The Natural Resound- Born Ear to Sound

  Many of us believe and follow a philosophy along a set of terms(whether Christian, Buddha, Hindu, or Islam) that if we share the truth through our honesty, we are objectively safer and doing better for our neighbor than had we lied to them.  When we are honest, however, we can be harsh or hyper-realistic and hurt the feelings of our friends or fellow humans.  Our honesty can even be biased with prejudice or feelings of racial superiority.  What then?  If someone told you to be honest, would you remain polite?  Or worse, come forward of any unlawful doings you were up to in the past.   In today's society, you are expected to uphold the truth to any authority, and anyone who has reached adulthood has hit a conundrum where they realize they must think for themself.  Or as I propose; they must be respectfully selfish.  Being selfish can feel good, and being honest can feel bad(more on that in a bit).  Then there is my psychologist, who tol...

American friends of mine have told me that they envy Canada for its Poets and songwriters.  These friends are within a couple years of my age, and I am turning 40 later this year.  But what does this mean to me, a Canadian, who remembers being told in school that Canada has internationally awarded poets; I never would have thought that Americans of my age group were learning a mirror version of our history?  They know about Margaret Atwood; though they thought Leonard Cohen was American.  I asked in turn, 'if Leonard Cohen is American, where is he from in America and why does he speak French?'.  The response that only made sense to reply by one was Louisiana. Though beyond Margaret Atwood, they couldn't name another, which made me doubt my supposed stance that Canadian Poetry has an international standard, as I as well, couldn't name another either.  I have read some Canadian Poets, but were any as great as Atwood?  At times, yes, some poets really sho...