Anyone who has traveled to the American South knows that the pace is just a little slower, a little more … relaxed … than other places. Kinda like this …
The South most that I have visited is Atlanta and that too on business to visit a trade fair and to meet some business contacts. The pace was certainly slower than New York, but a great deal faster than India!
And to go back to those old days of summer and a contrasting style - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv4gYHlqTds
But, South or not, Atlanta is still urban. Spend some time in the countryside in the South. Of course, I imagine nothing is as slow as the pace of India.
Anyone but me see the irony in your choosing this great song by two black superstars to explain relaxation in the south?? Great choice - suddenly it is sticky, hot and the middle of summer - ice cold beer in hand. You know me - it's always beer:30 somewhere.
Absolutely. I was thinking of the irony when I posted it. Still, there is an underlying truth in what they are expressing, kind of a paradox. And the music is marvelous.
To be human in all cultures seems to me to have underlying irony and paradox. Those qualities inform me about life in a way hard to express, an undercurrent always there, a hint of a deeper truth just beyond grasp.
I grew up in Kansas and we weren't quite fish or fowl. We had a real mix of Southern and Northern characteristics and it even extended to our accents. The South produced a drawl, the North produced a more clipped, crisp pronounciation and the blend became a twang!
A beautiful choice. When I visited Disney World in Florida, after many trips to Disneyland here in California, I had the strangest desire to wind-up the Disney workers. I remember standing in line for popcorn and watching a guy move almost in slow motion to fill the bag.
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The South most that I have visited is Atlanta and that too on business to visit a trade fair and to meet some business contacts. The pace was certainly slower than New York, but a great deal faster than India!
ReplyDeleteAnd to go back to those old days of summer and a contrasting style - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv4gYHlqTds
Now I am feeling very laid back!
ReplyDelete@Rummuser
ReplyDeleteBut, South or not, Atlanta is still urban. Spend some time in the countryside in the South. Of course, I imagine nothing is as slow as the pace of India.
@Grannymar
ReplyDeleteI love that song, especially with Ella and Satchmo.
Anyone but me see the irony in your choosing this great song by two black superstars to explain relaxation in the south?? Great choice - suddenly it is sticky, hot and the middle of summer - ice cold beer in hand. You know me - it's always beer:30 somewhere.
ReplyDelete@shackman
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. I was thinking of the irony when I posted it. Still, there is an underlying truth in what they are expressing, kind of a paradox. And the music is marvelous.
To be human in all cultures seems to me to have underlying irony and paradox. Those qualities inform me about life in a way hard to express, an undercurrent always there, a hint of a deeper truth just beyond grasp.
LOVE that song! I grew up in Texas, but that's night exactly the right geographical location for that music, even though it's south. lol
ReplyDelete@Delirious
ReplyDeleteTexas is a different kind of South! Unique in so many ways. I ate a jalapeno down there once that wouldn't let me relax at all for awhile! :(
I live south of Atlanta in Central Florida. There is a lotta teasin' about me being a slow mover.
ReplyDeleteIt's okay, slow motion keeps me relaxed.
Blessings ~ Maxi
@Maxi
ReplyDeleteI grew up in Kansas and we weren't quite fish or fowl. We had a real mix of Southern and Northern characteristics and it even extended to our accents. The South produced a drawl, the North produced a more clipped, crisp pronounciation and the blend became a twang!
And, we tend to be midway speedwise, too.
A beautiful choice. When I visited Disney World in Florida, after many trips to Disneyland here in California, I had the strangest desire to wind-up the Disney workers. I remember standing in line for popcorn and watching a guy move almost in slow motion to fill the bag.
ReplyDelete@Maria
ReplyDeleteLOL I can just see it!