tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14730650547909243362024-03-13T08:31:51.867-04:00The Art of April-AnnaThis blog is complimentary to my website <a href="http://www.aprilanna.com">www.aprilanna.com</a>
While the majority of what I talk about on my blog is directly related to my art or current events, I will sometimes cover other subjects that interest me, including historical information relating to major holidays, current events, the work of other artistic professionals and some of the goings on in my day to day life.5windsOfvenushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053513191182576628noreply@blogger.comBlogger326125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1473065054790924336.post-19648286633441297292017-03-20T15:27:00.002-04:002017-03-20T15:34:28.771-04:00Balkan Party MTL <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I was invited by DJ Touski to attend the monthly Balkan Party MTL (next one is March 24th) at Divan Orange, the last one on Feb. 17th, 2017 hosted the local band Shukar Roma. I was very impressed, very spirited and energetic, these extremely talented musicians kept the listeners on their toes dancing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">Shukar Roma is comprised of </span>Dan
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Sergiu was kind enough to answer a few questions I had about their performance. I asked about what made them decide to make Montreal their home base, as opposed to their home countries?</span></div>
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is a very rich city in different communities & musicians, so seems
more like a factory of artists, and that attracts lots of musicians
from around the world. In my case, I arrived in Montreal in 2002. There is quite an interesting story on my website: <span style="text-decoration-line: none;"><a href="http://www.sergiupopa.com/">www.sergiupopa.com</a>."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I was very interested to know more about the music played that night. It was explained to me that it was a mixture of composed songs, traditionals and music created live on the spot. The language they were singing in is of the Roma People, which Sergiu was quick to clarify is not to be confused with Romans or Roma Italy, or with Romania. The roots of Roma language is hindi & sanskrit. The Roma are also known as Gypsy, Gitane, Cigany, or Gipsy but Sergiu said that the correct name is Roma.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Most of the music they played on Feb. 17th at Balkan Party MTL was very spontaneous, with alot of music being composed live. "....its
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Of the songs they played, some were chosen because of the powerful symbolism, & are well known music in the Balkan countries. Their set included Sao
Roma song, (know also as Erderlezi) Chayoriye
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">"....lots
of these tunes retell a story of course! Chayoriye is about a
beautiful girl with dark eyes. Gelem gelem is about Roma people who
passed through the holocaust and many other tragedies, discrimination,
etc. We did some of Dan Armeanca's compositions which are : Zale
Dumbale, Zale Dumbale, Yag Bari, etc. Dan's most popular songs would be
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Every Balkan Party MTL hosts a live band followed by dance sets & visuals provided by DJ Touski & DJ Khalil. The next Balkan Party MTL is March 24th, 2017, not to be missed! Come out and shake your booty! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/107971213065746/">Find them on facebook!</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">BALKAN PARTY MTL avec </span><a data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=129108160508889&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A107971213065746%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/romacarnivale/" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;">Roma Carnivale</a><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">DJ KHALIL</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">DJ TOUSKI</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">VJ KOSHKA</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">DIVAN ORANGE - 21:30</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Vendredi le 24 mars prochain, le Balkan Party MTL reçoit le groupe ultra festif Roma Carnivale!!! Ces bêtes de scène nous reviennent avec leurs rythmes déchaînés comme tu les aimes! Dj Touski et Dj Khalil vont s’assurer que tu passes une soirée des plus festoyantes avec leurs meilleurs beats venus de l’Est.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">VENDREDI 24 MARS – 21:30</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline;"><br />ROMA CARNIVALE<br /><br />Gypsy- Folk<br />***<a href="https://www.facebook.com/romacarnivale" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>romacarnivale</a><br />***<a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fromacarnivale.bandcamp.com%2F&h=ATMe5LVQXJFt82bmIMZi_KLL4YT4h3NZjLK9Y4ac93uxtwbwk3rfmSCouCUOj8HjL42VHpd3JzrLn04UyLP8AmxBvBUHNfZJm8GxWSrZwxT2t_qXBJcsS8QNcz_GKWFl600&enc=AZOTceOKdh3nFXSVhG3lyUgDQuwtEbl6G-ewezSLfGWrKHti7LHo6ymdoT3JaSxkOlM&s=1" rel="nofollow noopener nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>romacarnivale.bandcamp.com/</a><br /><br />Roma Carnivale joue la musique Gitane dans la tradition Serbe inspirée du punk et du jazz. Leur énergie brûlante sur scène a captivé des publics du Québec jusqu’à New-York. Ils ont joués dans le cadre de plusieurs festivals prestigieux comme le Festival de Jazz de Montréal, le New-York City International Gypsy Festival et le Festival du Bout du Monde. Mené par le chanteur/compositeur d’origine Serbe Dusan Dukic, leur ensemble insolite comprends un tuba, un ukulele, un accordéon, un violon, une trompette, un trombone, une guitare, une batterie et 3 chanteurs/chanteuses! Leur objectif avoué: célébrer la beauté de la vie et vous faire danser!<br /><br />Roma Carnivale plays Gypsy music in the Serbian tradition, inspired by punk, jazz. Their blisteringly energetic live performances have captivated audiences across Quebec and New York. They have played at prestigious festivals such as Montreal International Jazz Festival, The New York City International Gypsy Festival and Festival du Bout du Monde. Led by Serbian-born singer/songwriter Dusan Dukic, their unconventional lineup includes a Tuba, ukulele, accordion, violin, trumpet, trombone, guitar, drums, and 3 singers. Their goal is to celebrate the beauty of life… and make you<br /><br />PARTY!!!<br /><br />DJ TOUSKI<br />***http:///<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>www.soundcloud.com/touski<br />***http:///<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>www.balkangypsyparty.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>touski<br />***http:///<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>www.facebook.com/touski<br /><br />DJ Touski est le fondateur et DJ résident des soirées Balkan Psrty MTL qui enflamment Montréal depuis maintenant plus de 6 ans maintenant. Il propose un mélange explosif de la meilleure musique Gypsy des Balkans et au delà. Il a participé à plusieurs évènements culturels dont le festival international de jazz de Montréal, Festival Pop Montréal et Coup de Coeur Francophone, Les Rythmes du monde de Saguenay, L’Écho fête de TroisPistoles, Musiques du bout du monde de Gaspé, Le Festif de Baie St-Paul, Les nuits festives au Palais Montcalm à Québec et autres évènements à travers le Québec. Il a également joué avec certains des plus gros noms de la scène Balkan Beat Européenne. ( Balkan Beat Box, Mahala Raï Banda, Slavic Soul Party, Max Pashm, Dunkel bunt, Al Lindrum..) DJ Touski promet de faire danser les plus résistants sur ses beats venus de l’Est.<br /><br />DJ KHALIL<br />*** <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fkhalil-m&h=ATNG-CWTq91QLZj2Xg0Idcr5FoLnn0L7cqWYKOJ_jfsi3fO1bPiUjPebPPGG3s4IKfzfQLlU1IzfePgRiu6Qh7HRX25fIsiemNMASqsjYyJsmsRPMbsZZ-jFKQtq0UVn85Y&enc=AZNoHNtRIEqWR4RMF5V_k0yx07vbXIpw2W6W75YHGMnfemue9_h_BdZ4bVPAzByRItY&s=1" rel="nofollow noopener nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>khalil-m</a><br />Co-fondateur et dj résident des soirées Speakeasy électroswing Montreal, Sidi Khalil est maintenant un incontournable Dj du world 2.0 à Montréal. Participant à plusieurs événement et fesitvals depuis plusieurs années, il ne te laissera aucun répit durant cette soirée et ce, à ton grand plaisir!</span></span></div>
