{"id":21596,"date":"2025-05-20T18:12:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T18:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/?p=21596"},"modified":"2026-04-12T20:44:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T20:44:58","slug":"when-punk-rock-has-mindful-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/2025\/05\/20\/when-punk-rock-has-mindful-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"When Punk Rock has mindful purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"478\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-07-at-12.36.10\u202fAM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-07-at-12.36.10\u202fAM.png 930w, https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-07-at-12.36.10\u202fAM-550x283.png 550w, https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-07-at-12.36.10\u202fAM-820x421.png 820w, https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-07-at-12.36.10\u202fAM-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-07-at-12.36.10\u202fAM-768x395.png 768w, https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-07-at-12.36.10\u202fAM-600x308.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"nfd-container nfd-text-md nfd-wb-text__text-7 wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"nfd-text-md wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"nfd-max-w-prose wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c0ca7d81 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"\">2 years or so ago I made a Facebook post around a decently prominent &#8220;Punk Rock&#8221; band. One of my favorite lyrics that made an impression on me when I first connected with Face to Face:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"nfd-container nfd-text-md nfd-wb-text__text-1 wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"nfd-max-w-prose wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c0ca7d81 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"nfd-text-xl nfd-text-balance wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Original Post<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">One of my favorite lyrics that made an impression on me when I first connected with Face to Face:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;If you make it up and start to use your mind, it isn&#8217;t difficult you don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s there if you don&#8217;t try&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"nfd-container nfd-pt-lg  nfd-wb-media-embeds__embed-3 is-style-nfd-theme-dark wp-block-group nfd-bg-effect-grid-perspective\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"nfd-gap-lg wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4b2eccd6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h1 class=\"nfd-text-giga nfd-text-contrast nfd-text-balance wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-067756bff1acdd4ba6f7042cdaf9b9d0\">Face to Face &#8220;Ordinary&#8221;<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"nfd-text-balance nfd-text-lg nfd-text-faded has-text-align-center has-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9a507fb78b5f856cf6e535d1f6df7bc2\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">&#8220;If you make it up and start to use your mind,  it isn&#8217;t difficult,  you don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s there if you don&#8217;t try&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-9760934e\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"nfd-btn-wide wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lS9GHUP1vfg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Youtube<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"nfd-overflow-hidden -nfd-mx-2 nfd-rounded-xl nfd-backdrop-blur-md is-style-nfd-theme-dark wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#9E9E9E1A;padding-top:8px;padding-right:8px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:8px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e5b0c750 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Face to Face - Ordinary\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lS9GHUP1vfg?feature=oembed\" style=\"border: none\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"nfd-container nfd-text-md nfd-wb-text__text-1 wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"nfd-max-w-prose wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c0ca7d81 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"nfd-text-xl nfd-text-balance wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Updated thoughts prompted by original post<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8211; <a><\/a>some quick context &#8211;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Punk Rock lyrics have often been a way to express thoughts I cannot myself directly! Those lyrics often drive me to many personal lessons learned! Punk Rock lyrics and music often showcase the disenfranchisement of establishments! If I was to distill it into a quick bullet point list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Punk Rock lyrics are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Rarely just about noise <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Often assert a frustration with roadblocks or apathy driven dead-ends<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Often triggered by privilege, execution preference, and\/or ego has curated specific designs that only enable specific classes of individuals when more open availability is possible <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Yes inequitable access is a common example!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">All of that to illustrate and say &#8211; action comes from work within!  In the same song above after the lyrics I noted, the opening lyric FYI &#8211; a refrain of &#8220;Look in the mirror&#8221; echoes throughout the song!  That&#8217;s the locus of control that most humans can control.  This is regardless of external factors that may prevent complete and absolute autonomy! Often Punk Rock music lovers are perceived as the derelicts &#8211; but let&#8217;s be frank!  Punk Rockers are often fatigued with status quo models that are just exerted due to privilege and nothing more!  That&#8217;s often LAZY!  It&#8217;s a carousel. off comfort!  