We are not able to change the politics in our countries using words, arguments, descriptions – therefore I decided to keep my soul calm putting the focus on my watercolor sketching and guitar playing. I’ll reduce my wordpress blog 2015 to nearly nothing but you can find me on flickr and soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/fingerstyle_guitar
maybe you like to watch my watercolor sketches in a museum:
you can comment my drawings or guitar tracks (if you like) here on wordpress, I’ll continue to read your comments or I’ll follow your links in the comment boxes below…
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Dear Frizz, this is understandable, and you know I am thinking same with you. And art world is the best… Keeps all of us in the high mood 🙂 and we all need this… You know, I will always be following you wherever you go 🙂 Thank you!
With my Best Wishes for the New Year and with my love,
nia
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you (and other factors) inspired me to make this decision!
P.S.:
thank you Nia in Turkey, for inspiring me with your stories: your father in Düsseldorf and Pommes Frites, the wasps dying in your oven, the little owl in the chimney, the journeys with your husband!
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My dear Frizz, as a big fan of yours, I will miss your daily posts. I understand however the need to somewhat distance yourself from daily blogging. I hope this means even more creativity. I will of course be visiting here and soundcloud for more Frizz1 🙂 Wishing you all the best, my friend.
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dear Marina, you wrote: “I hope this means even more creativity…” – I hope that too – and good luck for producing your 4th album – and you are inspiring me continuously to enjoy watercolor sketching!
P.S.:
immigration isn’t easy in Greece (and elsewhere):
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I understand your feelings but hope you don’t completely disappear from wordpress!
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dear Gilly, I liked your stories about your roots in Africa and your descriptions of daily life in UK!
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I saw the title to your post and expected to see a fun illustration of the word ‘resignation.’ your presence will be missed, though we will all look forward to seeing flickrcomments when it appears in the inbox!
any artistic person will understand your choices. enjoy your freedom to pursue those interests that make your heart smile!
z
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hi Lisa Brunetti, American artist living down by a riverside in Ecuador, thank you for “enjoy your freedom to pursue those interests that make your heart smile!” = your life is a perfect model for the decision to live for the ART!
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aah,amigo! i’m sitting at my friends home and watching the ocean ebb to high tide – it’s another critical spring tide that passed a few days ago, though today’s waves look pretty fierce.. we’ve worked on a great art project, which helped keep the tone from being too serious here.
thanks so much, and enjoy your freedom to create!
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gedanken von einem der dich sehr schätzt und bewundert:
deine resignation muß nicht sein
vielleicht waren deine erwartungen zu groß ?
was hast du dir vorgestellt, was du erreichen wirst und in welchem zeitraum ?
du kannst nur das beeinflussen was in deinem bereich liegt
damit ist schon viel erreicht und deine aufgabe erfüllt
wenn jeder das machen würde hätten wir keine probleme mehr
das was du täglich gemacht hast hat dir und vielen anderen freude gebracht und es wird auch nach dir noch da sein
wieviele können das schon von sich sagen
herzliche grüße mein freund von deinem gewesenen “aufschneider”
so sagen sie hier zu den chirurgen, dabei hab ich immer das was ich aufgeschnitten habe auch wieder (schön) zugenäht, das ist ja das einzige wass der patient hinterher von der operation sieht
ich pflegte immer von der schönheit der arbeit zu sprechen ( auch in der chirurgie) und dass das was schön ist meistens auch gut ist ( außer die indikation war falsch)
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zugenäht ist, zumindest der wordpress blog, lieber Wolfgang, (vielleicht lebt ja der zugenähte Körper meiner über 2,000 blog posts noch eine zeitlang weiter = ähnlich wie solche mit einer Herz-Transplantation) aber Zeichenstifte und Gitarrensaiten sind noch offen, sind noch dem beherzten Operieren zugänglich – heute spielte ich LOVE IN VAIN:
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I look forward to seeing more of your watercolors and hearing more of your music. I will miss reading your words and thoughts, and I understand your feeling of ‘resignation’. Maybe you can think of it as ‘acceptance’ and then do the things that move you.
Happy New Year.
Allan
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nothing was more inspiring the idea that we need trust and courage, than you, Allan, balancing over the Golden Gate Bridge cables for more than a decade!
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I wish you all the best in 2015.
Remember, if you change your mind, you have the amazing talent to use your art in a way to be critical of government and politics.
I understand your frustration , it is like that here in Canada too. Sometimes a person just has to decide where to put their energy and keep it positive, which is what it seems like you are planning to do with focusing on music and art.
It is funny, it really comes down to a person’s personality in how they can deal with politics. My husband is exactly of your thinking, resigned. I am the opposite, I get mad, I write emails, blogs, letters and the media…….and then I feel better. Just two different approaches. I have discovered if you shout loud enough politicians actually phone, email, call, text and visit you personally.
I just wanted to let you know you don’t have to be resigned forever……..but your break does sound like the right thing artistically.
