Designer and architect R Buckminster Fuller once said, “Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking…”
I’m almost afraid to write such influential presentations of gathered words. The power of computer pages, text messages and emails meeting the openness of ones set of eyes can often become a blurred vision of assumption which in part robs the instructor of his heart felt intension.
The maker of the book dubbed Tribes We Need You to Lead Us; Seth Gobin invites readers to stop managing and start leading. To a manager that might come across horribly offensive igniting a reason to shoot a quickly penned out reaction to Human Resources, “I think we have an unstable staff member.”
I constantly laugh at the number of people who fear Big Brother is watching when in reality it’s we who can’t stop locating the weaker points of coworker’s or family member’s.
Rollingstone Magazine recently went undercover in California to search out the elements of what could be a seriously out of control cult following; martial arts. “Not all but some schools break the barriers of everyday pressure and growth by becoming tremendous leaders in lives that might have become lost or required a partnership in building a stronger foundation to live by. Students who truly study the path of a martial artist show their respect by vowing to obey their Master, Sensei or Grandmaster and in doing so they sacrifice many of their belongings, time and energies required to create new ideas and or personal ambitions that might in fact make them an individual.
This isn't new...through Native American studies I learned the Chief and or nation leader was the most giving person; he vowed to give away everything to make his people stronger. Through his leadership they became a single unit of growth and achievement. Unlike the martial arts investigation it was never looked upon as being a cult. It was an incredible way of life.
Is it misunderstood circumstances based on spiritual beliefs and travels? There’s got to be rules and guidelines that investigators and law abiding citizens must follow. I did what most do, pulled out the ever trusty Google search engine and came up with too much information!
Broadcasting legend Larry King says, “I’ve never learned anything as long as I was talking.” A man who’s been paid handsomely to talk for nearly four decades confesses that talking less is more. Might this be the reason why The Beatles continue to sell millions of compact discs forty six years after their introduction? How can you ever say too much in a two minute song?
In trying to discover where music comes from I set out on a journey in May of 2009 that’s taken me from chicken scratch lyrics to hardcore extremely talented yet undiscovered musicians, into the constant blaze and hum of a recording studio that patiently waits for art to be given sound. After the first song was laid out, I quickly wrote to music producer/songwriter Alan complaining about how I wanted more guitars and a solo that rocked to which he replied, “My goals are to influence listeners to do something they stopped performing years ago…reach for the repeat button.”
If what R Buckminster Fuller proves to be correct, “Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking…” Where within the thinly cut pages of the books we mentally write does your history begin?
Like Larry King…I’ll shut up and listen…Paducah you're on the air!
arroecollins@clearchannel.com
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