The ‘holiday’ period represents a long history of transition from an old year into a new one. In the western world, it traditionally starts with Winter Solstice (although there are many other observations that take place earlier), but opens up a period of time when many cultures celebrate the ‘resurrection of the sun’. As the year winds down, what are your resolutions, assuming you get sucked up into that kind of thinking at this time of year?
Some thoughts on celebrating the completion of Pacifica’s ‘Applied Mythology’ Certificate.
2020. What a year.
Don’t You Forget About Me is a perfect addition to any 80s soundtrack but almost wasn’t recorded by the band Simple Minds. Anyone that knows anything about the movie Breakfast Club will instantly appreciated the Covid context of waiting.
Celebration Day – a no-brainer for the post-Covid soundtrack. And some thoughts on getting a call from a guitar genius offering to coach amateurs through lonely days of self-isolation.