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This past wednesday I attended a beautiful and inspiring exhibition at the Écomusée du fier Monde, close to Sherbrooke Metro. I caught the tail end of the opening night, and didn't get a chance to finish looking at all the art, but I definitely plan to go back, it was fantastic. There is another week left to see the original works which come from both local and international artists.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.760000228881836px;">Cette exposition réunira des artistes de partout dans le monde tels que H.R.Giger, Brigid Marlin, Miguel Tio, Robert Venosa, LAURIE LIPTON, Jean Pronovost et plusieurs autres d'ici et d'ailleurs. Le lieu : l'Écomusée du Fier Monde du 7 au 17 octobre 2015.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.760000228881836px;">This exhibition will unite artists from around the world as well as local talents. It will be held at the Écomusée du Fier Monde from the 7th to the 17th of October 2015.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.760000228881836px;">Jeudi 8 Octobre : 9h30 à 16h</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.760000228881836px;">Vendredi 9 Octobre 9 : 9h30 à 16h</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.760000228881836px;">Samedi 10 Octobre : 10h30 à 17h</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.760000228881836px;">Dimanche 11 Octobre : 10h30 à 17h </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.760000228881836px;"><br />Lundi 12 Octobre : FERMÉ<br />Mardi 13 Octobre : FERMÉ<br />Mercredi 14 Octobre : 11h à 20h<br />Jeudi 15 Octobre : 9h30 à 16h<br />Vendredi 16 Octobre : 9h30 à 16h<br />Samedi 17 Octobre : 10h30 à 17h<br /><br />Wednesday October 7 : 5 PM to 11 PM (GRAND OPENING)<br />Thursday October 8 : 9:30 AM to 4 PM<br />Friday October 9 : 9:30 AM to 4 PM<br />Saturday October 10 : 10:30 AM to 5 PM<br />Sunday October 11 : 10:30 AM to 5 PM<br />Monday October 12 : CLOSED<br />Tuesday October 13 : CLOSED<br />Wednesday October 14 11 AM to 8 PM<br />Thursday October 15 : 9:30 AM to 4 PM<br />Friday October 16 : 9:30 AM to 4 PM<br />Saturday October 17 : 10:30 AM to 5 PM</span><br />
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<br />5windsOfvenushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053513191182576628noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1473065054790924336.post-88613274093447047702015-10-03T16:43:00.001-04:002017-02-12T13:04:59.773-05:00The Humans Rights & Happening Map<b><u>Friendlyness & The Human Rights</u></b><br />
Last night I worked the door for <a href="http://www.thehumanrights.ca/">The Human Rights,</a> at<a href="http://lesbobards.qc.ca/"> Bobards</a> in Montreal, a really talented reggae band from Toronto. They knew how to engage their audience (note worthy because alot of bands don't know how to do this, or come across as pretentious or fake) as much as express their music. Their music is positive, intentional, aware and intelligent. Now I wish I had taken some photos since I spontaneously decided to mention them in my blog but this video will have to suffice. If they come to your neighborhood, they are absolutely worth the money to go see live.<br />
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<b><u>Happening Map</u></b></h3>
I was recently contacted by <a href="http://happeningmap.com/users">HappeningMap</a>, a new website artist directory intended to target visitors to Montreal whom are looking for an accessible way to tap into local culture & underground talent. Whether you are looking for an artistic adventure such as what I can offer (body painting in your hotel room for your photoshoot or night out at a special event) or original paintings to take home, this new website is destined to become a great resource for anyone looking to tap into the underground creative culture hub that Montreal is. Often visitors will come to Montreal unsure of how to find the cool events or hidden artists and often end up at the very mainstream, well promoted events or bars that don't really demonstrate what makes Montreal unique, so this is now one resource to help bridge the gap. HappeningMap is still in it's infancy and is<a href="http://montreal.craigslist.ca/ats/5223407549.html"> looking for more artists </a>(apply here: <a href="http://happeningmap.com/about)">http://happeningmap.com/about)</a> to represent as well as is looking for more <a href="http://happeningmap.com/news_letter">Hosts</a> to regularly receive & promote HappeningMap's newsletter & website.<br />
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<u><b>Halloween is coming! </b></u></h3>
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Are you hosting a Halloween event either on the 30th, or 31st? Do you have your Halloween Make-up Artist booked yet? I am looking for more bookings, especially for the 30th, so please let me know if you need Halloween Make-up help either for yourself or your guests! </div>
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5windsOfvenushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053513191182576628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1473065054790924336.post-10481429085655123822015-02-03T16:19:00.002-05:002015-02-03T16:24:24.911-05:00What are friend's for? So I am trying to get back into a regular habit of blogging about the randomness that crosses my life path.... Last week I spent approx. 30 hours helping a friend out with preparing her new home and moving. My friend has a young friend staying with her for a few months while she attends McGill University. Said young friend decided to "help" us with painting.... I was in the living room scrubbing dried paint splashes off the floor when I suddenly hear this wicked cackling coming from the other room, I walk in and discovered it had been "graffiti'd" on the wall I was about to go in and start painting..... Goodness we all need a sense of humor, what's a week of intensive painting and moving without a bit of comic relief, right? <br />
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5windsOfvenushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053513191182576628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1473065054790924336.post-33227775690591864282014-12-08T01:37:00.001-05:002014-12-08T01:41:00.761-05:00Exhibition, Art Sale & Mini-Concert Series<br />
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5windsOfvenushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053513191182576628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1473065054790924336.post-72354820418747266472014-09-19T00:42:00.002-04:002014-09-19T00:45:39.524-04:002 New Stopmotion Animations! This is what I created for the recent "Rainbow" stop-motion animation for Robert Plant's new music.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Equilibrium Yoga Montreal</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Just wanted to share my hard work (worked on this more then full time for a month). I am going to re-edit this & release a new version soon, but for now, here it is! <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/wDK62Dye1us" width="640"></iframe><br />
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New! <b><u>Keta Nadotawag: Listen</u></b> – Stopmotion Animation
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Stopmotion Animation Short Film by The Art of April-Anna</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.aprilanna.com/">www.aprilanna.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Keta Nadotawag – Listen</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Music: Flying Down Thunder & Rise Ashen</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Directing Assistance: Mynah Marie</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">General Assistance: Ziggy Lam</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Lyrics & Translation:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Kida nâdôtawag awesîsag</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">you should listen to the animals</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Kida nadotawag pineshishag</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">you should listen to the birds</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Kida nadotan aki</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">you should listen to the earth</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Kida nadotawag kakin awiyagog</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">you should listen to everyone</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Kida nadotawag kichi aya-ag</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">you should listen to the old people</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Flying Down Thunder & Rise Ashen – North Wind</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/north-wind/id573734720">https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/north-wind/id573734720</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Flying Down Thunder & Rise Ashen – One Nation</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/one-nation/id464244894">http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/one-nation/id464244894</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Flying Down Thunder’s Youtube Channel:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/flyingdownthunder">https://www.youtube.com/user/flyingdownthunder</a></span></span>5windsOfvenushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053513191182576628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1473065054790924336.post-62163741198713482512014-09-18T17:28:00.004-04:002014-09-18T19:45:15.509-04:00Hamstead Parade & Free Outdoor Concert <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The fish was approx. two feet in length and had a red face/head, & red tail but was silver in between. Can't find anything online that looks like this description. It was in the river.<br />
