{"id":652,"date":"2020-10-08T15:03:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T15:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=652"},"modified":"2020-10-08T15:24:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T15:24:37","slug":"start-again-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=652","title":{"rendered":"Start Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Start Again\" width=\"819\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZGS3w3q98VI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<em>Analog got converted to digital<br>Say goodbye to the future of rock and roll<br>I digress, I confess, I\u2019m so cynical<br>Substituting good music for my lost soul<br>And the residue wreckage of my growing old<\/em>\n\n\n\n<p>We have a new puppy. Her name is Gracie. I am sure she will teach me many things, but she has already demonstrated with unfailing consistency the concept laid out in this song. She starts again every three minutes or so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<em>Can you please my friend?<br>Give the rules a bend?<br>Throw the rag in the pail and allow me to start again<\/em>\n\n\n\n<p>I was craving renewal, rebirth, re-something, re-ANYTHING. I wanted a spiritual &amp; emotional do-over. I also wanted to be Van Morrison, circa 1968.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<em>Well-worn grooves born of grieving and broken hearts<br>Held the cogs in the clock that I never saw start<br>Ticking tragic with magically moving parts<br>With attributes of the moodiest of modern art<br>And drawing on sorrow from both near and far<\/em>\n\n\n\n<p>All the stuff in there is true. An intricate, delicate, strangely durable coping apparatus formed in me at an early age due to trauma born of a family tragedy. It created a fissure which became a gulf that expanded into a canyon. I was left divided into two people, one on each side. A vast, empty space in my center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<em>Can you please my friend?<br>Give the rules a bend?<br>Throw the rag in the pail and allow me to start again<\/em>\n\n\n\n<p>Pondering the song this morning, I am wondering two things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Was the empty space within me filled, all along, with a soft sort of only-see-it-when-you-know-it\u2019s-there type light?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do I always have the option of being more like Gracie? Can I start again every single moment? Might that be the secret of life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/start-again\/636454247?i=636454314\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"78\" src=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/applemusic-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-190\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/7elRnjmk8VcZb5AacPRCrZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"87\" src=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/spotify-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-191\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:30px\"> Archives<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=642\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"642\">Morning Sounds &#8211; 10\/2\/2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=632\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"632\">Saint Jude &#8211; 9\/25\/2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=622\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"622\">1970s &#8211; 9\/18\/2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=610\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"610\">Blue Sky Song &#8211; 9\/11\/2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=24\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"24\">Midnight Ghost &#8211; 9\/4\/2020<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Analog got converted to digitalSay goodbye to the future of rock and rollI digress, I confess, I\u2019m so cynicalSubstituting good music for my lost soulAnd [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-652","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=652"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":654,"href":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/652\/revisions\/654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}