Culture is important. Motorcycling culture comes in many forms, of which film is one. We can’t always be on the Road, on an epic long motorcycle ride. Sometimes we can enjoy the mythology, or indeed be awed by it, instead of living or creating it. In my writings I often reference literary motorcycle fiction and non fiction. Now let’s talk about film.
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If you, like me, appreciate the work of Stephen R Covey, you at least occasionally “seek first to understand”. Some of you have been reading this blog since 2018, so you know that that is how I try to approach motorcycle touring: to move not only through space, but also through ideas, history, and occasionally philosophy, within my own limited capacity for understanding such complex concepts. I measure distances not only in miles, but also in meaning.
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A journey without music is no journey at all, as far as I’m concerned. There are many famous aphorisms about music, some so famous and true that they’ve become cliches. “If music be the food of love, play on”, wrote Shakespeare. Nietzsche went further: “Without music, life would be a mistake”. For me it was Dick Clark, US television’s equivalent of John Peel, who summed it up: “Music is the soundtrack of your life”. My journey would have far less meaning without it.
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