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I wonder if it was a Quebec Red Trout (also known as Arctic Char) but I haven't seen any photos that matched it exactly but that's the closest thing I have seen online to what I saw yesterday.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arctic Char (Quebec Red Trout), <a href="http://jazzandflyfishing.com/?taxonomy=post_tag&term=arctic-char&paged=3">Photo Originated Here</a></td></tr>
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<br />5windsOfvenushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053513191182576628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1473065054790924336.post-85447371229468749802014-09-05T04:48:00.003-04:002014-09-05T04:59:06.387-04:00An Eagle, a Red Fish & the Veil<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today was a great day, though I was running on fumes (short on sleep), I really had fun and I am really pleased with what I produced. Not not necessarily everything I created today will be usable, I got what I needed for the scene change. We were working on one of my new stopmotion animations (4th scene but 5th photoshoot). I took <span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">1,751 photos;</span> did several retakes and a few versions of the same thing, so now I have to decide (indecision can be a real beast) which versions I am using.<br />
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Today was very lovely & very hot. It was a playful but very chill, relaxed day; very smooth going, despite the slow start (I was late leaving the house). Guessing by eye, I would say it was ideal photography lighting around fourish because when we started shooting, it was definitely bordering on over exposed. I don't have a light metre and I have to make a guesstimation. I don't normally do stopmotion outside because it's hard with the time lapse between shots to have controlled lighting but I felt my ideas for what I wanted to do for today's scene would be quick enough that we could work with natural light, which for stopmotion is a treat to me. Very windy as well, which turned out to be a beautiful benefit to what I was working with.<br />
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At one point we decided to move locations on the property (we were on the river, we had gone out of town for this), and I am standing there with the tripod & camera attached (being super tired & only moving forty feet away from our original location, I just walked barefoot carrying the camera still attached to the tripod; being on four hours sleep made me feel like it was epic taking it off the tripod, bit silly really), so I am standing there in shock with equipment in hand (after the moment passing realizing I could have taken some awesome stopmotion animation photos or video footage) as I am watching a beautiful eagle swoop down to the water (which was approx. thirty feet away from where I was standing) & scoop out a giant fish (silver & red, not sure what kind of fish, gonna look around online later and see if I can figure it out). So it's flying up with this fish (it was huge & so was the eagle) doing a diagonal swoop away from the water (directly over where I had just told my model to go stand for the next series of stopmotion animation shots) then back over the water (kind of zig zagging) because two seagulls decided to chase the eagle (wtf? ballsy seagulls) in hopes of stealing it's catch (the eagle was the one that took it out of the water, swear I never saw an eagle being chased by seagulls before, hilarious).<br />
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When I finished the shoot, we got buzzed first by a white butterfly (my model was all in white) then dragonflies while I was packing followed by discovering lady bugs on my tripod as I was about to leave. Last week with the shoot with Aurelie I had to chase two raccoons out of my house, I just treat them like they are my cats and it's shocking what they understand because I firmly told them no (was going after the cat dryfood) & pointed in the direction of the door (which was around the corner & through the kitchen), told the raccoons "No, go." Twice while pointing and they listened, and respectfully turned around and went back the way they came. Then when they tried to test me to try to re-enter the house (reminds me of kids trying to test boundaries), I squirted them with water the way I do my cats; took a few squirts before they got got tired of being sprayed with water. Super cute. My model's boyfriend who was there helping us out immediately said, "Wow, I have never seen raccoons respond that way to anyone before, they really listened to you, I thought we were going to have to try to scare them out." I explained I don't like to use fear with animals but rather try to get them to listen and earn their respect, teach them boundaries as I find it's more effective and feels healthier.<br />
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So before this evening, in the past 24 hours or more (don't quite remember when I started this editing process), I have edited (including quite a bit of hand detailed photo per photo alterations, additions or corrections, then whatever I could script in bulk for normal photo editing) 448 photos. Just now, I scripted (only basic photo edits, normal stuff like increasing contrast & what not, still gotta go through and decide what I am using; several retakes, I probably did this part in the wrong order but what can I say, it's been one of those days) another 1,219 photos in photoshop. I think it's time for a brain fart. I still have another thousand or more photos to go through. It's worth it, the final product is going to be beautiful (new stopmotion animation).<br />
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Stopmotion Animation Short Film by The Art of April-Anna<br />
Collaborators: Flying Down Thunder & Rise Ashen<br />
Keta Nadotawag - Listen<br />
Music: Flying Down Thunder & Rise Ashen<br />
Directing Assistance: Mynah Marie<br />
General Assistance: Ziggy Lam</div>
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Lyrics & Translation:</div>
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Kida nâdôtawag awesîsag<br />
you should listen to the animals</div>
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Kida nadotawag pineshishag<br />
you should listen to the birds</div>
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Kida nadotan aki<br />
you should listen to the earth</div>
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Kida nadotawag kakin awiyagog<br />
you should listen to everyone</div>
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Kida nadotawag kichi aya-ag<br />
you should listen to the old people</div>
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Flying Down Thunder & Rise Ashen - North Wind<br />
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/north-wind/id573734720</div>
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Flying Down Thunder & Rise Ashen - One Nation<br />
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/one-nation/id464244894</div>
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Flying Down Thunder's Youtube Channel:<br />
