Posted in Celebrations, Connections, Music, tagged Canada, Pow Wow, USA on May 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Three Feathers has compiled the Pow-Wow list for 2009. Here it is….
Pow-Wow Trail Dates and Aboriginal Annual Festival and Celebration Dates and Events 2009. If you have never ever been to a Pow-Wow you should try and attend one. The experience alone will be greatly appreciated. Everyone is most WELCOME. Some Restrictions May Apply. Safe to Call [...]
Posted in Art and Media, Connections, Music, Poetry, Reflections on a theme, tagged ABBA, dreams, life, mamma mia, movie, Music, thoughts, youth on August 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
After standing in a long lineup at the multiplex movie theatre, we finally got our tickets. There I was with my mother and father going to “Mamma Mia”. I felt 8 years old again. When I was 8 my parents had wine and cheese parties that morphed into dancing, singing, and guitar playing. When these [...]
Posted in Art and Media, Connections, Music, Reflections on a theme, science, tagged art, biology, creativity, Elisabeth Sulser, fusion, genetic, hear, learn, life, memory, Music, politics, sci-fi, science, see, sense, synaesthete, taste, thoughts on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
Transverse Line, 1923
141 x 202 cm
Oil on canvas
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf
With fused senses Elisabeth Sulser has an amazing gift to see words and hear sounds with colors, shapes and tastes. She is called a Synaesthete. There are others, like her, who see colors and shapes, but not tastes when they hear music or words. [...]
Posted in Art and Media, Connections, Music, Reflections on a theme, tagged Discovery Channel, game, life, memory, mind, Real Superhumans, superhuman, talent on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Everyone has a special talent, but some have extraordinary talents. I always believed there were people walking among us that understand their world differently. These people have special abilities to use their minds to adapt and interpret their environment differently than most people. Discovery Channel has produced a show called “The Real Superhumans” –
http://www.discoverychannel.ca/shows/castlist.aspx?sid=4399
The show follows [...]
Posted in Music, Reflections on a theme, tagged dance, flamenco, Jesse Cook, Latin, Music, Spanish dance, Spanish guitar, workout on June 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Latin and Flamenco music lifts my soul to dance til dawn. The strong strumming, intricate rhythms, and powerful drums are electrifying. The music of Jesse Cook tells stories of passion and hardship. There is a range of emotion captured in his music. He is one of my favorite Flamenco guitar musicians. While attending a performance, [...]
Posted in Music, Poetry, Reflections on a theme, tagged connection, fate, life, lyrics, magical, Music, Nick Drake, Northern Sky, Poetry, reflection, serendipity, video on June 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Mornings are my favorite time of the day. The day is fresh and magical. Serendipity came to visit yesterday morning. I finally heard the name of a song I’ve been searching for. Nick Drake recorded the song “Northern Sky” in 1970. His melancholy life produced beautiful melodies and lyrics. As I listen to his songs, [...]