It&#8217;s a camaraderie of our past that is comfortable &#8211; so folks let go of effort and fall back to it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Ironically, many Punk Rock types were fed by the &#8216;MAN&#8217; that we MUST be an active actor in our destiny.  Sadly,  we just get disrupted by so-called efficiencies, protocols and barriers of access. So why try!  When the &#8220;MAN&#8221; doesn&#8217;t even have their own houses in order? It is my observation and lived experience that most Punk Rock derelicts <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Some Punk Rock types have created a persona\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">They are often quite authentic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">They do this to protect their peace<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">They are often quite kind and actionable humans in assisting and lifting others<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Punk Rock types just hate the way the &#8220;Man aka the establishment&#8221; prefers it to be executed due to their perceived privilege &#8211; to protect their glass houses!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In this case &#8211; making up your mind to work on your inner self (looking in the mirror), creating strengths of courage, wisdom, temperance and justice so that the person looking in the mirror can find opportunities to improve and move forward instead of broken roadblocks preventing movement due to privilege or other things like ego and execution preference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Punk Rock music, lifestyle and persona is much more intellectual than many often give it!  It is so much more than the oft shallow and mis asserted assumption(s) without any context or understanding. Hard stop!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Fun movie focused on the Punk Rock scene<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"nfd-container nfd-pt-lg  nfd-wb-media-embeds__embed-3 is-style-nfd-theme-dark wp-block-group nfd-bg-effect-grid-perspective\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"nfd-gap-lg wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4b2eccd6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h1 class=\"nfd-text-giga nfd-text-contrast nfd-text-balance wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d66ffd9b0cce4a58268ad0d3e7783989\">SLC Punk<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"nfd-text-balance nfd-text-lg nfd-text-faded has-text-align-center has-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e0a31238c8e53f5461c362cf5239e486\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Anarchy in the land of Zion! SLC Punk! is a subversive comedy which tells the story of Stevo (Matthew Lillard) and his best friend, Heroin Bob (Michael Goorjian), who are the only two dedicated punk rockers in God-fearing Salt Lake City, Utah, in the thoroughly Reaganized early 1980s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-9760934e\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"nfd-btn-wide wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fcFm96WxAZY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Youtube<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"nfd-overflow-hidden -nfd-mx-2 nfd-rounded-xl nfd-backdrop-blur-md is-style-nfd-theme-dark wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#9E9E9E1A;padding-top:8px;padding-right:8px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:8px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e5b0c750 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"SLC Punk! [trailer] (1999 Sundance Film Festival)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fcFm96WxAZY?feature=oembed\" style=\"border: none\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Documentary around punk rock bands<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"nfd-container nfd-pt-lg  nfd-wb-media-embeds__embed-3 is-style-nfd-theme-dark wp-block-group nfd-bg-effect-grid-perspective\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"nfd-gap-lg wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4b2eccd6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h1 class=\"nfd-text-giga nfd-text-contrast nfd-text-balance wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ba44046b33e205e2143e01b850686419\">Another State of Mind<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"nfd-text-balance nfd-text-lg nfd-text-faded has-text-align-center has-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7a204fce132d0bd8e16fe29993c30719\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Another State of Mind (film), a documentary film featuring three punk rock bands: Social Distortion, Youth Brigade, and Minor Threat. Filmed in 1982, released in 1984.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-9760934e\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"nfd-btn-wide wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sSk7ANlcFaM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Youtube<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"nfd-overflow-hidden -nfd-mx-2 nfd-rounded-xl nfd-backdrop-blur-md is-style-nfd-theme-dark wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#9E9E9E1A;padding-top:8px;padding-right:8px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:8px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e5b0c750 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Another State of Mind (1984) FuLL\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sSk7ANlcFaM?feature=oembed\" style=\"border: none\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This thought from AC came across my way as I was doing dishes and playing with the kiddos and while it&#8217;s clear that many things are outside of my control these days &#8211; Like Seneca _ I can come to control what I can of my existence. Some key drivers for me that I have ignored while nursing an injury and not training include:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","_eb_attr":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[814,674,817],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ads","category-2025-check-ins","category-prnci"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24170,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21596\/revisions\/24170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}