https://www.youtube.com/user/flyingdownthunder<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Every couple weeks we have had a different film shoot happening here. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">So on friday, I met a lovely woman when I was at <a href="http://www.brutopia.net/brutopia.htm">Brewtopia</a>, a 71 year old who looked more like late fifties with a beautiful presence. Her and I noticed each other as soon as I walked in, don't know why, just sometimes like that, instinct. She told me later it was my necklace that caught her eye, for me I think it was just simply her presence because, unlike most 71 year olds, she had a very timeless style of dressing that felt very young but not in the sense of "trying", rather, just being. She made 71 look fun, and she was super present, just enjoying the music. But you know how it is with some older people; for those who are refusing to confirm to the society norms of their age & want to still be young at heart, some come across as trying too hard, but this lady was just being real, you could see it in her body language & her style of dress. People like her remind me that old age doesn't have to suck. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">So anyways, this older lady on friday, she would come pop over every half hour or so; she was there for both sets of the band; when I do these sessions, I sip my stout as long as possible & usually draw at least three hours; gets me out of the house. I find with regards to this medium that I produce alot more & remain way more focused then I do at home; something about the over stimulation of the environment that would normally make me edgy, I pour this into my art, but also live music for me is like food for the soul. Art is also a great bridge to communicate with people; I just sit there and do my thing & the world comes to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I learned that the 71 year old woman was now a semi-retired school teacher, she was still teaching but just mornings. She focused on kindergarten and Grade 1. She was from Australia originally but spent most of her life in Canada. I don't remember what subject she said she used to teach, she had recently decided to switch to phys-ed, which for that age range is mostly dance & music, amongst some sports. I was surprised, but she said she loves this change because it helps her keep active physically, which of course helps her own health. She said in Australia, when you are trained as a school teacher, regardless of what subjects you specialize in, everyone is trained to be able to teach phys-ed, I was surprised to hear this (I have school teachers in my extended & immediate family). Her husband was a journalist & amongst the serious subjects, he used to write an art's column for one of the big papers in Montreal for approx. 3 years (she didn't say which decade, only referenced that it was a long time ago). As a result they were always going to art galleries & exhibition openings, often the pre-public events which meant they had first pick of all the art, including before the museum curators (she mentioned who it was at that time, she knew all the people in the fine art & commercial art industry). She knew things have changed for artists today, for example, it's now become the norm that galleries survive by renting the wall space to the artist, which I think is wrong, but that's another subject I don't wish to talk about or I will start venting. </span><br />
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5windsOfvenushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053513191182576628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1473065054790924336.post-87556548222469954352014-08-29T04:26:00.003-04:002014-09-18T19:46:00.920-04:00Time Without Age, Across Centuries.... "Kieres"Aurelie modeled for me as a body double last night, though we decided in the end she was really just a second character; for another project (secret) that I have been working on for the last several weeks. I am actually simultaneously working on 3 stopmotion animations right now, while trying to get caught up on editing work as well as dealing with regular promotion of my work as an artist & the business side of all that (services).<br />
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Tonight, Aurelie (Projet Aeolia) & I began shooting her stop-motion animation for "Kieres". We are really pleased with the work, so beautiful. The song "Kieres" is in Spanish, but we decided to include English translations in a poetic presentation so that we can make the stopmotion animation & the song more accessible to a larger audience outside of the context of those who understand Spanish. We went tonight to the dollar store to find props, specifically we needed butterflies (they used to carry these beautiful feather butterflies that I have only one left from) but couldn't find what we ideally wanted (went to 2 dollar stores) either for style or color so we had to choose from what was available, which that combined with what I already had at home, we ended up being very happy with the results we got.<br />
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"If you want, we will cross the
centuries/time without age, if you want, we will cross the
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5windsOfvenushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053513191182576628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1473065054790924336.post-82350480516974061462014-08-27T23:59:00.001-04:002014-09-18T19:46:00.916-04:00TeaserI am really excited about this stopmotion animation I am working on. In the meantime, I just did another shoot tonight for the same project, and I am doing a middle of the night shoot with another model (third model meant to be a body double) for the same project tonight.<br />
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Anyone who's been to Montreal, knows that we are famous for an event everyone calls "The Tam Tams" at "the mountain". Mont-Royal Mountain, though compared to what I was used to in BC, while it is in reality just a very old mountain, hence it's small size, the fact that you can walk over it in a relatively short period of time is indicative that it's more like what we call a hill in BC, but Quebecors are really defensive that it is a real mountain.<br />
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The drummers all congregate around the giant statue, and by the Gizebo you find the psytrance DJ's (at the end there is a fire jam involving both poi, staff & fire eaters/breathers). Over to the right & above of the statue, there is a field where all the circus performers & yoga practitioners go to train, and above them is where all the medieval & fantasy fighters have "wars" with fake swords (all ages, including some very serious & very intense older men fully decked out).<br />
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It's really quite something. Every sunday I go and I offer a roaming henna service. Be sure to check out my new website at: <a href="http://www.aprilanna.com/">www.aprilanna.com</a><br />
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<br />5windsOfvenushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053513191182576628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1473065054790924336.post-63936692564293899322014-08-26T01:25:00.001-04:002014-09-18T19:46:00.910-04:00"Badass Faerie of Rock & Roll"<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>We were joking around.... When my model looked at me right after I had been using the glitter, my face was covered & she was laughing, because of a few factors, she suddenly declared I was like the rock'n'roller of the art world, then changed that to, "Wait! You are a rock'n'roller of the faerie world!" and then she elaborated (clearly sleep dep was kicking in LOL) with, "Wait! We both are the rock'n'rollers of the faerie world!!!"; which is what lead to this miniature photoshoot in the middle of the stop-motion animation shoot. </i></span></td></tr>
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I am working on three new different stop-motion animation, collaborative, ongoing photoshoots right now, while also thinking about the editing on old projects I have to complete (they are almost finished, bit of this is A.D.D.). I have realized that I love producing the material alot more then I love editing it (ok, editing can be a bit of a drag but once I am finished editing then it is very exciting, I push myself through the post production by remembering how good it will feel to have a finish product). I am not saying too much about any of these new projects until they are done but two are with local musicians; one being for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ProjetAEolia/info">Projet Æolia</a> and the other for<a href="https://www.facebook.com/kyras.net/info"> Kyra Shaughnessy </a>.<br />