Deb
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thank you Deb,
for taking so much time and precision to comment, that my energy is fading out – it’s like you wrote: “Sometimes a person just has to decide where to put their energy and keep it positive…”
P.S.:
I’m feeling now (after watching your photo from the snowy Canadian mountains and reading your comment above) like a brown bear retiring into a cave to have a long long winter nap!
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Naps are good! Come April, when the days are warmer and longer, you’ll feel happier.
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That’s a little sad for all of us, but probably a great decision for you. I’ll miss your blog but I’ll keep watching on Flickr. Very best wishes for all your creative endeavours in 2015 and beyond!
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Sorry Frizz, I don’t agree with you. Yes, we can change our governments and our world, by our thoughts and our words. There are many good people out there in a place of power. If we are silent they will not know of our discontent and they will never make the changes needed.
I understand the importance of calming the soul. But please never give up on our quest, continue if not in you words, then in your art and music.
Happy New Year.
Leslie
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thank you Leslie for “continue if not in your words, then in your art and music…”
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I also disagree that our words and arguments – yes and our drawings and fine music too – have no impact on politics. The tree falling in the middle of the forest makes a big noise. You have made and continue to make a great contribution toward the greater enlightenment. Thank you for all your blogs, and thank you for all your personal support. I feel you are a friend of mine. I know you will continue to share more fine music and art on whatever medium it be. So, keep playin that country music. Best regards and good health. As they say in the Bronx, see ya.
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thank you, Stephen, for: “I feel you are a friend of mine. I know you will continue to share more fine music and art on whatever medium it be…”
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Dear Frizz, I will miss your daily posts. I’m happy that you will continue to paint and play music and I hope I will come across some of your amazing work in Flickr and Sound Cloud. Good luck and if you ever need to come back we’ll all be here with open arms. Carola
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hi Carola, maybe I’ll continue to post on Tuesdays the weekly A to Z challenge…
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Hi Frizz! I was actually wondering if your A-Z challenge would still continue throughout the year. Are you still hosting it?
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dear Myra, I stopped playing guitar, avoiding further words on wordpress, my last signs of life will be in 2015 my daily watercolor sketches – maybe you like to visit
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Oh that’s a pity, Frizz. Your A-Z photo stories happen to be one of my favourite memes. We’d still probably continue posting through our Photo Journal every Tuesday in your honor – even though it does not fit into an A-Z story-theme.
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I always liked your photo journal – favorite: the botanical garden in Singapore…
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Go where your instinct tells you to go – we will find you. Best 2015 to you, Frizz! Take care!
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https://bluebrightly.wordpress.com/2014/12/31/year-in-review/
sitting on a John Deere – that made me smile – all the best to you 2015!
and thanks for the link to your flickr photos:
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” HNY ” dear Frizz …!!!
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maybe someone follows my tumblr postings:
http://museum-series.tumblr.com/
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Dear Frizz, my life has gotten busy, and I haven’t had as much time on wordpress as I would like. But you have always been there, a constant. I will miss your words and thoughts. Thanks for send messages of support, and have a great 2015!
Elizabeth
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I’ll try to be a constant on flickr:
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Dear Frizz . . . . thank you for so much here on WP. I know wherever you are your generosity for change will not lose momentum and, wherever the words or images are pressed, the good fight will go on. See you over at Flickr!
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your flickr account, Patti, is inspiring too:
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Dear sweet Frizz, I so love your art. So inspiring. I sit while on my computer and listen to your melodies and I just close my eyes and drift off to Neverland. So beautiful, your music. I understand getting busy, believe me! I’m not on my blog as often as I’d like nor get a chance to keep up with all my friends as much I need to. I think of you often and I hope you and your family are well. Y’all have a wonderful and blessed 2015, friend! 😉
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oh Carol,
maybe music helps?
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I just read this and I am very curious as to what precipitated this decision but being calm is more important to mental health! Hugs, Kathryn
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you wrote recently about the healing power of silence…
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And yes, it is so true. Mouth zipped. 🙂
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You need to take care of yourself. Perhaps there will come a time when you feel like being more active on your blog once again. I have enjoyed following you, and will look forward to more of your music. Best wishes for the New Year and the New Life!
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thank you, Naomi, for not forgetting me,
my today’s guitar meditation on my soundcloud:
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OK. I’m bothered by the word resignation. A resignation can mean quitting a job, and that’s all right because I know you’ll keep on playin that country music like I know you will. But resignation also means being resigned or accepting of a poor situation, being resigned to corrupt politics and injustice. So don’t give up the good fight. And keep playing…..
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thank you, Stephen, for sharing strength and resilience, courage and perseverance!
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Hey, you’re talking to Every Day Antother Story who is down to once or twice a week.
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As a new follower, I’ve just started to explore your accomplishments you share on your site, namely what you refer to as your flickr photo gallery. Magnificent rolls off the tongue too easily to do justice to the body of work, each piece, you expose which is beautiful, sensitive, breathtaking… as well as touching so as to reach in and shake ones emotions, leaving one with a lasting picture that keeps coming back to memory in a positive and enriching manner. Thank you for this beautiful gift! JJ
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“a lasting picture
that keeps coming back to memory
in a positive and enriching manner…
– that would be nice, JJ!
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