This is a collection of articles I found interesting today. They’re related peripherally to the All the Hats We Wear approach to designing a life purpose - or they spark creativity for me.

1- Obit for James Lowe - member of the Electric Prunes! Love the name and their music is raw and alive - creative. Cool concept to play a religious mass as a 60s album.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/arts/music/james-lowe-dead.html?searchResultPosition=1

Mass in F Minor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QnZn0I602I&list=PLiN-7mukU_RHdI-aZ9RnXgc1u-EDBAjbQ

I Had too much to dream last night:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjaHU8iuhmI

2- Suddenly interested in Brian Wilson’s struggles and life story - and his genius at songwriting. Love the creative process of genius artists.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/13/arts/love-and-mercy-brian-wilson/?p1=BGSearch_Overlay_LatestStories

3- Importance of Pet Sounds album by The Beach Boys.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/arts/music/brian-wilson-pet-sounds.html?searchResultPosition=1

4- Protest songs!

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/07/opinion/trump-protest-songs/?p1=BGSearch_Advanced_Results

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/13/opinion/letters-to-the-editor-protest-songs/?p1=BGSearch_Advanced_Results

5- Book rec: Middle-aged woman’s divorce memoir