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I made friends with a young woman who was here visiting from the French region of Switzerland, she came from a very tiny village (an actual village that is thousands of years old, which I find interesting); she originally approached me because she wished to learn how to do henna. But quickly we became friends. I found it interesting to learn that when she left her village, the 20 minute drive it used to take to get to the nearest city she thought was a very long time to spend in a car travelling anywhere but since spending four months in Canada and experiencing how we live, how far cities & towns are spread from each other, or even how long it takes to get from one end of Montreal to the other (as cities in the world at large goes, this is not really that big; I was stunned when I saw first hand how big Hong-Kong was for example; it's all relative); now she is going back to her village with a very new perspective on everything. She said now the idea of travelling to the countries around her country seems very close; she has the travel bug now. </div>
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I really enjoyed talking with her, we took her out to the woods at one point and she asked me about the 1st Nations People in Canada because she said that she noticed this was a taboo subject that no one would talk about to her and she felt it was very hypocritical since she noticed that people didn't have a problem using 1st Nations People as a selling feature to tourists. So we talked for two hours on this subject and I told her about the residential schools & other important subjects. She said that she didn't understand why the native languages as well as the real history, the genocides et cetera were not talked about or taught in school; she felt that it was wrong because everyone talks about the Holocaust & what happened with Hitler & the Jewish but no one talks about what happened to the native people. She was horrified when she learned about what happened. I have done alot of research on again off again, took a few anthropology classes related to the subject, and I was part of an experimental social studies class in high school that focused on 1st Nations history; this in addition to growing up surrounded by several large reservations (age 10-19) & other cultures but we were living close to the Cold Water Reserve. She also did not understand why the Quebec people were worried about language loss when they were making no effort to learn the local 1st Nations languages or culture; she commented about why are the local languages not taught in the public school systems. My response was that this has been my thinking since I was a teenager, I never understood why we don't teach the local languages and that there is no import placed upon Canadians to learn the 1st Nations languages and culture. <br />
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We talked about how you go to India & even though it was colonized, it's very obvious that the dominant culture is still Indian (even if there was a certain amount of cultural exchange or assimilation, depending on your perspective) but yet here in Canada, you don't see the influence of Native culture on mainstream society or mainstream culture, and this is wrong that it is hidden, taboo. She pointed out that so many cities & towns names are in the local languages (such as Kelowna means Bear). I have tried to bring up these types of subjects with white Canadians to just initiate dialogue, get people thinking and people automatically get defensive and annoyed with me for bringing it up, they dont' understand why we should be talking about these subjects. I found it refreshing that an outsider from Europe saw the problem, saw the issue, saw why we need to be talking about it, and embracing the 1st Nations people, start honoring them. </div>
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So since I had such a strong synergy with my Swiss friend (she has gone back home now), I needed to reshoot one section (not the whole thing, only a certain portion) of one of the stopmotion shoots from the week before but I needed a body double since my original model was not available to reshoot that particular scene. Lucky for me my young friend had time & patience. As she said, "It's never a good idea to frustrate the artist." I thought this was very funny. Our shoot took 18 hours, she allowed me to be very nit-picky with details, which was really awesome. Of course I wanted to do more details & make it even more fine art but I needed to be realistic to my model's energy levels (as well as my own). We had alot of fun together, as our teaser photos from that project make clear.<br />
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Be sure to check out my new website at: <a href="http://www.aprilanna.com/">www.aprilanna.com</a></div>
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5windsOfvenushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053513191182576628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1473065054790924336.post-41607669958516418332014-02-10T22:22:00.002-05:002014-02-10T22:57:44.536-05:00Folly of the Chase<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Lonely heart</div>
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Do not be afraid</div>
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Love is the first</div>
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Love is the last</div>
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Love is all that will light the way....
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Or so they say... is it true?
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Human mind....
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Human folly.... </div>
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Human come,<br />
Human go,<br />
Humans born,<br />
Humans die,<br />
Humans will throw away<br />
Humans will destroy what they should protect... </div>
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Protect the sacred... </div>
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Will anyone protect the sacred anymore?<br />
Change will come<br />
Change has arrived<br />
Will we transform<br />
Humankind?<br />
Humans be kind?<br />
You look for the light<br />
There is plenty to be found<br />
But there are so many shadows<br />
Shadows<br />
Shadows<br />
What will chase away those shadows?<br />
Duality<br />
Good?<br />
Bad?<br />
Illusion?<br />
Be the exception<br />
Not the rule<br />
Who has courage to follow through?<br />
Who has the courage to follow through?<br />
She screams at the court....<br />
Who has courage?<br />
Silence arrives....<br />
No one makes a move...<br />
A chess piece falls to the side...<br />
Echo...<br />
Clatter...<br />
Click....<br />
Follow through on the heart?<br />
Follow through from the soul?<br />
Show me your soul!<br />
Do you have none?<br />
Did your soul run away?<br />
Did you fall?<br />
Was there a silent gun?<br />
Point<br />
Point<br />
Point<br />
Point your fingers in<br />
Which direction?<br />
Does no one have integrity?<br />
Aclaim!<br />
Resolve!<br />
Claim your soul!<br />
Claim your birthright!<br />
If no one can follow through....<br />
What will the human race do?<br />
Echo<br />
The echo<br />
Echo of the drama<br />
Change comes from within<br />
Chance comes from outside<br />
Change will always prevail<br />
Which side are you on?<br />
How will the story end?<br />
Which life is real anyways?<br />
What happens abroad<br />
Happens on the little levels<br />
To save the world<br />
Is to save yourself<br />
To save yourself<br />
Is to save the world<br />
Say, do you think it's true?<br />
Really all that matters at the end of the day<br />
Is what your soul will become<br />
Love is the first<br />
Love is the last<br />
We come here<br />
We return there<br />
Was it all an illusion anyways?<br />
Oneness<br />
Of the many<br />
So above<br />
So below<br />
So below<br />
So above<br />
Repeat after me....<br />
Does no one have courage anymore?<br />
Run so run why don't you just run!<br />
End the torment<br />
She said<br />
End it now<br />
Just run<br />
Because if love is true,<br />
Then love must prevail<br />
If love does not prevail<br />
Then it was never true<br />
So just run why don't you?<br />
It is what you wanted to do?<br />
Cut, cut, cut me away...<br />
No one can explain the fool's actions...<br />
There are two kinds of fools...<br />
The fool that knows a sad ending<br />
And the fool who achieves what they say cannot be done...<br />
She knows which fool she is<br />
and somehow she will prevail....<br />
She wasn't so sure about the other...<br />
Love is the first<br />
Love is the last<br />
But what of the in between? </div>
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Love! </div>
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It is true, it is true</div>
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We know this, we know
this...
