Innocents

Moby's album Innocents is lush and wonderful, and has a really nice flow to it.  The songs are like puzzle pieces:  perhaps unremarkable on their own, but they click together to make something bigger than themselves.

I like his liner notes to this album, too, even if his numbering is a bit off.  Below are a few excerpts:

7.
like:life is short and difficult: don't waste your time making a short and difficult life even shorter and more difficult. (see '27').

27.
going back to '8'. what i mean is:  lots of things make our short and hard lives even shorter and harder. like: eating unhealthy food, smoking, arguing, sitting too much, self criticism, criticism of others, entitlement, bitterness, cynicism, isolation, regret. so why not make an effort to not indulge in those things? easier said than done, but isn't it worth the effort? i mean, how many people towards the end of their lives have wished they'd smoked more and eaten crappier food and spent more time being isolated and bitter? very few, i'm guessing.

28.
some things that, personally, make my life better: dogs, music, swimming, eating well, getting enough sleep, reading good books, listening to led zepplin, listening to debussy, listening to donna summer, listening to bad brains, drinking white tea, hanging out with people i really like, watching little kids dance at weddings, looking at bacteria and paramecium under a microscope, reading about science, disco dancing, trying to be helpful, watching 30 rock, and etc etc. what's on your list? maybe write it down and keep it on hand, just as a reminder. you can always add more to it.