Hello. Geoffrey here, and I am currently...
...unbelievable as it may sound, drawing inspiration from human events and stories springing forth from the COVID-19 pandemic.
...busy around the house making music, meals, or muscles. (I have, admittedly, arrived embarrassingly late to the routine exercise party but I am now here and—since circa Sep. '17—have been having a fucking blast with daily workouts.)
...still ashamed at just how easy and unhindered voting in my precinct has been for me. Every person should enjoy the hassle-free voting experiences that my neighbors and I have enjoyed for years (this being just one example).
Moniker and man
[MONIKER] A silhouette reminiscent of SHAW's unreasonable man admiring the acerbic wit of TWAIN, an anthropomorphized I-IV-V (rock 'n' roll) barre chord progression: simple and imperfect.
[MAN] Writer. Fighter. Candlelighter. A curious observer, a guitarist, an honest analytic, an average kayaker but a n00b sailor. A passionate explorer of life that paid his own way through university, graduated with honors, and began his career as a Certified Public Accountant, performing the rare accomplishment of passing all four parts of the exam on the initial sitting; he loves the irony given that he does not practice any longer and he calls himself a Recovering Accountant. While participating as a member in the proverbial alphabet soup gang he worked his ass off in order to pursue youthful dreams and fulfill a promise. And now he still works his ass off, writing and publishing under pseudonyms and volunteering for the grassroots children's literacy outreach charity he co-founded with his wife, and for other organizations too. His style of guitar playing is aptly described as Dr. Frankenstein-esque: he mulls about his basement laboratory composing rock guitar instrumentals that occasionally come to life and wreak (beautiful, meaningful) havoc. He enjoys dabbling in the culinary arts, and he'd love to be able to call himself a sailor while keeping a straight face. He's committed to lifelong learning and possesses an uncanny ability, willingness, and stamina to linger in museums and art galleries for extended periods of time: so long, in fact, he has been escorted off premises by security personnel for lingering beyond closing time. And, like the moniker, simple and imperfect.
[MAN] Writer. Fighter. Candlelighter. A curious observer, a guitarist, an honest analytic, an average kayaker but a n00b sailor. A passionate explorer of life that paid his own way through university, graduated with honors, and began his career as a Certified Public Accountant, performing the rare accomplishment of passing all four parts of the exam on the initial sitting; he loves the irony given that he does not practice any longer and he calls himself a Recovering Accountant. While participating as a member in the proverbial alphabet soup gang he worked his ass off in order to pursue youthful dreams and fulfill a promise. And now he still works his ass off, writing and publishing under pseudonyms and volunteering for the grassroots children's literacy outreach charity he co-founded with his wife, and for other organizations too. His style of guitar playing is aptly described as Dr. Frankenstein-esque: he mulls about his basement laboratory composing rock guitar instrumentals that occasionally come to life and wreak (beautiful, meaningful) havoc. He enjoys dabbling in the culinary arts, and he'd love to be able to call himself a sailor while keeping a straight face. He's committed to lifelong learning and possesses an uncanny ability, willingness, and stamina to linger in museums and art galleries for extended periods of time: so long, in fact, he has been escorted off premises by security personnel for lingering beyond closing time. And, like the moniker, simple and imperfect.
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I believe there's a subtle but important difference between pretending and make believe. I love being creative and engaging in make believe. I do not, however, pretend!
Dedication: For my wife, these and all things
"particles on a piano"by Geoffrey Allison | SIXSTRINGcpa | Limp Dickinson. Copyright 2017.
Inspiration: "Together We Will Live Forever" by Clint Mansell dearest love,
i never mind that we are so small. do i ever tell you? of my wish for nothing, nothing but to do it all over again — to share it all over again — with you. two motes, each applauding the other's performance atop that black-lacquered stage. do i ever tell you? in that polished surface, how i search for reflection. and you are always there. the instrument grander still. you are never not beautiful. do i ever tell you? of my admiration, how your spirit resonates when hammers strike thunderous chords composed by unseen hands and melodic keys twist and turn. life unlocks surprises. and you are never not kind — never not brave. do i ever tell you? about the pulsing, the vibrations drawing us closer. how we resonate. remain bonded. move through crest and trough. until quiet returns. do i ever tell you? about my ancient memory, what i have always known: together we will live forever. and we have. |
"This is hunger. I am Hungary."a bear witness-style poem of words and photos.
by Geoffrey Allison | SIXSTRINGcpa. Copyright 2015. |
Some favorites that have shaped and guided me
BOOKS
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Cannery Row
- Slaughterhouse-Five
- Small Is Beautiful: A Study of Economics As If People Mattered
- This Side of Paradise
MUSIC
- Ace Frehley's "Fractured Mirror"
- Bach, Mozart & Beethoven
- Buckethead (especially the album COLMA and the songs "Disintegration Mirrors", "The Bellman", and "Passageway 5")
- "Cause" by Rodríguez
- Inspector Morse theme composed by Barrington Pheloung
- RUSH (entire oeuvre)
FILMS
- Dead Poets Society
- Little Big Man
- The Mosquito Coast
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- The Sunset Limited (likely not a Top 10 for me but its important and good — All those conjunctions and that missing apostrophe done in your honour Cormac)
QUOTES
- I can forgive Alfred Nobel for having invented dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize. --G.B. Shaw
- I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkey's. --Mark Twain
- Everyone appreciates the mountains but it takes someone with a soul to see the beauty of the plains. --trail sign, author unknown
