Look within, you will see the imperfect in all of us

It doesn't take long to realise when you look deep within yourself you will see the imperfect in all of us. This can be looked upon not as a negative but as an opportunity to improve aspects of our lives that we want to change.

Without change there is no innovation, creativity or on incentive for improvement. I look on a regular basis what I can do differently and can realistically change about myself. Some of it I pull off, some of it I don't by a long shot. This doesn't deflect from my resolve to improve who I am or what I what to change.

In a visit today to a town called Lawrence in Kansas I came across an innocent looking wall, but when you look closer you will see some clues as to what it's built of. Lusco-VVV bricks are in the fabric of the wall... "1907 saw the birth of one of Wichita's oldest and most reputable brick & stone companies". Yes there it was in a brick, a clue as to the history in making of this town.



If you look closely you will also see clues in people in how they need to change. In many aspects their history or path in life has shaped who they are today.

My past came back to remind me today in a very simple way.....

Banana loaf, yes this was one of the 1st things I cooked almost 30 years ago. Today I had it in Milton's, Lawrence, Kansas. It made me realise the passing of time. When your travelling and working abroad it's the simplest things that make all the difference...Banana loaf did it for me today.



Lawrence is a University town, you can see & feel it, young dudes all over the place, and in a hippy kind of way. Art also has a presence, 2 examples to show you in photo's below, 1 piece of wall graffiti and the other an Andy Warhol in the Spencer Art Museum of Elizabeth Taylor.




If only Einstein could see how his name is being used today who'd have thought it would in the name of the honorary bagel. Well in Lawrence I came across a bagel shop bearing his name...E=MC2 has now been replaced by B=KI$$2....Bagel=Keep It $imple $tupid2....



Young dude students bring music to life in all genres, the photo below is an example of a music shop in Lawrence,some vinyl and all sorts media, The Love Garden. Without music there is no progression in a world of chaos, it's a real comfort to me on the road.



Look within, our history, hidden clues, the need to change, reinvention, the aesthetic of art, the calling of music all in some connected way can help shape who we are or want to be.

Have a top day.