THE STREAM (pay no attention to the screaming man behind the screen)

What does love look like? Well, there are as many answers to that question as there are blades of grass on a footy oval but let’s look at one answer that I found while watching Marco Polo a stunning Netflix series. Our two lovers in this example are the characters Lotus ( Michele Yeoh ) and One Hundred eyes        ( Tom Wu ) the scene I’d like to draw your attention to is a unique and poignant one. One Hundred eyes who is blind but in the tradition of the Martial Arts genre shows few, if any signs of blindness, able to move about, fight with unmatchable prowess, and perceive that which the eyes almost always miss. Through selfless and selfish acts on both their parts, these two lovers are separated, though the love between them only grows stronger. Suddenly their obits realign and Lotus finds One Hundred Eyes, the lover she thought was lost to her,  working out in his Dojo. Lotus watches from the shadows, being careful not to make a sound. As...

Recent events have made me reflect on the nature of things...  At this moment I am thinking about Cool and Swagger!  With the passing of Lonnie  Mack, Prince, David Bowie and George Martin you may believe that the world is now in deficit of both but fear not Cool and Swagger are safe and sound! Now if you know me you know I'm one cool doofus (maybe more doofus)  but cool doesn't happen in a vacuum it's gotta come from somewhere!  So let me tell you a bit about my personal idol of Cool and Swagger!   My brother John Bagley!  Back in the day that was one tall dark and handsome sharp dressing SOB!   While I was learning how to deal with the freak flag that was sticking out the middle of my forehead there was my brother making "cool" his bitch!  I was bound to lean something!  By example, I got the idea of what dress sense and Swagger is and how I could apply it to my slightly less formidable physicality. Case and po...