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It’s All Too Much
The Reason Sometimes when I see groups of people working together or gathering together I immediately get the urge to run away and I hide because I feel I shouldn’t be there, I suffer from claustrophobia and vertigo and a strage lack of self-confidence, I believe my work is good but think that others will ignore it. I know that’s not true.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Poets
Women’s History Month - The Stars You Should Seek
March 2022 - Women’s History Month I was not sure how to approach this, whether to pick one woman, or just generalize, but I have decided to highlight some women who have impressed me and share links for them. I will miss lots off but hope I can highlight some who you need to know and my reasons for sharing them.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Humans
Don't Stop
The Inspiration I wasn’t sure whether this was going to be a poem or just a story (that implies a poem is more worthy than a story but means nothing of the sort). I am taking the words from the chorus of Fleetwood Mac's song from “Rumours” :
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Journal
Eleven Essential Pieces Of Krautrock
The term Krautrock is sometimes questioned as offensive or racist, and will the term Kraut is metonymic occupational name for a market gardener or a herbalist, from Middle High German krut 'herb', 'plant','cabbage' it was used as a derogatory term for Germans especially during the war.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Beat
The Sydney Opera House Effect
The Sydney Opera House Illusion Michael Stevens is the guy in the video above who named the effect when he walked into his hotel in Sydney , and explains all about it. The video is eight minutes long but helps us understand why this optical illusion occurs with references to other optical illusion.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Earth
Whaling Stories
Songs About Whales And Whaling My Vocal friend Caroline published a story on whales that you can read below and it contains a poem and a trailer for “In The Heart Of The Sea”, and I thought maybe I could actually do a playlist of songs that have a whale or whaling connection.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Petlife