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Love is the first</div>
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Love is the last</div>
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It is in between that one finds concerning.....</div>
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The human condition...</div>
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Yet as the drama unfolds....<br />
Repeat<br />
Repeat<br />
Repeat<br />
After me<br />
Repeat<br />
Repeat</div>
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Frustration prevails</div>
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The heart is not frozen</div>
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Tries to remain open
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As numbness sets in...
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The human drama;</div>
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Reminiscent of childhood chess games</div>
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Grandfather clock chimes:</div>
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the time! the time!
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Which way, which way?</div>
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No one knows, or so they say...
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... and no one moves...
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Tick tick
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Says the clock</div>
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.... and someone sighs from behind the
room...
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The speaker...</div>
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and what can we do when they twist
their words?</div>
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They point fingers at the innocent!<br />
...and
watch the speaker run away....
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Who is the speaker anyways?<br />
Is there more then one?<br />
The exchange<br />
The exchange<br />
Speaker speaks </div>
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Battle your fears!</div>
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The sage pipes in....
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No battle, let go, be the observer...</div>
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Don't empower the drama...
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But?</div>
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They will cry!</div>
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They will cry!
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Battle your fears!</div>
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Is it true, that love will lead the
way?</div>
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Are you a hypocrite?
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We are all one<br />
To one degree or another</div>
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But those with stronger integrity will
rise to save the day....
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Yes?<br />
Yes?<br />
Yes?<br />
Repeat after me...<br />
Repeat<br />
Repeat<br />
How do we free ourselves from these mechanisms?<br />
How do we free ourselves from these cycles?<br />
How do we free ourselves?</div>
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Hypocritical?
<br />
Stand up!<br />
Are you a hypocrite?<br />
Tell me true</div>
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So easy to point fingers,
<br />
He wants to point fingers<br />
She wants to point fingers<br />
Everyone wants to point fingers<br />
and it leads to no where...<br />
As the human drama unfolds<br />
On an earth that is dying<br />
They shut their ears<br />
As they shut their eyes<br />
Those who face the tides<br />
They cry!<br />
They cry!<br />
Courage to face the oncoming tides!<br />
While the others hide their heads in the sands...<br />
Awake!<br />
Awake!<br />
Repeat after me!<br />
Repeat<br />
Repeat<br />
Repeat<br />
Awake!<br />
Awake!<br />
Awake!</div>
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Who knows, who knows, who knows!<br />
How will the game end?</div>
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... as the human drama unfolds....
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Will the phoenix rise from her ashes?</div>
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So pitter patter...</div>
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She'll do what she must, be it alone or
together...</div>
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...a wish is made.....
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I cannot control the outcome,
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She says to the speaker....
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...but I can guide the canoe through
the oncoming waves....</div>
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... The waves, they make me dizzy as
they crash, they crash, they crash....
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Outside of my control... Is she really
marooned?
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Which way will he move his chess piece
next?
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Does he even care?
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Illusions or delusions?
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Setting sun...
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They say if it is real</div>
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Love is strong?
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What will prevail?
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They try and they try...
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So what will this tale that is spun...
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.... spun...
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... spun....
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Around and around like a turvey top....
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Reveal... reveal ... reveal....
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Release ... release ... release...
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I am no hypocrite, so I must be careful
with my words....</div>
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She says to the speaker who dances from
one foot to the next....
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He never knows if he is coming or
going...
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His fears hold him hostage...
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His actions are a reaction to his fears</div>
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Become her fears manifest....
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Sigh<br />
Sigh<br />
Sigh</div>
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She sighs for she cannot control the
tides<br />
Tides<br />
Tides<br />
Tides<br />
Carry on you must<br />
Carry on he must<br />
Carry on she must<br />
Carry on we must<br />
and carry on she will...</div>
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The waves crash against the
shoreline....
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Stars dance in dizzying regalia...
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Regalia<br />
Regalia<br />
Spinning<br />
Dancing<br />
Dizzying heights<br />
Move!<br />
It's your move!<br />
She throws the chess piece across the room!<br />
Repeat<br />
Repeat<br />
Repeat after me....</div>
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If there's any justice in this world<br />
The innocent would no longer be hung<br />
With the false claims of others,
suffocated...<br />
Suffocating...<br />
Suffocating...<br />
Everyone needs love....
<br />
Breathe<br />
Breathe<br />
Breathe<br />
Breathe deep.... </div>
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Follow the light...
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So what will be revealed?
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Rebel<br />
Rebel<br />
Rebel<br />
Rebel of the Soul<br />
The question<br />
Question<br />
Question<br />
Repeat after me<br />
What will be revealed?</div>
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Reveal when the sun chases down the
moon?
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Will they collide in the sky?
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Eclipse...
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The moon hides her sorrow....
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Fade away or come back, like the
phoenix rising?</div>
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Stride forward, she will never give
up... .</div>
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The dark night of the moon will
pass....</div>
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The light will be felt</div>
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Reverberating through time,
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Reverberating</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"> </span>through space,
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Backwards and forwards,
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It is all right now...
<br />
Is it alright now?<br />
Will they dance?<br />
Will they dance?<br />
They will dance.....<br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Reverberating .....</span></div>
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Hurray hurray!
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Soul's prevail?<br />
Will the soul arrive to save the day?<br />
Can the soul save the day?<br />
Which way?<br />
Which way?<br />
What are you on about anyways?<br />
So said the speaker<br />
Which speaker<br />
Who knows.... </div>
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How will we save the day?</div>
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The future is always uncertain</div>
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But we can guide the ship true....
