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SYNCHROTIFY
"Synchronicity is an ever present reality for those who have eyes to see." - CARL JUNG
And for me, its not just eyes to see but ears to hear!
There have become more and more incidents of synchronicity whilst listening to Spotify! I will be doing something, saying something or someone near me will be doing something or saying something. At that exact moment or straight after in the song, playing will connect to this.
Finally, in 2023 I tried to document these moments to see if any patterns form. But also it's shaping a sweet yet random playlist, if nothing else:
SYNCHROTIFY INCIDENTS OF 2023
001
TIME:
21:12
DATE:
21/1/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Mocking up a timeline of events for a creative project.
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
To Live is to fly by Townes Van Zandt
LYRICS:
And Time is yours to take
002
TIME:
18:22
DATE:
22/1/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Staring at a packet of figg rolls.
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
Beautiful cosmos by Ivar Cutler
LYRICS:
You sit with a sandwich I look at a roll.
003
TIME:
15:56
DATE:
24/1/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Taking about the choice of how to be buried, whilst Helen is holding a home made burial pot.
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
The Ghoul - Pentagram
LYRICS:
From far away and from the near
My finest clients buried here
For once you've shared your death with me
A ghoul I shall forever be
004
TIME:
14:26
DATE:
24/1/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Working on a marketing deal email, editing a photo of a key card holder!
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
No Deal - Townes Van Zandt
LYRICS:
And I could plainly see, that that's the direction
You're headed in", and he handed me the keyes.
No deal, you can't sell this stuff to me.
005
TIME:
16:28
DATE:
25/1/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Type setting the word SUMMER onto a sun!
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
Snow Don’t Fall - Townes Van Zandt
LYRICS:
On summers time
Wind don't blow
006
TIME:
16:42
DATE:
25/1/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Helen’s make a clay pot, I say “you make it look easy” she is about to say, it isn’t easy!
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
Stay Close To Me - Ted Hawkins
LYRICS:
It isn't easy, I'll tryin' to kick
If you help me to
Oh my darling
007
TIME:
22:58
DATE:
26/1/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Working on a car park taco party poster!
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
Brick - Ben Folds
LYRICS:
I pace around the parking lot
008
TIME:
21:17
DATE:
27/1/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Typing shaker kitchen into google
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
Central Park Blues - Ultimate Painting
LYRICS:
Feeling deeply shaken and then breaking my own rule
009
TIME:
9:55
DATE:
1/2/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Rain blasting at the windows, googling roofers to sort our gutters out!
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
Roscoe - Midlake
LYRICS:
Feeling deeply shaken and then breaking my own rule
When they got here, all exhausted
On the roof leaks they got started
And now when the rain comes
We can be thankful
010
TIME:
10:26
DATE:
1/2/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Rain hitting the window, winter in full flow, chatting via whatapp to Helen about going to sit on a beach!
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
Kokomo - The Beach Boys
LYRICS:
Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya
Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego
Baby, why don't we go?
011
TIME:
16:03
DATE:
3/2/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Helen finishing off the painting of a lady, adding painted stitches.
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
The Apocalypse Song - St. Vincent
LYRICS:
You'll wake
With the stitches
Over both your eyes
And deny me my body
And all earthly delights
012
TIME:
09:01
DATE:
5/2/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Sorting through piles of drawings, pick up one of the devil!
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
A Walk On The Wild Side - Mick Harvey
LYRICS:
You walk on the wild side, the Devil is waitin'
He's waitin' to take your hand
You walk on the wild side, you're walkin' with Satan
Away from the Promised Land
013
TIME:
09:54
DATE:
8/2/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Trying to change my DNS nameservers on website!
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
Something Has to Change - The Japanese House
LYRICS:
Something has to change
014
TIME:
09:42
DATE:
10/2/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Talking about the current state of the country, the classes, the lack of space and then Eddie Vedder joins in!
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
Society - Eddie Vedder
LYRICS:
Something has to change
015
TIME:
16:33
DATE:
15/2/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Talking about the current state of the country, again, price increases on everything but no job pay increases!
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
4 + 20 - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
LYRICS:
He was tired of being poor
And he wasn't into selling door to door
And he worked like the devil to be more
016
TIME:
21:39
DATE:
19/2/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Talking about soil depths, planting grass and buying seeds to sow!
