MOTM Amy Winehouse

God her death totally sucks at 27 is unacceptable really

It's hard for me to come to this point in the year without pause, a deliberate one, one that is heavy and slows like molasses that was inadvertently refrigerated by someone who shouldn't be poking through your baking supplies anyway--no matter--through this blogging I've determined that I like pauses and there are pauses in strategic places throughout the year--without reviewing them now, I'll mention them again as the year progresses--there is something exactly unlike taking pause when it comes to running, the sport commands a rhythmic pace, like that part of the heart that is the origin of the impulse that is manipulated when an artificial jump start is necessary, that prime moving part of the body, the origin of the heart beat, that place from which the energy that our body needs to perform, presses out meeting some resistance, then moves deliberately to the muscles feeding and nurturing but this central place is in our chest and at times that could be a metaphor for so much about what drives us and makes us reach if you could find a place on the body that generates that kind of passion, it couldnt be from our mind, I dont use my mind when I run -- i've heard that running is about love and I have refuted that because I love other things that I don't do or even do even better than running; there is difficulty in getting me to admit something soulful, but i do understand the desire for the heart to love and attract, running just might be the hardest thing I do with my body and it seems like there is something that drives it and I can admit that there is something soulful for me and music - this is not a brain activity for me - a measure of my love for music can be found in the effort I make each day to get my dose, probably like most people except we don't talk about it other than when something comes on that really sucks and our sails collapse, I've learned to listen to Amy Winehouse with a critical ear and not the kind that deconstructs its parts but I've had to consider her influences and her style which is so lounge-y, 50's wind instrumentation, with a very heavy ska vibe that I really find so unique and, Amy, I consider her quite prolific as a song writer, as one of those artists who takes me flying out of what I know or have experienced and shows me that something new is happening with a combination of styles that is pioneer-like in a very exciting sort of way, where there is a distinct point a place where the mind drops off and the heart grabs hold of the reins, it's why we energize, it's why we swell and smile and share -- so while it may not be love I'm talking about, there is definitely a correlation between romance and being totally present with the hope and promise of being inspired.