Mad Ladder

Mad Ladder stands in the middle of a snow field, wide and winding. All day long reaching for the moon... Mad Ladder never grasps it, just gets too tired when evening falls. Down on his bed of snow again, this heavy earth seems to be the home of Mad Ladder. Maybe he believes he is a mountain??? Many living creatures tries to climb his empty stairs. At least he thinks they try - why otherwise pretend to climb...?! Camels come and reindeers go, exchanging a trace of sadness. Mad Ladder feels he would also like to climb, although another ladder. What if she would lead down instead... then the moon could be found somewhere under this snow?? That should make Mad Ladder much gladder! With one hand he immediately dives deep into the white. But his other hand still wants to strive high, up through the dark sky. Once again Mad Ladder gets his mind broken and his heart confused.





same words in a more poetic version:


Mad Ladder stands in the middle
of a snow field,
wide and winding. All day long
reaching for the moon...
Mad Ladder never grasps it, just gets too
tired when evening falls. Down on
his bed of snow again,
this heavy earth
seems to be the home of Mad Ladder. Maybe
he believes he
is a mountain???
Many
living creatures tries to climb
his empty
stairs. At
least he thinks they try - why
otherwise pretend to climb...?!
Camels come
and reindeers go,
exchanging a trace
of sadness. Mad
Ladder feels he would also like to climb,
although another
ladder. What if she
would lead down
instead... then
the moon could be found
somewhere under
this snow??
That should
make Mad Ladder much gladder!
With one hand
he immediately dives
deep into the
white.
But his other hand still
wants to strive high, up through the dark sky.
Once again Mad
Ladder gets
his mind broken
and his heart confused.
 






inspired by Camel's music plus even more a phrase of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, maybe written by Crimson's Sinfield, to be found here :

sadder ladder still can turn to glad




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my Process of GENESIS

I've listened to Genesis for almost exactly ten years. Now I try to make a reconstuction of the timeline, along which I fell in love with each piece.

So it's not an ordinary best of Genesis list. Still every track here has passed the gates into the deeper parts of my heart and memory.

To make the picture even more full, some special solo works of either Banks, Collins, Hackett, Rutherford or Gabriel is mentioned in between the mainly group creations.




first

FIRTH OF FIFTH
from Selling England by The Pound -73


second

MAD MAN MOON
from A Trick of The Tail -76


third

SNOWBOUND
from And Then There Were Three -78


fourth

THE CHAMBER OF 32 DOORS
from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway -74


fifth

TIME TABLE
from Foxtrot -72


sixth

SHADOW OF THE HIEROPHANT
from Voyage of The Acolyte -75


seventh

AFTERGLOW
from Wind and Wuthering -76


eighth

RIPPLES
from A Trick of The Tail -76


ninth

UNDERTOW
from And Then There Were Three -78


tenth

FROM THE UNDERTOW
from A Curious Feeling -79


eleventh

SEVEN STONES
from Nusery Cryme -71


twelveth

BETWEEN THE TICK AND THE TOCK
from Smallcreep's Day -80


thirteenth

CUL-DE-SAC
from Duke -80


fourteenth

VISIONS OF ANGELS
from Trespass -70


fifteenth

ENTANGLED
from A Trick of The Tail -76


sixteenth

IN THE AIR TONIGHT
from Face Value -81


seventeenth

BURNING ROPE
from And Then There Were Three -78


eighteenth

THE CARPET CRAWLERS
from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway -74


nineteenth

I DON'T REMEMBER
from Peter Gabriel 3 -80


twentieth

KEEP IT DARK
from Abacab -81


twenty-first

TURN IT ON AGAIN
from Duke -80


twenty-second

HANDS OF THE PRIESTESS (part 1 + part 2)
from Voyage of The Acolyte -75


twenty-third

THE LAMIA
from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway -74


twenty-fourth

THE SPIRIT OF GRAVITY
from Seven (a Suite for Orchestra) -04


twenty-fifth

THE VIRGIN AND THE GYPSY
from Spectral Mornings -79


twenty-sixth

THE BATTLE OF EPPING FOREST
from Selling England by The Pound -73


twenty-seventh

WATCHER OF THE SKIES
from Foxtrot -72


twenty-eighth

MAMA
from Genesis -83


twenty-ninth

INVISIBLE TOUCH
from Invisible Touch -86


thritieth

WHERE THE SOUR TURNS TO SWEET
from From Genesis to Revelation -69


thirty-first

IN THE WILDERNESS [Music, all I hear is Music]
from From Genesis to Revelation -69


