I’m sorry, I don’t believe in sentences.

February 23, 2025 by Mike Vitale in Tao Te Ching, Love, Life, Brain Droppings

I’d like to introduce you to a friend of mine, however, I can’t—for two-fold reason: he’s dead—and I never knew him in-person.

I found him on a book shelf in Portland on accident.

He is just my speed though, with titles to books, such as “What is the name of this book?” and “The Tao is Silent.”

His name is Raymond M. Smullyan. He strikes me as a ball of creativity, never destined to be at rest on a flat surface. He could tip the world even in his absence. A mind that’s always moving something, if not me and my sense of humor.

If that’s not magic, I don’t know what is. He could do that too: magic I mean. Illusions.

He was an advanced mathematician. Polyglot. Loved puzzles, to the point of being a Logician. And to boot, he was a musician.

He’s over my head. Sometimes he’s in my head, and I’m like “get out of my head” but without the quotation marks because that was in my head.

I’m trying to say that I like him and I’m happy he took the time to share his thoughts with others, such as myself. Maybe you might enjoy him too.

I leave you with his thoughts:

“I’m sorry, I don’t believe in sentences.”

And

“I have free will, but not of my own choice. I have never freely chosen to have free will. I have to have free will, whether I like it or not!”

WHO IS MIKE VITALE?

I am a storyteller, songwriter, singer, music producer, traveling musician, Jungian dream analyst, all-around curious fellow (Spiritual, Mathematical Historical, Scientific), Taoist, and much much more, based out of Los Angeles, California. I’m constantly releasing new music, in all sorts of different genres. You can listen to me below, on Spotify:

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This is what I learned about life from two separate encounters with a bee | INSIDE my HEAD

December 17, 2024 by Mike Vitale in Life, Stories, Love, Brain Droppings

This is what I learned about life from two separate encounters with a bee | INSIDE my HEAD

Today I was reminded of a story from 8 or 9 years ago. I had just got dumped. I was devastated. I wasn't initially. But, that's because I was in shock.

The aftermath... boy, was that complicated.

What is easier to discern, was that I was trying my very best to take all the hard knocks I was feeling, and to turn that into something positive: art.

I would write on the balcony a lot, in the morning as I drank coffee and smoked—and that's how I met the bees.

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This Picture Could Be a Motivational Poster in a Business Office

December 17, 2024 by Mike Vitale in Life, Photos, Brain Droppings

This picture could be a motivational poster in a business office.

Somethings about paths diverging around bends or some other horseshit.

What I really wanna talk about is boogers. Sometimes, after a cold, you get these little crusty things around the edge of the nostrils and it is oh so satisfying to pick those away.

Yeah.

There’s some shit around that bend. Don’t pick your nose, unless you want boogers on your phone.