A wise man once said, "Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans." If you ask this narrator, there are few truer statements in this world. It's easy to get distracted with these plans and forget about the important things in life. I often find myself tangled up and irritated with many things. I can safely assume I speak for both you and I when I say that we could use a gentle reminder now and again.
Luckily for us, I can say with confidence that I've found the remedy for our little plight- a mendicant named Grant D. Garrison. It is with this sentiment, a touch of charm, and a whole lot of heart that he writes these splendidly harmonic reminders.
"Ants" is the best example of this maxim. This number illustrates a universe with an infinitude of beauty, distance, and space. He reminds us that, "we're all just ants on an ant hill." All of our problems and sorrows are so small and are not to be fretted over too, too much when one realizes how small we are in said universe. "Just be the liver of life that doesn't care."
"Mr. Blue" is a solemn song about a man fed up and lost in his problems. With a gentle guitar and a gentler voice that he sings "This life is what you think of it, this life is what you regret no longer- So live it. Breathe and live it. But don't forget your passion, don't forget to never be afraid. Don't forget to be simple. Don't you –ever- fade." A soothing yet woeful number whose truth can and should ring loudly in all of our hearts.
"The Monkey" weaves a few tales of woe into a finely crafted lesson of learning when to let go of errant endeavors. Few ambitions are bad, but maybe some of the dreams we've chosen aren't the right ones, but even if this is the case, that's all right. We're never wrong in dreaming.
Hopefully, this narrator has done his job and painted you a picture worthy of the portrait Grant D. Garrison has painted in chords and harmonies for us. His work is a tapestry rich in color and intellect. I for one am glad to have stumbled upon these works. It's evident that if every one of us followed this advice, civilization would be as beautiful as the world and universe it inhabits.
by: Ian Sullivan
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