"This is the day of the expanding man"
Ever use Pandora like a tarot deck? Just pop it on and see what comes up, with the intention that whatever song DOES come up has a message for you? You can do it with the radio, too, or your shuffle, but I chose Pandora since I'm here at my laptop working away on my website. So up pops this, one of my most favorite songs from one of my most favorite bands. And it was THE perfect song for me at this juncture in my life:
Deacon Blues: - Steeley Dan
That shape is my shade, there where I used to stand
It seems like only yesterday I gazed through the glass
At ramblers, wild gamblers
That's all in the past
You call me a fool, you say it's a crazy scheme
This one's for real, I already bought the dream
So useless to ask me why, throw a kiss and say goodbye
I'll make it this time
I'm ready to cross that fine line
Learn to work the saxophone
I play just what I feel
Drink Scotch whisky all night long
And die behind the wheel
They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues
My back to the wall, a victim of laughing chance
This is, for me, the essence of true romance
Sharing the things we know and love with those of my kind
Libations, sensations
That stagger the mind
I crawl like a viper through these suburban streets
Make love to these women, languid and bittersweet
I'll rise when the sun goes down, cover every game in town
A world of my own
I'll make it my home sweet home
Learn to work the saxophone
I play just what I feel
Drink Scotch whisky all night long
And die behind the wheel
They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues
This is the night of the expanding man
I take one last drag as I approach the stand
I cried when I wrote this song, sue me if I play too long
This brother is free
I'll be what I want to be
I'll learn to work the saxophone
I play just what I feel
Drink Scotch whisky all night long
And die behind the wheel
They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues
Okay, firsties - no, I'm not planning on drowning my sorrows in a bottle of Jack Daniels and go joyriding, so don't go calling my hubby in a state of alarm and Message me with, "Pam, you okay???" I'm absolutely fine. But I am at a jumping off point for something very new and exciting. In essence, "this brother (sister) is free, I'll be what I want to be"
It's been a long time coming, but here it is, part out of necessity, part due to a jubilant spark.
Observe the Fool card above. Little lady is walking right off that roof, but as happy as can be, replete with her shiny pocket book and necessities (we all need our fancy toiletries). Like Deacon Blues and like Madge (because I shall hitherto refer to her as Madge) in the card, I'm taking a leap, moving into the new. A little scary, a lot exciting.
Folks, voice-over work alone no longer brings in enough mooolah to sustain. The business has become an icy shadow of its former self. I have amazing skillz, folks, honed over 31 years in the biz, but I refuse to play the new game that new technology has thrown in our laps. I will ALWAYS be a voice talent (so, agents and clients, you keep hiring me cuz I'm still very available), but it's time to climb up on the roof of that mid-century house and expand into the ether of Creativity and Spirituality Coaching, a world I'm very well-versed in, but need to bring on full force. And let us not forget my work with the Tarot. Because Madge will NOT let me forget.
So kids, take a look at the tabs on this website. Explore. Learn. And contact me when you're ready to be like Madge.