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How will we save the day? <br />
Will
hearts be true? </div>
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<br />5windsOfvenushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053513191182576628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1473065054790924336.post-81462156952923439392013-04-01T02:51:00.001-04:002013-11-17T20:32:37.389-05:00The Second Movement<br />
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Creative Writing</div>
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<i>This was written in approx. 2005/2006 during the homeless period I went through in Montreal during the winter. At that point, writing this second piece was me trying to keep my sanity during very challenging times; it was taking all my effort to keep a positive mind set about everything that was happening and to keep faith it was only a temporary state of being..... </i></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Oblong Echo: The Second
Movement</b></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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and I can pretend</div>
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the fantasy
or their fantasy</div>
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your fantasy</div>
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or my
fantasy</div>
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the bubble</div>
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my movie or your movie</div>
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maybe we were
sisters once</div>
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maybe we are
sisters now</div>
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room of twelve</div>
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not all fully
here</div>
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where is here anyways?</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
And he wants
to know</div>
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where do the
stars go when they dream?</div>
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crooner
crunes away</div>
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who says all the sirens
were</div>
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woman</div>
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in a room for twelve</div>
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lie awake,
lying down</div>
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and do I spell it</div>
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anyways</div>
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the sound</div>
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and just when</div>
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we realized</div>
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by the time we realized</div>
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we were dead</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.27cm; text-indent: 1.27cm;">
we are already alive</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
again</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span lang="en-US">the fantasy</span><span lang="en-US">
</span>
</div>
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A
fairy tale,</div>
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the faery tale</div>
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faeries
with tails</div>
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and they say we can’t
see</div>
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what’s really there</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span lang="en-US">who’s telling the
story now?</span></div>
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12 sisters in
a room</div>
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Who knows who</div>
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I’ll ignore
her</div>
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another boxed in mind</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
locked in</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
and locked on</div>
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loosen up,</div>
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shake it all
off,</div>
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dancing the
shadows grace</div>
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enigma had a
tongue</div>
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danced the
enigma’s grace</div>
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don’t race</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
which dream
we on anyway</div>
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not the
prankster?</div>
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Ahh but these things take
time</div>
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To echo around</div>
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Time to move</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
The movie</div>
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And I spoke</div>
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I spoke</div>
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To the child</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Who is the
man</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
And I spoke</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
To the man who was the
child</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
He says;
“you’re on the bus.”</div>
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Feel the change</div>
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Talk about</div>
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Finding solutions</div>
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Change</div>
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he says;
“never get off the bus”</div>
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but try to find</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
the right solution</div>
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in a sea full of illusions</div>
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it’s too much energy</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
you’re looking around
now</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
and the dead man spoke
alive in time</div>
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“makes me
think”, she says;</div>
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“a thousand and one
nights,
</div>
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Ahhh what is it, a
faery-tale, a gypsy, um;”, and she starts to speak in French</div>
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3 of 12</div>
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Don’t tie it</div>
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Back</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Let
</div>
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Yourself</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Loose</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Free</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Set free</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
The hair is</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Out</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Let
</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Your freak
bag fly</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Flag</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
I heard it
was fruit</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Let your
freak flag fly</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
And she speaks in French</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Which witch</div>
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Which wisdom</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Witch dream</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
What channel
we on?</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Ride the
frequency</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
TV-supper</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Deep throttle</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
A laugh</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
At nine
o’clock</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
I hear</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
The flash</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Turn it on
mute</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Why would you</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
The dream</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
A voice like a child</div>
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In a faery story</div>
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She is a woman</div>
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Who looks like a maiden</div>
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2 of 12</div>
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Resemble the child</div>
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She reminds me of the little match girl</div>
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Let’s change</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Burn it all away</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
So we can change</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Fertile ground</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
The soil</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
The phoenix</div>
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Rises</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
The</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Rises</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
She rises</div>
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It’s
weird</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
It’s like a
cult</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
She says she
belongs</div>
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to the marie-kay cult</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
the cultish
like</div>
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we are not</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
the cult</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
dancing to a
different</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
rhythm</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 1.27cm;">
I am
hear to shake it up</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.27cm; text-indent: 1.27cm;">
Break down the walls</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
That surround</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 1.27cm;">
Invisible
</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.27cm; text-indent: 1.27cm;">
The world</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.54cm; text-indent: 1.27cm;">
The worlds</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
The mind</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.27cm; text-indent: 1.27cm;">
Shake up</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
The mind</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Frozen still</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
In time</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Break it down</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.27cm; text-indent: 1.27cm;">
Break it all down</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
So it can</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
BE</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Be</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Be rebuilt</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Rebuild</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Re-create</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
We rebuilding
the dream</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
We’re
building the dream</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
A birth</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Every time I
realize I have</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Died</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
I am alive</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Again
</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Rebirth</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Reborn</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
And in the
story,</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
On the bus,</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Riding
