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Hello….how are you? Have you been alright?

2017-05-26
By: Jason Becerra
On: May 26, 2017
In: Musings

Wow…what a few months. If it seems like I’ve been away or like things have been quiet it’s because things have been more than a little busy…tumultuous even. Quick rundown: I had a brief health scare that turned out to be nothing I can’t manage, nothing tooo serious. I quit smoking, and I hurt my back (again). I’ve been drowning in school work, but the end is in sight to the point that I was able to take part in commencement. I even got to visit New Hampshire to visit the university campus. It was awesome! I have to say, the Irish pub there inRead More →

More thoughts on Prince

2016-05-12
By: Jason Becerra
On: May 12, 2016
In: Musings
With: 0 Comments

It’s been a few weeks now. Honestly, I’m still sad. I keep thinking about this man, in pain, suffering from a massive addiction, alone in an elevator clutching a pill jar and dropping dead. It’s tragic…regardless of who it is. No one should die like that…in such painful solitude….and not just the solitude of physically being alone in an elevator or room but the emotional and psychological isolation that chronic pain and addiction so often bring. While the news cycle has pretty much moved on, there is still a regular trickle of headlines…the inmate claiming Prince was his dad, the strange details of the doctorRead More →

Prince

2016-04-23
By: Jason Becerra
On: April 23, 2016
In: Musings
With: 1 Comment

My life is pretty much defined by a lyric I wrote a few years back: “dualities struggled with, high wires tiptoed across.” I’ve always struggled to reconcile opposing instincts, conflicting desires, and diverging impulses. No matter the topic; sex, drugs, politics, faith, family, career, music I always find myself in the same place. Prince was different. Prince saw no such conflict. He lived at the crossroads between sin and faith, lust and love, sex and god, funk and soul, rock and roll….and the only struggle he seemed to endure was how far to go down each road at the same time while having the timeRead More →

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