The Book II
In the Catalogue of Life, when he opens the pages of Labour, a boy begins to understand the road to Love, as he follows the handwriting of a Worldly Man.
[ Money's Soul ].
By flipping the pages of Fortune 500®, it's not impossible for the boy to have had an acquaintance with a rich Man, or an early education about Money.
It was his fathers' Dream.
But on the pages of Forbes AFRICA®, the boy quickly matures, as he discovers a Man's journey from rags to Riches. The Soul is in many pages made of Letters, but all the way coated with lots of Money.
[ Man of Letters ].
° He once was A Boy,
° And he lived Next Door.
° A Man of Letters Grows Up.
At some point, every boy becomes a Man of Vocation. Perhaps at the crossroads of Culture, he may choose to be a Man of Vocabulary.
A Man of vocation trades, but a Man of vocabulary trades in Story.
If the hand of the former is perturbed by the Gross Summation of Currency, and his mind circumscribed by All Things Money Can Buy ;
the latter is fascinated by All instruments of Exchange, and contemplative of the Soul of Trade.
But the currency of a Man of Vocabulary is enlarged, by the way his letters create a Storyline, whilst their soundbite makes a Melody.
It's not a day's narrative, any Walk of Life.
But for a Man of Letters or a Man of Money, our Souls' primal attachment to his Vocation, is the quality of his CONTENT.
For Forbes AFRICA®, Storytelling is an ART ; the medium of exchange in such a world of conversation, turns out to be MONEY'S SOUL.
° Do the Story,
° Do the Math.
[ Creative Economy ].
For Forbes AFRICA®, ART is a Soul Train :
° Letters, are in the Soul,
° Money, is in the Soul,
° Music, is in the Soul.
The Pen Hu$tler is the real Cypher.
He knows where the letters of the alphabet should meet with commerce ; the pen has a mannerism that makes big money come cheap.
He makes Words, to remain afloat, in the Soul of Man.
He walks as the ultimate Servicer of Art, and his Music hits you in the midgut, like the sweet melody that's piped from a Flute.
"Do The Right Thing".
His writing earns for the Pen, its next ink ; earns for the Art, its marketplace ; and earns for the Artist, the Soul of Commerce.
"Keep It Real".
His Pen is a focused Stylus. His Manuscript stares at everyone, from the screen of a Smart phone.
"Teach The Next Generation".
Artificial Intelligence ( Ai ) may be the next level, but the Robot does not possess its own Reason, or its own Value.
Forbes AFRICA® is Online, waiting for the Soul of Trade.
"Life's the same drama", echoes Tupac. Forbes AFRICA® is only "looking for the big boys breaking all the rules".
A Pen may finally play the same notes as a Flute, whilst the Pen Hu$tler breaks a new record on the Soul Train.
The Music will echo Online, "Poetry In The Sky".
° Save the Story,
° Do the Math.
[ To Be Continued ].
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Tuesday, 13 February 2018
GUITAR BOY : Highlife Or SOUL...Mermaid Or MUSIC ?
Monday, 12 February 2018
GUITAR BOY : Highlife Or SOUL...Mermaid Or MUSIC ?
The Book
Once upon a time, the Soul belonged to a "Universe".
A Man was born free, but only as an apprentice of Nature. For the God of Nature also gave him a "Mind".
The Mind had a unique characterization. It made a Man separate himself from other men, but only in obedience to the same Laws.
For the God of Nature also gave him the prerogative of a "Thinker".
But this is not the end of the Story.
A Man is a Spirit with a breath, and his f-e-e-l-i-n-g is more than one acre long ; longer than the breadth of All Land.
This feeling is the beginning of All Measure.
A Man is at once the Silence of the Earth, the Genesis of All Things, and the Soul of All Melody...
Out of an old portfolio, an old man eked out a lonesome sheet of Paper.
Upon its worn face was a stately handwriting, in fact an ageless slogan that brought him fond memories of King Solomon, "I Still Learn".
In the midst of old ruins, he made way for his Pen, and scribbled his testimony with a longhand, upon a lustrous piece of Copper.
By such deliberate imprint, a Man created for his City, an object of distinct Value ; a solid coin that had the "Soul of a Man".
