Ten years ago I was writing several blogs on various subjects - F1 motor racing, Music, Classic Cars, Great Romances and, most crushingly, a personal journal that included my thoughts on America, memories of England and Africa, opinion, humour, writing and anything else that occurred. It all became too much (I was attempting to update the journal every day) and I collapsed, exhausted and thoroughly disillusioned in the end.
So this blog is indeed a Toe in the Water, a place to document my thoughts in and on WdC but with a determination not to get sucked into the blog whirlpool ever again. Here's hoping.
I was going to just comment that because it's such a common name that I know many people with that surname. But then I realized why it's Anderson and honestly, I think it's because they thought Adamson would be too on the nose, too obvious. Anders is another version of Andrew, which means "manly" . Neo Anderson is supposed to mean "new son of man". I just gave myself a dope slap. It was always obvious that Neo was meant to be a messianic figure, but I never thought about his name at all.
Good point, when I was a freshman in college I had an introductory Algebra course taught by a teacher we called Mr. Anderson. My friend found me in the library and asked me who taught my math class. I told her and she did the Agent Smith thing. I was so confused because I'd not seen the Matrix by that point.
Just stumbled upon a recent video of Paul Simon being interviewed and found it most interesting. It seems heās losing his hearing and the thought resonated with me and my fear of losing my sight. It was a point of contact, perhaps.
But then he started talking about how the songs for his latest album came to him. And they came in a dream. Bingo, I thought, thatās exactly what happens to me sometimes. Once again, I was reminded that āyour old men will dream dreamsā Joel 2:28, Acts 2:17. That has become almost a motto of mine over the last few years. It seems itās true.
Anyway, Paul went on from there to thoughts of life, death and old age, all so familiar to me - although mine might be a bit more focused. Writers are so logical, you know. It was nice to hear that Iām not the only one experiencing old age in such a manner.
The video is below if youāre interested. Most of the stuff Iāve been talking about is in the first few minutes but youāll probably be caught and listen to the whole thing. Be warned.
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