M. Matheson's Blog, page 44
December 4, 2016
November 25, 2016
Icy Shadows
Icy cold shadows,
Scarcely in the light.
Icy rainbows fade,
Hiding what might.
Icy shoulders,
all so cold,
You see never kindly,
But, icy growing mold.
Am I missing something?
Tell me if you please.
Come remove this icy thing,
Help me fell this killing freeze.
Icy sun on mountainside,
Can ne’er forget the other side.
What goes lurking there?
Hiding in those shadows?
Icy imagining creatures dear,
You see the cleavers in the dark.
Cause things with horns are never fair,
Icy monster, faerie’s shark.
Plotting plans against the light.
Let’s escape Sun’s fencing glare!
Am I missing something?
Tell me if you please.
Come remove this icy thing,
Help me fell this killing freeze.
-M. Matheson 2011 Revised 2016
November 13, 2016
Divine Insanity
Here, I offer my own bit of madness at work.
In the classical world, the phenomenon of “love at first sight” was understood within the context of a more general conception of passionate love, a kind of madness or, as the Greeks put it, Theia Mania (“madness from the gods”). -Frank Tallis “Crazy for You”
But what if God himself were the maddest of all? (I say so only from our human point of view) For if God were indeed mad, then mad would be normal and the loftiest goal to aspire to.
Some say God’s mad as in angry; I know it’s not true,
But, perhaps God still is the maddest of all.
Divinely Mad,
Madly Divine,
Omnipotent Madness shaped us stable and sound,
All things in our power, save for one little tree.
One little tree that would bring us to be,
Broken and marred, ashamed and weighed down.
Yet, Omnipotent Madness, never left town.
Wallowed in mire, we were tragic in deed,
‘till the Madness of God, Hung His Son on a tree.
Bleeding and dying, the whole world in His sight,
Forgive them! He cried, ‘till, He suffered and died.
Wrapped in white linen he lay in the tomb,
Three days in the dark as hope slipped away,
None could remember this mind-boggling promise.
“Give me three days, and you’ll see me again.”
So, our story’s not over,
Wait there’s still more,
Omnipotent Madness made a decree,
“Raise Him again and let the whole world see!”
So, in Power and Glory, Christ rose from His grave.
Five-hundred and more, saw, touched, and felt.
Mary thought him a gardener,
Yet, you still won’t believe?
What will it take for the truth you to see?
Divinity died for you and for me.
Perhaps for a good man, some would dare die,
But ragged old sinners, cast offs and lame?
It’s hard to believe that God could be sane.
-M. Matheson revised 2016
I welcome your thoughts and comments, but please, if you want a theological argument, consider my madness and then move along.
November 2, 2016
Nepal 40: Traveling is Like…
Great piece. Motivation to rearrange your life and get what you want.
“You can’t always get what you want,
But if you try sometime you just might find, You get what you need.” -Mick Jagger
As we were queuing up for another game of chess, a young Spaniard came up the steps and into the cafe. He saw the Malaysian and broke out into a big smile.
“Ah good, you’re still here!” he said.
“Of course,” the Malaysian answered with a single nod. “I am here every afternoon. I have nothing else to do.”
He turned to me, and said: “You know how I describe traveling? I say: traveling… is like Sunday afternoon.” We both laughed.
I sipped my tea and thought: Sunday afternoon…
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October 25, 2016
Virtual Advice
What a great piece
If you’re dating a dud of a download
And it’s occurring during an internet outing
Find a different server……
Don’t let a rude browser screw up your day
We can talk Facebook to Facebook,
Instant message me
No need to Skype, post, tweet, or offer me
A Goodread and get all Kindle
I will text you the same thing I’ve always texted you
It’s good to keep a few tabs open
Weed out crappy apps
Don’t let them waste space on your hard drive
Find the perfect operating system
Don’t share your network with any old device
You can’t afford to load pages slowly
Sometimes, it’s good to clear your history
Stay positive and keep updating on a regular basis
It keeps you safe from viruses
And eating too many tracking cookies
