peace.

[repop123]

your gay

[sillysillytom]

I am present. This place aint boring to me. 5* not that stars are important, unless your running for the cup :-)

[DrLemur]

Yeah lets hope so Tom. One day. A lot of red tape to wade through first unfortunately before they'll let me back in. Wheels are in motion though.. slow motion it feels like.. but motion nonetheless :)

[tlg847]

Well, if you can ever sneak past our crack border security people, you might actually get to SEE the red hills of Georgia some day. Your experience still pisses me off a great deal!

[DrLemur]

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave-owners will get together and employ new slaves for the specific purpose and function of putting on people's pants for them in the morning.. Okay I've gone too far...

[tlg847]

We all need dreams, Dan!

8^)