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Oh I know what you're thinking: Here's miserable ol' Gary again, doing another show rife with negativity, the emptiness, the void, angst, suicide, purgatory, Donald Trump presidency. Nothing could be farther from the truth!
Except, of course, I am mostly miserable, & I'm quite a pessimist, & the glass isn't just half-empty with me, it's half-empty with poison. & perhaps that is reflected in the subject matter of the shows I do. But I submit that you are coming at this with your own preconceptions of the word "empty." What if I told you that some religious traditions value emptiness as a starting place for spiritual growth? Or that some people use "empty" as a metaphor for openness, curiosity, adventurousness? What would you say then, smarty-pants? Hanh? Hunh? Hanh?
Man, that was an easy straw man (or should I say straw person?) to knock down! I'm going to have more arguments with myself! But wait - if I argue with myself, doesn't half of me lose? Damn rhetoric! Damn it all to hell!
Despite my own internal issues, I will still do a show today with the theme "the empty show" from 4-6 pm on 88.1 fm in Lexington, & online at the same time (science!) at wrfl dot fm. I have lots of guests & lots of music so it will be an empty show full of songs & talk & maybe a few surprises, although, to be honest, it's mostly the same old thing.
& now I'm back to feeling a little empty. But I hope you'll listen!
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