Rick's Blog

Being a huge Genesis fan, I am obviously a fan of Peter Gabriel. I'm not crazy about his music since he left Genesis, but he is hands down one of the greatest lyricists in the history of rock'n'roll. In fact, one of his Genesis songs "The Cinema Show" was included in a college-level text book on modern poetry as THE song representative of the entire rock'n'roll genre, but I digress... "Solsbury Hill" is sheer genius and has always been one of my favorite songs of his, but only recently have I understood the deeper meaning of the lyrics. I won't take up space with the lyrics, but you can follow along here . This is my interpretation of the song: First verse: in a moment of clarity, he is rescued from his own life. Second verse: he decides to turn within to rebuild himself, silently, lest anyone consider him a nutjob for thinking that he actually has the power to fix himself, because in the eyes of others, that would require Jesus-like ab...

I am of the belief that what problems we suffer through in life effect us only as much as we allow them to.  The Christians depicted demons for centuries as vicious carnivores filled with evil.  I don't believe in demons like that, but I believe that the fear the imagery inflicts on us is the result of something real.  The true demon is the tendency within ourselves to submit our own will to depressive and self-degrading thoughts, as if to cower before them like they were giant red creatures with horns and pitchforks.  The truth is because you are alive and sentient, you have the ability to do whatever you choose to do, and no demon has any power over you.  The day a person stands up to that fear inside of them that tells them they are unable to overcome Problem X (weight, job, relationship, etc) is the day that person claims their God-given ability to control their own destiny and to cast out that demon.  If you are unhappy with your appearan...