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
I Know It’s Over - The Smiths
LYRICS:
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
017
TIME:
11:44
DATE:
22/2/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Mockuping up a fake coffee brand logo onto some merch!
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
Part Of The Band - The 1975
LYRICS:
I know some Vaccinista tote bag chic baristas
018
TIME:
20:59
DATE:
27/2/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Felting a portrait of a sausage dog!
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
I wanna be your dog - Iggy & The Stooges
LYRICS:
And now I wanna be your dog
Now I wanna be your dog
Now I wanna be your dogWell, come on
019
TIME:
20:59
DATE:
09/3/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Grabbed a bottle of beer from outside that I’d stashed in some snow to keep cold, bring the icy beer upstairs and then this song lyric plays!
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
Dusseldorf - Teleman
LYRICS:
The ice is melting all around
Put on, put on your favorite song
Put on, put on your favorite song
020
TIME:
19:47
DATE:
14/3/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Working out the font to use for the Softly Earth ‘Worry’ bowls!
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
Frightened By The Sound - Justin Townes Earle
LYRICS:
There's no need to worry yet
Let us not forget that
Last time rain come down like this
021
TIME:
20:54
DATE:
31/3/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Browsing BnQ chatting about greenhouses and growing fruit trees!
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
People ain’t no good - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
LYRICS:
We were married under cherry trees
Under blossom we made our vows
022
TIME:
21:44
DATE:
14/4/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Chatting with Helen about aging!
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan
LYRICS:
Your old road is rapidly agin'
023
TIME:
20:24
DATE:
22/4/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Chatting about UFOs and ghostly experiences!
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
Supernatural - Vic Chestnut
LYRICS:
It ain't supernatural
No, it ain't supernatural
Supernatural, or maybe
024
TIME:
20:09
DATE:
04/5/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Illustrating the word ROCKS
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
Farewell Transmission - Song’s Ohio
LYRICS:
Now they'll be working in the cold grey rock
025
TIME:
17:04
DATE:
12/5/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Pointing at a smile on a devil reference for some drawing.
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
Farewell Transmission - Song’s Ohio
LYRICS:
And anything to make you smile
You are the ever-living ghost of what once was
I never want to hear you say
026
TIME:
09:25
DATE:
06/6/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Googling marigold flowers!
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
1914 - Florist
LYRICS:
A bed of flowers, stacks of wood, and a note
027
TIME:
09:59
DATE:
13/6/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Working on a marketing email for Koozies!
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
In Spite of Ourselves - John Prine, Iris DeMent
LYRICS:
He ain't too sharp but he gets things done
Drinks his beer like it's oxygen
028
TIME:
08:09
DATE:
13/7/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Logging into online banking thinking about money and bills!
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
I Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher
LYRICS:
Before it's earned, our money's all been spent
I guess that's so, we don't have a pot
But at least I'm sure of all the things we got
029
TIME:
14:06
DATE:
18/7/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Watching our cat enjoy some catnip!
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
Cats down under the stars - Jerry Garcia Band
LYRICS:
Cats down under the stars
Cats down under the stars
Cats down under the stars
Cats down under the stars
030
TIME:
20:36
DATE:
01/9/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Watching our new cat play!
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
The Wind - Cat Stevens
LYRICS:
More the reference to Cat in Cat Stevens name!
031
TIME:
21:39
DATE:
14/9/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Cooking in the kitchen.
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
Weather with you - Crowded House
LYRICS:
Things ain't cookin' in my kitchen
032
TIME:
20:26
DATE:
10/10/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Song mentions fire as I am drawing fire!
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
Twinker - Baroness
LYRICS:
Though I stand in mire
I will speak distant fire
Though I’m laid to ground
I will walk through age and sound
033
TIME:
09:47
DATE:
21/11/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Drawing angels for a tattoodle related project!
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
Mr.Mudd And Mr.Gold - Towes Van Zandt
LYRICS:
Fell to her knees with a mother's mercy
And prayed to the angels every one
Now, the Diamond Queen, she prayed and prayed
And the Diamond Angel filled Muds hole
034
TIME:
20:04
DATE:
16/12/23
WHAT I / PERSON NEAR ME WAS DOING / SAYING:
Illustrating flames!
SONG THAT LINKED TO THE ABOVE AT THE EXACT TIME
/ STRAIGHT AFTER:
The Greatest and Perfection of Love - Julian Cope
LYRICS:
You know the greatest imperfection is love, love, love.
But I can't keep the fire away.
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