work blog

i have to blog once a week for work here: the collective sound

in no way am i promising revelations. but maybe check it out and leave a comment on larry, coworker, or my posts so my boss knows someone looked.

in the mean time:

-recent new music-
bob dylan/together through life
pj harvey & john parrish/a woman a man walked by
conor oberst/outer south
rancid/let the dominoes fall
siversun pickups/swoon
forgot cassettes/instruments of action & salt
sebadoh/ the sebadoh
hole/live through this
mono men/wrecker
dead moon/echoes of the past
red house painters/ocean beach

-recent new books-
irresistible revolution/shane clairborne
the fountainhead/ann rynd
bayou/jeremy love
the acts of king arthur/john steinbeck
ariel/sylvia plath
i know why the caged bird sings/maya angelou
sounds of your name/nate powell
the fantastic mr. fox/roald dahl
bluebeard/kurt vonnegut

-new tv-
friday night lights

lots of new music to absorb and books to get lost in.

my utmost - april 21st

"Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known Me, Philip?" John 14:9

Our Lord must be repeatedly astounded at us - astounded at how un-simple we are. It is opinions of our own which make us stupid, when we are simple we are never stupid, we discern all the time. Philip expected the revelation of a tremendous mystery, but not in the One Whom he knew. The mystery of God is not in what is going to be, it is now; we look for it presently, in some cataclysmic event. We have no reluctance in obeying Jesus, but it is probable that we are hurting Him by the questions we ask. "Lord, show us the Father." His answer comes straight back - "There He is, always here or nowhere." We look for God to manifest Himself to His children: God only manifests Himself in His children. Other people see the manifestation, the child of God does not. We want to be conscious of God; we cannot be conscious of our consciousness and remain sane. If we are asking God to give us experiences, or if conscious experience is in the road, we hurt the Lord. The very questions we ask hurt Jesus because they are not the questions of a child.

"Let not your heart be troubled" - then am I hurting Jesus by allowing my heart to be troubled? If I believe the character of Jesus, am I living up to my belief? Am I allowing anything to perturb my heart, any morbid questions to come in? I have to get to the implicit relationship that takes everything as it comes from Him. God never guides presently, but always now. Realize that the Lord is here now, and the emancipation is immediate. --- Oswald Chambers

Blake w/L.A.Dodgers.com

what i'm looking forward to most...

maurice sendak has been a long time favorite. spike jonze as well.