PRIVATE JOURNAL CHAPTERS
CHAPTER 9
The Road Goes Ever On
CHAPTER 9 - EXCERPT
After completing The Settlers’ massive procedural score (see chapter 21 of Making It HUGE In Video Games), I had nothing left to say musically. The well had gone utterly dry – parched and dusty, even splinteringly and irreparably dry. What else could I do but retire from composing? I hung up my baton and shelved whatever manuscript paper remained. Likely for the rest of my days.
Yes, I retired. But I did not die.
In retirement, my attention has been drawn towards a vast horizon of new and varied interests. There are endless curiosities to explore across the continents. Indeed, my once fertile imagination has been newly captivated, my spirit renewed. Today fascinates me, and who knows what tomorrow will bring?
In this final chapter, I shall briefly touch on three activities which have begun to blossom in the newly opened spaces of my life...
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CHAPTER 9 - PHOTO GALLERY
COMING SOON
CHAPTER 9 - EXCERPT
It is true. I have been bitten by the travel bug. It is not hard to understand why, when you consider the planet we live on.
There are no words sufficient, no satisfying adjectives or superlatives, no hyperbole of appropriate extreme which can adequately convey the grandeur, diversity, majesty, and brilliance of Mother Earth. Nature overflows with splendor and spectacle. Man-made wonders also abound!
I cannot recommend exploratory travel highly enough.
Traversing the planet will seduce you, enrich you, and educate you. It will humble and subdue you. It will elevate and thrill you. Unexpected adventures spring up around every corner…
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