But every paper note or metal coin, irrespective of city or country, bears the Soul of Exchange ; and therefore the "Soul of Trade".
Every note or coin is a Signature of Work : the head-thinking of a Man, the hand-writing of a Man ; and most importantly, the Soul of a Man.
Perhaps copper coins can gauge the hours of Trade. Perhaps paper notes can determine the value of a Man's Soul.
It's with the Soul, that all and sundry Men, do crave an Exchange.
"I Yet Go To School That I May Continue To Learn", proclaimed Michelangelo, the famous painter of the Sistine Chapel.
The World is the other University, and a Man has the Mind of Learning.
There's someone looking again, with a bull's eye focus, whilst God is smiling at the face of the Mona Lisa.
The World is also a Workplace, where words or acts fixate a worthy clientele, and pave a Smart Network towards a Man's Fortune.
Many a time when compensation arrives, it does not take the shape of a small man, but comes in the size of big Money.
[ Money's Soul ].
The Soul thrives, not only as it engages in Service ; but the longer a Man imitates the Handwriting of his Maker.
Once again, in the midst of old ruins, a Man relocates his Pen. He writes on a sheet of Paper :
"In God We Trust".
But to showcase the utmost originality in the world or workplace, a Man's Soul must bear the basic elements of Nativity ( Christ ).
In fact, God must open the gates of Heaven.
And with the help of angels who have mastered the organic instrument of Music, a Man can attempt to unify All Things, and bring the soul All Melody.
[ Music of Love ].
See, the Flute has its own Sound. But the Pen is a bona fide Player.
If the Mind of the writer is enormous, if the Soul is preternaturally endowed with charity, then his f-e-e-l-i-n-g will rise to the occasion of any instrument, and his pen would match the sophistication of any Sound of Music.
"And Who Would THINK In Elementary ?" ( Tupac Shakur )
[ To Be Continued ]
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Sunday, 11 February 2018
GUITAR BOY : Highlife Or SOUL...Mermaid Or MUSIC ?
The ProBook
1) The "GIFT" of GOD.
It does magic in the world, by opening Your Eyes, and changing the way You See : THINGS.
One upon One, is a Rule. Soul to Soul, is the Relationship. I guess You wanna Say : FOREVER.
Immortalize...
Steve Jobs had magic in his Eyes, the way he looked at Apple®, and set about changing the locus of PC Technology - to MUSIC.
IPod transformed the world into a Bard, the music held a certain magic inside a box; the mind of the thinker had no limits, it lived out-of-the-box.
Lyricize...
"And Who Would THINK In Elementary?" ( Tupac Shakur )
2) The "IGNORANCE" of MAN.
The "Wall of Berlin" was an artifice, erected by Man. It was clearly defined, a physical divide.
But existing between two adjacent peoples, it created two major ideological planes, in the head.
When it fell, the men on the Eastside and the Westside of Germany could finally See : eyeball to eyeball, and give one another a handshake.
Or a bear hug.
But the "Wall of Difference" between a Worker and a Hustler, is not to be measured by a handshake or a hug; it's to be figured out, in the head.
From the houses, to the shopping malls. From the night clubs, to the movie theatres. From the car parks, to the amusement parks.
There's a Silent Power.
The power is neither in a place, nor in a thing. Perhaps it's in a handshake, or in a bear hug.
The Prerogative of One.
One upon One, is a Rule. Soul to Soul, is the Relationship. I guess you're Ready, it's time to listen to your own Music.
3) The "WORK ETHIC" of CULTURE.
The Story of Culture, is a magic that encapsulates places, and encircles things ; that emphasizes Ideas and ennobles a Man.
But culture unites a people, and the idea of crossing cultural barriers creates a disruption of the mainstream, and polarizes a Man.
Nowadays, out of the abundance of conversation in Western places, has emerged a split head, torn by a schizophrenic Culture. There're all manners of "Wall".
There's a crack in the Soul of Society.
A wall exists between the Idealist and the Materialist, between the Scientist and the Artist.
A wall exists between the Humanist and the Politician, between the Male and the Female.
There's a fracture in the Rules and the Roles.
But this phenomenon is never too tempting, EXCEPT when a schism undermines the Scripture, and the consequence is a Challenge :
on the Home front.
