Diary (May 18, 2020)

Online diary of Karl Jones for Monday May 18, 2020.

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Song of the Day for Howard Kranz

Fourteenth in a series of songs for Howard and me to cover, or be inspired by, or something.

A Small Package of Value Will Come to You, Shortly

After Bathing at Baxter's. Cover art by Ron Cobb.

"A Small Package of Value Will Come to You, Shortly" by Jefferson Airplane, from After Bathing at Baxter's (1967).

• A Small Package of Value Will Come to You, Shortly @ YouTube
• Jefferson Airplane
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I Ching

The I Ching reading for today's Song of the Day:

The present is embodied in Hexagram 62 - Hsiao Kuo (Preponderance of the Small): In these circumstances which it implies, there will be progress and attainment, but it will be advantageous to be firm and correct. Action may be taken in small affairs, but not in great affairs. Like the notes that come down from a bird on the wing, to descend is better than to ascend. There will, in this way, be great good fortune.

There are no changing lines, and hence the situation is expected to remain the same in the immediate future.

The things most apparent, those above and in front, are embodied by the upper trigram Chen (Thunder), which represents movement, initiative, and action.

The things least apparent, those below and behind, are embodied by the lower trigram Ken (Mountain), which represents stillness and obstruction.

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Songs about Smallness:

• A Small Package of Value Will Come to You Shortly - Jefferson Airplane
• My Little Town - Simon and Garfunkel
• Small Blue Thing - Suzanne Vega
• I Say a Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin
• Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
• Little Boxes - Malvina Reynolds
• Little Triggers - Elvis Costello
• Miniature Disasters - KT Tunstall
• Little Blue Number - Richard Thompson
• Little Willy - Sweet
• Itsy Bitsy Spider - Traditional
• Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Karl Jones (nonfiction)