Greetings, friends. As a follower of Eckhart Tolle I would say the best cure for anxiety is present-moment awareness. This poem came to me in response to the coronavirus crisis. Take care, Tom x At this moment The sun burns bright A cloud glows white The air holds light A bird makes flight AtContinue reading “Finding Peace During this Crisis”
Tasting the fruit of Yoko Ono’s poetic wisdom.
The Museum of Liverpool recently hosted an exhibition called ‘Double Fantasy’ charting the very public relationship and life of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. In this already Beatles-saturated city it was hardly something to salivate over but as my mum was in town we paid a visit. As a loop of the piano introduction toContinue reading “Tasting the fruit of Yoko Ono’s poetic wisdom.”
2020 Vision
This will be the year I say goodbye to fear I live right now and here My vision true and clear I’ll let the drama go I’ll let the Dharma show Me how to let things flow And see my garden grow This will be the season Things happen for a reason Where conscious self-respectContinue reading “2020 Vision”
REM – Compassionate For the People
I have been checking out a lot of REM videos on youtube lately. A comment posted on one clip said that they were one of the most compassionate bands of their era, or any. This is a perceptive comment, a rarely appreciated quality and the secret of REM’s magic. In his songs and his image,Continue reading “REM – Compassionate For the People”
Permission to Live – a poem of positivity
Walking on Sunshine – why the heat makes us happy
by Tom George During the last two months the UK has seemed like a different place. With a prolonged heatwave unmatched since the summer of ’76, a feeling of meditteranean langour has settled over the… Source: Walking on Sunshine – why the heat makes us happy
Acoustic song ‘Gravity’
Here’s a clip of me playing the title track of my latest CD ‘Gravity’. I filmed this at home, might do a series called ‘songs from the sofa’. Btw if you like the song it’s available to buy at http://www.tomgeorge.bandcamp.com
New Buskers Initiative…
In addition to doing live gigs, I have been playing on the streets of towns and cities for years, and I have had some interesting experiences and opportunities come my way as a result. Recently I was approached to contribute a track to an album featuring music by some of the world’s finest buskers. TheContinue reading “New Buskers Initiative…”
New old song…!!
This is a pop/punk track that I’d completely forgotten about. I used to play it with a band called Mind of a Toy in about 2007..? It’s a decent recording and as I could use it on my upcoming album (might have to re-record the vocals though). I don’t play this kind of stuff muchContinue reading “New old song…!!”
Dreamcatching
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Yesterday I met someone in the Egg cafe to talk about my Dreamcatcher project. This is a series of interviews with folks about interesting, bizarre or memorable dreams they’ve had. I’m editing them into little films for the internet, with some of the dreams being visualised with dream sequences (obviously,…
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