Inspired by the Vietnamese Buddhist Monk Th\u00edch Nh\u1ea5t H\u1ea1nh, who wrote the book No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering, suggesting that the secret to\u202fhappiness is to fully embrace pain or suffering and not\u202frun from it.<\/p>\n
The video was filmed on location in Spain and was directed by Toronto based Peter Guzda.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019m very grateful to still have the opportunity of sharing my music with the world. I\u2019ve battled against debilitating chronic back pain since injuring myself in a sports trauma eighteen years ago. In plain talk \u2014 my spine has been fucked ever since.<\/em><\/p>\nMy cervical vertebrae were fused in a surgery years ago, but I’ve rarely discussed, publicly or privately, my ongoing plight with this wickedly pernicious of enemies. In 2021, I herniated three more disks. One year later, I wrote \u201cDinosaurs.\u201d I felt it was important to release this single.<\/em><\/p>\nWe all \u2018pay the ransom\u2019 in some way, shape or form. No one gets a free ride in life.<\/em><\/p>\nI hope the song inspires reconciliation, courage, and even peacefulness whenever your own “dinosaurs get mad.”<\/em><\/p>\nWhen we know how to suffer, we invariably suffer much much less. I remind myself all the time whenever trapped in the “perils of my dark despair.”<\/em><\/p>\nNo mud, no lotus flower.<\/em><\/p>\nSo\u2026let it roll, man.”<\/em><\/p>\n\u2013 Corey Hart<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n