You were only waiting for this moment to be free

Paul McCartney has praised Beyoncé’s version of his song Blackbird. I wish I could hear it.

You’ve heard/read about the clueless fool who responded to Paul’s post with stunning obliviounesss and all-lives-matter snot-twaddle? I suppose this can be termed Beatlesplaining.

Imagine telling Picasso that what he really meant to convey with Guernica  was that there were “some very fine people on both sides.”

Probably Picasso’s most famous work, Guernica is certainly his most powerful political statement, painted as an immediate reaction to the Nazi’s devastating casual bombing practice on the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. (source)

Can you conceive of illuminating Neil Young as to the actual, true meaning of the anthem he wrote—Ohio? “Yeah man, you were really talking about how the war was good for population control and the “tin soldiers and Nixon coming” line was all about hope!”

Picture explaining to Country Joe that his Fish Cheer/I Feel Like I’m Fixing To Die Rag was really an Army recruitment diddy.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free


Blackbird, fly
Blackbird, fly
Into the light of the dark black night

Blackbird singing in the dead of night

Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer also previously has said the idea of "you were only waiting for this moment to arise" symbolized Black women's plight during the Civil Rights Movement. 

 "The song was written only a few weeks after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.," McCartney wrote in his 2021 book "The Lyrics. "That imagery of the broken wings and the sunken eyes and the general longing for freedom is very much of its moment.” (source)

But sure, Andy, the song’s “non-racial.”

Not all about blackbirds BUT in a short essay (Theology 101), Sherman Alexie mentions black birds. They’re a symbol of something else entirely:

On my father’s side, an ancestor named Circling Raven foresaw the arrival of the first Jesuit priests. In his visions, the Jesuits were black birds with white feathers at their necks. He wasn’t wrong. But I’m fully aware that my ancestor could’ve been a charlatan using his fictions to gain power within the tribe. And, if my ancestor was a liar, I smile to think of how surprised he must’ve been when his falsehoods became true. (source)

If I was gonna go through the hassle of changing my name, I believe Circling Raven would be fabulous. Today anyway. Tomorrow I’ll be Sparkly Clams. You can call me Sparkle C though.
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Three words:

Misophonia
     noun
: a condition in which certain sounds cause a strong negative reaction, or an atypical emotional response (such as disgust, distress, panic, or rage) in the affected person hearing the sound.

Some triggering sounds? None for me, thanks. Being deaf does, in fact, come with a few bennies. Fer instance, I’ll never know the toxic tones spewed by RFK jr., Marge Greene, Cokey jr (the stupidest Trump) and, of course, Sarah Palin.

FIGJAM is an acronym which stands for “Fuck I’m Good, Just Ask Me”

This is an entire sentence in and of itself. I will now use it as an exclamation to be pronounced every time I do something noteworthy (like walking up four flights of stairs on Friday).

Gluggaveður is an Icelandic word which means ‘window-weather.' The sort that’s lovely and poetry inspiring to look at through the window but not so nice to be out in. Wet, windy, rainy or snowy conditions immediately come to mind.

Today is a gluggaveður kind of a day. It's best for me and my wonk-ass balance to stay indoors so I believe I'll get my workout in via the elliptical and climbing the stairs a half a dozen times.