Epigrams: Winkle's Wisdom |
■ The Ride
I've learned to enjoy the ride knowing that I might never reach the destination.
I've learned to enjoy the ride knowing that I might never reach the destination.
■ Love
Love is loving the whole, in spite of not liking some of its parts.
Love is loving the whole, in spite of not liking some of its parts.
■ Infinity
Infinity shrinks our existence into a perspective worth pondering. Worries seem laughable in the face of the inevitable conclusion. The absence that preceded us will proceed us once again, and for a flicker of a moment we will have been.
Infinity shrinks our existence into a perspective worth pondering. Worries seem laughable in the face of the inevitable conclusion. The absence that preceded us will proceed us once again, and for a flicker of a moment we will have been.
■ Heaven
Many people want to go to heaven, but few want an advanced ticket to get there.
Many people want to go to heaven, but few want an advanced ticket to get there.
■ Good Intentions
Many seek the path of good intentions, but few follow the road that leads to their fruition.
Many seek the path of good intentions, but few follow the road that leads to their fruition.
■ Breaking Hearts
If your mind says yes, and your heart says no, then you risk breaking someone's heart; but if your heart says yes, and your mind says no, then surely your heart will be broken.
If your mind says yes, and your heart says no, then you risk breaking someone's heart; but if your heart says yes, and your mind says no, then surely your heart will be broken.
■ Effort
An ounce of effort is worth a thousand pounds of knowledge.
An ounce of effort is worth a thousand pounds of knowledge.
■ Probabilities and Possibilities
I make my plans based on the weight of probabilities, while keeping a keen eye on the chance of possibilities.
I make my plans based on the weight of probabilities, while keeping a keen eye on the chance of possibilities.
■ Technology
Technology is accelerating at an alarming rate toward one main purpose — mindless distraction. The question is, what exactly are we trying to distract ourselves from?
Technology is accelerating at an alarming rate toward one main purpose — mindless distraction. The question is, what exactly are we trying to distract ourselves from?
■ Addiction
Pick your addictions carefully for they will possess you if not consume you. That said, it is better to pick a worthy one than a destructive one.
Pick your addictions carefully for they will possess you if not consume you. That said, it is better to pick a worthy one than a destructive one.
■ Conviction
Many will complain with conviction but few will act upon the conviction of their complaint.
Many will complain with conviction but few will act upon the conviction of their complaint.
■ Tolerance
When tolerance begins to evaporate, freedom has long since left the room.
When tolerance begins to evaporate, freedom has long since left the room.
■ There's Got to Be More...
There's got be more to life than working till you're old just to die." ~ from "Fallen Angels"
There's got be more to life than working till you're old just to die." ~ from "Fallen Angels"
■ We Made It All Up
After carefully observing the the vagaries of life I realized we made it all up.
After carefully observing the the vagaries of life I realized we made it all up.
■ Objectivity
The word "objectivity" as defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary means "expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations". Considering the workings of the human mind, is that even possible?
The word "objectivity" as defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary means "expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations". Considering the workings of the human mind, is that even possible?
■ The End Game
People ask me what the end game is now that I'm writing songs and recording again. My answer, "sanity."
People ask me what the end game is now that I'm writing songs and recording again. My answer, "sanity."
■ Glory
If you're seeking glory in the music business, you may be highly disappointed with the tin crown you receive.
If you're seeking glory in the music business, you may be highly disappointed with the tin crown you receive.
■ Effort
When it comes to songwriting, an ounce of effort sprinkled with a dash of inspiration is worth a thousand pounds of knowledge.
When it comes to songwriting, an ounce of effort sprinkled with a dash of inspiration is worth a thousand pounds of knowledge.
■ Intentions
If my songs and drawings need an explanation than regrettably, my intentions have been an undeniable failure.
If my songs and drawings need an explanation than regrettably, my intentions have been an undeniable failure.
■ Facts and Opinions
There are few facts but a multitude of opinions mostly based on misinformation, human bias, hidden agendas, and outright deception.
There are few facts but a multitude of opinions mostly based on misinformation, human bias, hidden agendas, and outright deception.
■ Failure
Failure...learn from it, or burn from it.
Failure...learn from it, or burn from it.
■ Birthdays
I have never understood the jubilant nature of birthdays. One year closer to the end is nothing to celebrate.
I have never understood the jubilant nature of birthdays. One year closer to the end is nothing to celebrate.
■ Imagination
Human beings are blessed with the gift of imagination, which leads them to imaginatively have a much higher opinion of themselves then they truly deserve.
Human beings are blessed with the gift of imagination, which leads them to imaginatively have a much higher opinion of themselves then they truly deserve.
■ Creative Endeavors
If you are going to devote your life to creative endeavors, plan to bear the weight of solitude and be prepared to weep.
If you are going to devote your life to creative endeavors, plan to bear the weight of solitude and be prepared to weep.
■ Legacy
What we dream, say, write, hope, or propose to believe- these are the smoke and mirrors of life. But what we do and why we do it, therein lies our legacy.
What we dream, say, write, hope, or propose to believe- these are the smoke and mirrors of life. But what we do and why we do it, therein lies our legacy.
■ Expendable
Everyone's expendable no matter how famous or important they become. Life invented death just to prove the point.
Everyone's expendable no matter how famous or important they become. Life invented death just to prove the point.
■ Twisted
When you're twisted up in your own shorts, it's hard to imagine what other people might be donning as underwear in the future.
When you're twisted up in your own shorts, it's hard to imagine what other people might be donning as underwear in the future.
■ Buried Promise
All the great promises are buried within...many covered over by tedium, by the chore of living.
All the great promises are buried within...many covered over by tedium, by the chore of living.
