John Albert Thomas Solo Piano

Friendship

Friendship is gradual nearness

Through Facebook updates and Twitter tweets

Through pen and paper and petite packages

Through intelligent interactions and acts of affection

Friendship is gradual nearness

Friend of man, friend of God

Friend of animal, friend of nature

Friend by choice, friend by accident

Friendship is gradual nearness

Distant but trusting

Failing but forgiving

Silent but knowing

Honest but loving

Friendship is gradual nearness

The King’s Daughter

On my third solo piano album, Zuzu’s Petals, there is a song called “The King’s Daughter”.  That song is actually the opening theme to a short novel I’ve written over the past ten years.   Take a listen!

The setting…Anglo-Saxon England.  I could tell you all about the romance, the adventure, the battle, the outbreak, the espionage, and the verdict, but that would spoil the fun.

The book itself is geared towards young adults.  It wrestles with some very controversial topics that may offend some people and excite others.  I’m sure you’re the latter!  ;)

It’s yours FREE when you purchase and download a copy of my solo piano album Zuzu’s Petals!

Get my FREE copy of “The King’s Daughter” by John Albert Thomas!

Life In HD

The other morning my son was watching a popular kids show in High Definition (HD), and the camera was zoomed in on the hostess. It seemed to me that she had not slept much the night before they taped the show because I could see bags under her eyes. HD certainly lets us see imperfections with greater clarity.

Like HDTV, social networks like Facebook and Twitter allow us to see imperfections and negative trends in others more clearly as well. It seems the more connected we are, the more transparent and honest we are forced to become.

My own small town of Arlington, TN, experienced this first hand over the past couple of weeks as Mayor Russell Wiseman’s conversation with Facebook “friends” hit the national news. I don’t have enough facts to make a fair judgment regarding the situation (nor do I care to), but my point is that there is a big [Remove] button next to our own posts for a good reason. I have clicked that button many times myself.

When we choose to live in HD, we place ourselves under a social microscope where we are held more accountable to the truth. Our imperfections appear more frequently, but our sensitivity and attention to them lessens each time someone else’s jump to the forefront.

Pretty soon, we’ll realize just how imperfect we all are. Sadly, we may start to accept our own imperfection on that basis.