The first section is comprised of material written in the poets younger years. Years spent looking out at the troubled world around him. The mood expressed here is one of social concern, cynicism and outrage, and yet at the same time the poems are tempered by the poets marvelous sense of humor and questioning rather than accusing attitude. In the second section Masten looks inward and speaks about more personal subjects, taking perspectives different from his earlier work. Sanity is defined as Van Gogh clerking in a shoe store.
Blase sophistication becomes a creeping, disfiguring disease.
Someone who can listen to what we are all saying, rephrase it, and then say it back to us in such a way that we can learn from our selves. Part 1 includes material with philosophic and religious overtones. In the preface, Jack Kisling, a well-known columnist for the Denver Post, gives us a humorous sketch of the poet's background, as well as setting the tempo for the book. First published in 1978. This album was recorded in the artist's Big Sur home and features Ric backed up by a group of young talented friends know as the Nash Ramblers.