Thought Octopus, by Wings Of An Angel

Thought Octopus

by Wings Of An Angel

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Steve Vance "Arrival to Nana Land" is so good it could be a lost Chopin masterpiece. He then reveals more of his unpretentious versatility with other tight, emotionally logical versions of other musical insights.

Karloff Your mix of jazz & classical is an audio segue that I don't think I have heard before. I hope you visit this muse again. White Stain is now my favorite WOAA song! PS - Thanks for sharing the story of Octavius & Bertram. 🤘😎🤘 Favorite track: White Stain.

mario1984 A beautiful touching piano album from a musician whose imagination has no boundaries. Favorite track: The Barely Seen Tears Of The Moon.

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1.	White Stain 04:21	buy track
2.	Arrival To Nana Land 04:21	buy track
3.	The Barely Seen Tears Of The Moon 04:21	buy track
4.	Addis Ababa (free) 04:14	download
5.	Beyond The Bond We Share 04:21	buy track
6.	Reliance On Symbiosis 04:21	buy track
7.	Find Solace In My Lonely Heart 04:19	buy track

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Bertram, the brine shrimp, wasn't known for his ambition. Content with his plankton buffet and the occasional brush with a passing current, he led a life of delightful mediocrity. Until, one fateful day, a colossal shadow blotted out his sunbeam.

It was Octavius, the Thought Octopus. Not your average eight-limbed cephalopod, Octavius sported a bulbous head that pulsed with an unsettling luminescence. Legends whispered he housed an entire ocean of stolen thoughts within.

Bertram, paralyzed by a mix of terror and morbid curiosity, watched as Octavius lowered a single, shimmering tentacle. A tendril of pink, pulsating light snaked down, wrapping around Bertram. He felt a jolt, a mental itch as his most cherished daydream - a daring escape to a coral reef teeming with exotic plankton - was ripped away.

Suddenly, a spectacular montage of images flooded Bertram's mind: a forgotten recipe for squid ink bouillabaisse, the philosophical musings of a hermit crab, a particularly catchy sea shanty sung by a pod of narwhals. The stolen thoughts swirled in his mind as though watching a film in the Cinematheque.

Overwhelmed, Bertram let out a primal shriek (a rather impressive feat for a brine shrimp). Octavius recoiled, surprised by the sheer volume of the thought-shrimp's internal monologue. He'd been expecting a simple plankton fantasy, not a full-blown crustacean operetta.

This unexpected feedback loop sparked a strange connection. Octavius, forever burdened by the Katzenjammer of stolen thoughts, found a strange solace in Bertram's unfiltered, shrimpy stream of consciousness. Bertram, in turn, discovered a universe of wonder within the stolen knowledge the octopus held within.

Their unlikely partnership blossomed. Bertram, now a self-proclaimed "thought curator", helped Octavius sift through the mental clutter, organizing the stolen ideas into a coherent whole. Octavius, in return, shared snippets of stolen wisdom, turning Bertram into the most philosophical brine shrimp the ocean had ever seen.

Together, they became a legend. Octavius, the Thought Octopus, no longer a monstrous thief, but a redistributor of knowledge. Bertram, the brine shrimp sage, dispensed wisdom gleaned from stolen lobster sonnets and pirate shanties.

Their fame, however, attracted unwanted attention. Captain Barth "Barnaclebeard" Bilgewater, a notorious pirate with a lifelong penchant for the peculiar, caught wind of the Thought Octopus. Bilgewater, tired of relying solely on musty treasure maps and drunken brawls for navigation, saw in Octavius the key to ultimate nautical knowledge.

He set sail on his ramshackle ship, the "Rusty Barnacle," determined to capture the "Thought-Stealin' Scallywag." Bertram, ever the planner (thanks to a stolen treatise on naval tactics), devised a cunning defense. They lured Bilgewater's ship into a maze of jellyfish, creating a mesmerizing light show that scrambled the crew's senses.

Meanwhile, Octavius, with Bertram's frantic mental coaching ("Think like a pirate, think like a pirate!"), projected Bilgewater's deepest fear – a monstrous Kraken with an unending appreciation for polka music. The fear, amplified by Octavius' mental prowess, sent the pirate crew fleeing in terror, Bilgewater himself clinging to the mast, humming a shaky sea shanty.

Victorious but exhausted, Octavius and Bertram retreated to their hidden coral grotto. However, the encounter left them with a philosophical dilemma. Stealing thoughts, even with good intentions, felt wrong. Octavius, burdened by guilt, dipped his tentacles into a glowing pool of algae. The concoction, a recipe gleaned from a stolen fish-mage's grimoire, promised the ability to "plant" thoughts.

With Bertram's help, Octavius began to "seed" the minds of willing creatures. He planted the forgotten recipe for squid ink bouillabaisse in the head of a grumpy hermit crab, leading to a surprisingly delicious community potluck. He gifted the Buddha-like crab with a stolen philosophical treatise on the meaning of life (written by a particularly deep-sea dwelling oyster).

The ocean blossomed with newfound creativity. Even Bilgewater, after a particularly potent dose of "sea chantey appreciation," started composing surprisingly catchy (if slightly terrifying) pirate ballads.

Octavius, the Thought Octopus, became a legend of a different kind – not a stealer, but a planter of ideas, and Bertram, the brine shrimp sage, remained his ever-enthusiastic curator, forever on the lookout for the next thought-worthy adventure.

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My own identity feels like a construct, a collection of roles and personas worn like so many masks. Who am I, really?

Perhaps in the end, we are all just characters in someone else's novel, puppets dancing on strings we cannot see. ... more

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