■ Mistakes
Mistakes are the bread crumbs that lead to the crossroads of failure and success.
Mistakes are the bread crumbs that lead to the crossroads of failure and success.
■ Forever Gone
I have personally witnessed the death of five loved ones; I have tearfully said my good-byes and yet I have found no closure. What I have found is the magnificent multitude of unique behaviors that a lifetime of living produces in a human being have suddenly vanished. Yes, there are my memories, but those dim pictures of reality are a poor attempt to re-create that which is forever gone.
I have personally witnessed the death of five loved ones; I have tearfully said my good-byes and yet I have found no closure. What I have found is the magnificent multitude of unique behaviors that a lifetime of living produces in a human being have suddenly vanished. Yes, there are my memories, but those dim pictures of reality are a poor attempt to re-create that which is forever gone.
■ The Final Detail
We plan our lives and the lives of our children in almost every aspect, while giving short shrift to the fact that death is the final detail.
We plan our lives and the lives of our children in almost every aspect, while giving short shrift to the fact that death is the final detail.
■ Life
Life is a miraculous and amazing gift with innumerable strings attached.
Life is a miraculous and amazing gift with innumerable strings attached.
■ Intuition
It becomes easy to rely on feelings but hard to distinguish it from true intuition when it commingles with fear and prejudice.
It becomes easy to rely on feelings but hard to distinguish it from true intuition when it commingles with fear and prejudice.
■ The Unforgotten
No one truly dies unless forgotten.
No one truly dies unless forgotten.
■ Willful
I have leaped into the abyss of darkness and confronted the enormous fear that resides there. I have emerged neither triumphant or defeated, but willful.
I have leaped into the abyss of darkness and confronted the enormous fear that resides there. I have emerged neither triumphant or defeated, but willful.
■ The Enigma
Leap into the pool of paradox; embrace the enigma of life. "To be or not to be?" is not the question.... it's the answer.
Leap into the pool of paradox; embrace the enigma of life. "To be or not to be?" is not the question.... it's the answer.
■ Love and Heartbreak
Love goes down easily, like swallowing the nectar of the gods; heartbreak comes up violently, like lava from an erupting volcano.
Love goes down easily, like swallowing the nectar of the gods; heartbreak comes up violently, like lava from an erupting volcano.
■ No Crystal Ball
What the prognosticators, prophesiers, and fortune-tellers fail to understand is that anything can change everything.
What the prognosticators, prophesiers, and fortune-tellers fail to understand is that anything can change everything.
■ Lies
Small lies breed suspicion, large ones...believability.
Small lies breed suspicion, large ones...believability.
■ Truth
Truth becomes a slippery thing, when the critical analysis required to verify it is biased and deficient.
Truth becomes a slippery thing, when the critical analysis required to verify it is biased and deficient.
■ Becoming
Every road I travel down takes me further away from who I was, and closer to who I am becoming.
Every road I travel down takes me further away from who I was, and closer to who I am becoming.
■ Wasting Time
From formulating a new soup recipe to painting a masterpiece, if you’re doing anything other than creating, or in some way feeding the fires for future creativity, you’re wasting important time.
From formulating a new soup recipe to painting a masterpiece, if you’re doing anything other than creating, or in some way feeding the fires for future creativity, you’re wasting important time.
■ Straight and Narrow
Most people in this world try and stick to the "straight and narrow", not because they want to get to heaven, but because they don't want to go to hell. Regardless of how ill founded that line of reasoning might be, we may already be there.
Most people in this world try and stick to the "straight and narrow", not because they want to get to heaven, but because they don't want to go to hell. Regardless of how ill founded that line of reasoning might be, we may already be there.
■ Hypocrisy
It's easy to live in hypocrisy when after careful consideration I have drawn so many different conclusions.
It's easy to live in hypocrisy when after careful consideration I have drawn so many different conclusions.
■ Scrutiny
Before casting a disparaging eye on the mythology of others, I've learned to carefully scrutinize my own.
Before casting a disparaging eye on the mythology of others, I've learned to carefully scrutinize my own.
■ Childhood
Once I left the garden of my childhood, I was saddened to find I was banished with no chance of ever returning.
Once I left the garden of my childhood, I was saddened to find I was banished with no chance of ever returning.
■ The Underbelly
Once I gained the courage to peer at the underbelly of life, I was not surprised to discover it was quite an ugly thing.
Once I gained the courage to peer at the underbelly of life, I was not surprised to discover it was quite an ugly thing.
■ No Shame
I feel no shame when talking aloud to myself since it's the best conversation in town.
I feel no shame when talking aloud to myself since it's the best conversation in town.
■ Hearbreak
Love without scrutiny is the first step toward heartbreak, and still there is no guarantee.
Love without scrutiny is the first step toward heartbreak, and still there is no guarantee.
■ Faith
As soon as I hear that it requires faith, I head for the exits.
As soon as I hear that it requires faith, I head for the exits.
■ The Dispute
When the dispute lies within, the resolution must be made quickly, or the quarrel will emerge into reality.
When the dispute lies within, the resolution must be made quickly, or the quarrel will emerge into reality.
■ Beliefs
To truly understand myself, I began to question my own beliefs. I was surprised to find that I had built my life on a flimsy foundation.
To truly understand myself, I began to question my own beliefs. I was surprised to find that I had built my life on a flimsy foundation.
■ Good Manners
If everyone followed the tenants of good manners, a great majority of the world's ills would disappear overnight.
If everyone followed the tenants of good manners, a great majority of the world's ills would disappear overnight.
■ Transparency
Without transparency there can be no trust and without virtue there can be no transparency.
Without transparency there can be no trust and without virtue there can be no transparency.