Nowadays, between the male Chauvinist and the female Feminist, a Challenge also subsists underneath the cloak of Gender Rights :
in the Work place.
But the crackpot is stale, and the dope fiend lives in the Street. The winecracker belongs to the Alcoholic Anonymous, because he's lost his Baptismal Name.
The Amazons are females, coming into the home as CEOs. They're torn between their sex roles in the Office, and the gender rules at Home.
LGBT is neither a matter of hormonal imbalance, nor a consequence of religious indoctrination. These are the sex freaks.
The gender question is a marker of the human sexual revolution, with a subtle disruption of the Creative Space.
The new power is based on a personal dynamic, and fares beyond the Costumer's Place.
It's called Unisex.
Once a fashion label, and a gender attitude, it has now evolved into a positive power; a shift in the paradigm of Culture ; from "Sex" to "Content".
It's called Creative Space.
The "Worker" is a 9-5 type, somewhat of a stuffed shirt; you know him, the nose-to-the-grindstone kind of fellow.
He's the file-on-the-desk head, the factory or assembly line hand, the face of the conventional Workplace.
He fits snugly into the restricted "Context" of an office wall, but not necessarily into the free "Content" space.
His purview seems to circumscribe his effort and limit his potential to a physical place.
But the Hustler is a 24-7 baller, non-descript in costume, new breed, out-of-the-box thinker, looking-out-of-the-window, for the Next Level.
Welcome to the face of Opportunity.
He endorses a Spirit : curiosity, initiative, drive, dynamism, and inventiveness.
He encourages a Knowledge Paraphernalia : learning, working, and Entrepreneurship.
A Hustler's head exists in the mental plane, where he leverages on the power of an Ecosystem.
He broadens the outlook and promise of Work - especially in the Age of Digital Economy.
Nowadays, the Worker may exit his usual "9-5", and move outside the office wall, into the world of the Hustler ; to make up the "24-7".
But in the frenzy of the Dot.com Hustle, there're also Gigs.
A Hustler wears his heart on his sleeve. He may chew the bubble gum, whilst he's on the hustle. He's developed thick skin to suit the environs, as a natural "Storyteller".
Do the Math.
He's been waiting to hear Music. He's been waiting to hear melody, from the mental notebook of "A Game Changer".
A Hustler is the bridegroom of the Smart City; he likes to feast his eyes on the giant wedding cake.
Of course, when the bride is smiling.
The Hustler's mood is subject to change, like matter; but his mind is ever focused on the prize.
He's always ready to "Connect the Dots".
The Real Hu$tle is to do your Work Smart, and Walk Earth-Free, waiting only for a divine Caller Tune.
There's no limit to Destiny's Pay Roll.
Out of Revelation, a Man shall Emerge. From the nooks and crannies of the World. With a Right of Reason, and a Rebirth of Spirit.
The Real Hu$tle belongs to the "Sons of God".
"But it is written, Eye has not seen, nor Ear heard, nor has entered into the Heart of Man - the Things which God has prepared for those who Love Him". ( 1 Corinthians 2 : 9 NKJV )
4) The "TRADEMARK ®" of STORY.
"I will open my mouth in Parables,
I will utter things kept Secret;
From the foundation of the World". ( Matthew 13 : 35 )
The World is a p-l-a-c-e of transaction, or Exchange.
The Mystery of c-o-n-t-a-c-t makes it God's Place.
The Conversation of f-r-i-e-n-d-s-h-i-p renders it a Man's place.
° He may be born in a Locality.
° He has a Soul that's equipped like a Multinational.
It's a Man's place to tell A STORY : Soul - to - Soul.
° Guitar Boy
° Joromi
° Ekassa
° Kirikisi
° Igboroho
° Idogo
° Egbe Natete
° Edenederio
° Obodo Eyo
° Agho
° Iye Iye Oh
° Atete
° Ebibi
° Osalobua Rekpema
This is to celebrate Sir Victor Uwaifo, a multi-talented instrumentalist, a versatile player of the Flute, the electric Piano, the Saxophone, and the Guitar.
"Guitar Boy".
He is a World-Class Musical Legend, a UNESCO Human Living Treasure Award Winner, 2017.
He's a Member of the Order of the Niger ( MON ).
[ To Be Continued ]
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