thirty-second

I CAN'T DANCE
from We Can't Dance -91


thirty-third

STAGNATION
from Trespass -70


thirty-fourth

BLOOD ON THE ROOFTOPS
from Wind and Wuthering -76


thirty-fifth

A WINTER'S TALE
from From Genesis to Revelation -69


thirty-sixth

NARNIA
from Please Don't Touch -78


thirty-seventh

SILVER RAINBOW
from Genesis -83


thirty-eighth

HEATHAZE
from Duke -80


thirty-ninth

ONE FOR THE VINE
from Wind and Wuthering -76


fourtieth

LIVING FOREVER
from We Can't Dance -91


fourty-first

THE LIE
from A Curious Feeling -79


fourty-second

AFTER THE ORDEAL
from Selling England by The Pound -73




some also interpreted on Genesis Revisited (II) by Steve Hackett -12







and of course, long before every piece here


LAND OF CONFUSION
from Invisible Touch -86

plus

I WISH IT WOULD RAIN DOWN
from But Seriously -89





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Seven Favourite sorts of Beer

my latest discoveries, in a field of reality where I'm still very light green, but with a heavy dark taste, working on become more brown or golden :)



1

STORM KING IMPERIAL STOUT
american from Victory

7 my experience /personal preference
6 originality in the taste
6 beauty of label & bottle

= 19



2

CHIMAY BLEUE
belgian, trappist

7 my experience /personal preference
6 originality in the taste
5 beauty of label & bottle

= 18



3

YOUNG'S DOUBLE CHOCOLATE STOUT
british

5 my experience /personal preference
6 originality in the taste
6 beauty of label & bottle

= 17



4

ERDINGER WEISSBIER KRISTALL
german, wheat

6 my experience /personal preference
7 originality in the taste
4 beauty of label & bottle

= 17



5

ST. ERIKS ORANGE (WINTER PORTER)
swedish

6 my experience /personal preference
4 originality in the taste
6 beauty of label & bottle

= 16



6

ST. PETER'S CREAM STOUT
british

7 my experience /personal preference
5 originality in the taste
4 beauty of label & bottle

= 16



7

LAGUNITAS HOLIDAY ALE
american

5 my experience /personal preference
4 originality in the taste
6 beauty of label & bottle

= 15








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seVen seen : dragons goes interstellar

very First Tower of 2015
or Last Tower of 2014

my Recent Discoveries
among Relatively New Movies






Crown chakra
(watched it in cinema)


INTERSTELLAR

by Christopher Nolan
USA /UK 2014


most memorable role : MURPH
(as girl by Mackenzie Foy
and as woman by Jessica Chastain)


5 Characters
7 Scenery
6 Camerawork

7 Thrill
5 Conflict
2 Humour

6 Psychology
5 Philosophy
4 Fantasy

3 Composition
6 Music
7 Concept

= 63






third EYE chakra
(seen with swedish voices)


LORAX

by Kyle Balda & Chris Renaud
USA 2012
based on Dr. Seuss


most memorable role : GRAMMY NORMA


6 Characters
7 Scenery
5 Camerawork

5 Thrill
3 Conflict
6 Humour

5 Psychology
3 Philosophy
4 Fantasy

3 Composition
6 Music
7 Concept

= 60






Throat chakra


AMERICAN HUSTLE

by David O. Russell
USA 2013


most memorable role : SYDNEY PROSSER (by Amy Adams)


7 Characters
6 Scenery
3 Camerawork

5 Thrill
3 Conflict
5 Humour

2 Psychology
2 Philosophy
4 Fantasy

3 Composition
7 Music
5 Concept

= 52






Heart chakra


HALLÅ HALLÅ

by Maria Blom
Sweden 2014


most memorable role : MARY (by Karin Ekström)


6 Characters
2 Scenery
2 Camerawork

6 Thrill
7 Conflict
5 Humour

6 Psychology
5 Philosophy
3 Fantasy

4 Composition
2 Music
3 Concept

= 51






Solar Plexus chakra


LOCKE

by Steven Knight
UK 2013


most memorable role : IVAN LOCKE (by Tom Hardy)
= only visible one


5 Characters
1 Scenery
2 Camerawork

4 Thrill
6 Conflict
2 Humour

6 Psychology
3 Philosophy
3 Fantasy

6 Composition
1 Music
7 Concept

= 46






Sex chakra /Sacred chakra


NYMPHOMANIAC (vol 1)

by Lars von Trier
Denmark /UK 2013


most memorable role : YOUNG JOE (by Stacy Martin)


2 Characters
1 Scenery
6 Camerawork

3 Thrill
4 Conflict
4 Humour

5 Psychology
5 Philosophy
3 Fantasy

4 Composition
3 Music
2 Concept

= 42






Root chakra


HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON part 2

by Dean DeBlois
USA /Canada 2014


most memorable role : TOOTHLESS


3 Characters
6 Scenery
5 Camerawork

2 Thrill
2 Conflict
4 Humour

4 Psychology
2 Philosophy
2 Fantasy

3 Composition
1 Music
3 Concept

= 37






I now again give stars from 1 to 7
where 3 is good and total possible 7 x 12 = 84 never exist(?)





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Reversed Chariot II

loosely based on Dai Dai shogi





Do we roll closer??


as death travels sep'rate roads


to this heart of life!!



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