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Meshugge
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Meshugge Variants of MESHUGA: me·shuga or me·shug·ge also me·shug·ah or me·shug·gah No, I am not Jewish. I just happened across this word and was startled that there are so many ways to spell the same thing -- each pronounced exactly the same way. It's Yiddish for "crazy" and sometimes "foolish" -- two words that mean COMPLETELY different things to me, personally. But I digress, since I "get" the point of the definition. There's also a conjugation into a noun "meshuggener" - which of course is "a crazy or foolish person". Again -- two different people in my mind... Speaking of my mind, yes, that was what I was trying to explain. I don't know about you folks, but this time of year makes me a bit crazy. (not necessarily "foolish") There are people throughout my history that would tell you that I am a bit crazy ALL of the time -- and if that is the case (which I won't deny - kinda depends on your point of reference) -- it (my craziness) becomes exacerbated around this time of year. I like to watch films about crazy people. I read books about (and written by) crazy people. I listen to music composed by crazy people. And much of my favorite artwork was created by crazy people. Hollywood can certainly conjure a psychopath. I like to watch films that portray these kinds of people to kinda "keep me in check". I'm not talking about murderous characters, necessarily. But... you know... folks that are a little off-center (whatever that may be). Karl Childers, Randle McMurphy, Henry Chinaski, Zoe Reynard -- characters in that vein. After watching movies with those kinds of characters, I feel sorta "whew... at least my life isn't THAT fuqued-up" Right? Bernard "The Woodpecker", any character in a Bukowski novel or short story, Henry Miller... These people have me beat. No question. Syd Barret... 'nuff said. And the painters and sculptors... too many to list, I'm afraid. I tend to use these kinds of "benchmarks" to confirm to myself that, no, I am NOT too far gone. Do you ever wonder... if you were to be psychoanalyzed by a professional, where on the scale of "normal" you would fall? Do you think the results might be different if you were tested, say, on a sunny summer day or a snowy winter evening? Possible that the phase of the moon would affect your results? |
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11/26/2014 7:14 am |
Billy Bob Thornton played Karl Childers in Sling Blade, Jack Nicholson played Randle McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Mickey Rourke played Henry Chinaski in Barfly, Sharon Leal played Zoe Reynard in Addidcted. Bernard "The Woodpecker" was the "hero" in Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins, Charles Bukowski is one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century novel, Henry Miller carries that same distinction, even though the majority of his writing was done in France. Syd Barret was the lead singer, songwriter and founding member of Pink Floyd until he was institutionalized.
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