through</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
A forest on
fire,</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Natural</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
I watch</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
And I see</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
They believe</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
In the
program</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
They feed</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
The program</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
“I’m not getting
inside your box.”</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
She says.</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Buggersome
creatures!!</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
can’t bring my drink.</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Grrishness I
say!</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
the drive</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
the trip</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
and somewhere</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
on this journey</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
she started crying</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
releasal</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
flow</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
the movement</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
of the river</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
the motion</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
of time</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
the movement</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
in time</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
NOW</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
A moment to BE</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Unchained
rewind unwind the movement</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Of BEING</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Are you</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Alive</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Living in the
NOW</div>
<div align="CENTER" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Moment</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
4 beds in a row</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Another four against the
wall</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
The other</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Wall</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
2 in between
</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
With</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
2 more</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
In between</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
The snoring</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Won’t</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Rumble</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
The room</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
The “new” experience</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Define</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Old and new</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
The future, the past and
the now</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
The moment</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
The illusion</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
The dream</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Which
channel vibration</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
R</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
We</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
On</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
R we on</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Vibrate with the
</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
dnuoS</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Sound</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
NOW BE.</div>
<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
5windsOfvenushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053513191182576628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1473065054790924336.post-63334636848365929982013-03-26T03:13:00.001-04:002014-08-20T01:28:17.353-04:00Oblong EchoIf fuzzy memory serves me, I think I would have written this creative writing piece in the autumn of 2004... Except that I haven't taken the time to do so, (other then the first painting), I'd like to turn this into a graphic novel of some kind perhaps at some point. I did take the time in 2005 to break it down into pages, in terms of lay-out and was trying to plan out the images but if I were to follow through with the project I had in mind, I think I would need to create around 50 paintings or multi-media images... Can certainly be done, but with my idea-machine-over-excitement-impulsive-want-to-take-on-the-world....... I am working on focus and chewing on thing at a time.... or perhaps three or four things, but hey, it's better then what I was doing... Progress is progress, right?<br />
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<u><b><i>OBLONG ECHO</i></b></u><br />
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I found out what happens when you jump down the Alice Hole…<br />
Follow the white rabbit… I followed a snail instead<br />
Rather the snail that changed and shifted…<br />
Through room after room I became bigger and smaller<br />
Never fall but fall forever until you meet yourself in the beginning…<br />
it never happened because it always happened<br />
meeting yourself in the mirror<br />
never ending never ending never beginning so that it could happen<br />
But something strange, something strange<br />
something random and true<br />
walk through the mirror<br />
and can it ever feel true because it begins if it ends and it ends<br />
when it begins<br />
can it begin if it never ends<br />
I will continue to do the things that I did as a child<br />
I am all ages at once<br />
And in comes the oblong man<br />
Wobbling in an oblong way<br />
Dickering and dackering,<br />
dealing with the pecker checker<br />
Questions create answers strange<br />
open doors in walls between<br />
when it rings<br />
rooting and roving<br />
water the well<br />
help it grow help it grow<br />
Exchange life for death<br />
Exchange death for life<br />
Exchange<br />
Lift high fly high live forever life<br />
Am I the wandering fool<br />
Wandering wondering learning<br />
Diving in<br />
Am I the wandering fool<br />
who strolls where others fear to stride<br />
Follow the sound of the river<br />
Dive in the well dive in<br />
Follow the flow of the river<br />
Keep balance walking in an oblong way<br />
Wander away slide, slide away slide<br />
Roving flowing following the gypsy ghost lights<br />
down towards the light<br />
at the bottom there is something shiney<br />
swimming something shiney<br />
something shines<br />
swim something shines and winks at me<br />
reaching hands toward the light<br />
Reawaken<br />
Wake the fire within<br />
Stars above<br />
Dance all night<br />
Stars above<br />
The rabbit hole<br />
Where does it end up<br />
The hole that doesn't end<br />
wanders around around doesn't end<br />
Wandering round around sound surround resound<br />
Swimming resounding around the light<br />
Catch the light<br />
Wander awake<br />
I can see sleep walkers<br />
Wake up<br />
I am awake<br />
Walking through the mirror<br />
The dream that never ends<br />
Doorway<br />
This is twighlight<br />
Twigs and wigs will settle down<br />
able to the maple tree<br />
dance between<br />
flanked by hot and cold and the winds that blow away<br />
leaves and blades<br />
the blade that doesn't cut<br />
found the blade that cuts<br />
and the trail echoed through centuries<br />
illusion or delusion<br />
which side of the mirror did you come from anyway?<br />
Which side of the moon watches you sleep?<br />
Does the moon watch you wake?<br />
Watch the sun; does it turn you blind?<br />
Which side of the sun do you like better?<br />
I prefer all directions at once<br />
All elements at once<br />
I am the dancing shadow<br />
She who dreams and whispers in the in between<br />
She who helps the dead man cross over<br />
The river styx was my childhood companion<br />
And I know and I speak with the river man<br />
He speaks to me when I sleep<br />
And sings to me when I am awake<br />
I fall into his voice likened to the murmur of the river<br />
As I walk through the mirror chasing mirrors<br />
falling through mirrors<br />
I awake<br />
Light in my eyes<br />
Can't see<br />
Too bright<br />
Light in my eyes<br />
And the walls are closing in<br />
When I awake at night<br />
I like the night because then I can see the lights<br />
Swimming towards the bottom<br />
I find the river<br />
Sister pulls me aside<br />
Air that lifts<br />
lifts me high<br />
Coming towards the earth<br />
I fall awake<br />
I awake<br />
Fallen through the mirror of myself<br />
I awake<br />
And find myself likened to the marionette<br />
Marionette<br />
These programs choke and rip while they winde in the wind<br />
I like Marionette when she's stands 12 feet tall and opens her eyes<br />
The program that bends programs that bind<br />
Laughter dances across the web<br />
Marionette is bending like music<br />
bends with the oblong man living beneath the leaves that weave above<br />
laughing water<br />
the river man awoke the marionette when he set fire to her strings<br />
fire danced burn away strings that bind and winde<br />
little wee ones chide the childe<br />
so what did the wandering well tell me when it whispered away in the<br />
wind that wound?<br />
Don't be afraid of the spirit fires that burn from within<br />
The spirit of time is nothing when sped by the spirit of love<br />
Love that has lit the fire within the water<br />
the fire that doesn't drown and dances with life<br />
it is moon fire<br />
dancing like the snake charmer's eyes when laughter reveals the wisdom of tides<br />
I and me and myself walked backwards following the flow of the river<br />
Breaking through the mirror<br />
The moon and the sun were one<br />
when the oblong man stood in the sand and sang to the tides<br />
tides that turn and spin like the light within<br />
and I dare not swim to awake in my bed<br />
I don't want to be safe within the dream<br />
I want to live in Rabbit's hole that looks so black from afar<br />
go within it is light and whole<br />
And dreams got caught in my mouth when I tried to speak<br />
And I fall<br />
Through the dream<br />
That falls through my mouth<br />
When I tried to speak<br />
And I never stopped loving you<br />
touched the moss around my feet<br />
caress the air I sing<br />
swim the seven seas<br />
flying through the dreams<br />
tend my fires so I won't stumble in dreams that tumble<br />
happily ever after happens somehow<br />
go between when it never ends echoing on and on ever in the in between<br />
of the undertow<br />
the candle fell<br />
in the house that never was<br />
stars twinkling twirling and whirling falling forever<br />
landed in the field that didn't end<br />
in the vision of the dream in the secret forest<br />
Pandora's box was hidden in the basement of the house that never was<br />
that landed in the field that didn't end in the vision of the dream in<br />
the secret grove where they tore down the trees to build the house to<br />
fill with greed and bleed the man that never dies<br />
And the man stood on the box<br />
Stood on the box that lives in the house that hid<br />
And Pandora's box silently screamed in the dream that keeps you sane<br />
And it doesn't end because it didn't begin<br />
Listen like the oblong man<br />
Swim between<br />
The walls are breaking down the box<br />
Programs that bend and sway in the wind<br />
when the marionette burns her strings<br />
singing<br />
dreams stumble from my mouth when I try to speak<br />
sitting<br />
I watch the Cheshire cat<br />
Watching<br />
I sit on top of the mirror<br />
Dreams tumble from my mouth when I try to speak<br />
When I try to speak<br />
When I try to speak<br />
Dreams topple from my mouth when I try to speak<br />
When I try to speak<br />
When I try to speak<br />
Echo<br />
Never ending because it never begins because it never ends<br />
Flow away, drift away, caught in the currents<br />
Tales that never end<br />
Echo<br />
The mystery is calling out<br />
Dreams that tumble from my mouth when I try to speak…<br />
Echo<br />
…and it never ends and it never ends and it….<br />
Echo<br />
Dreams get caught in my mouth when I try to speak<br />
I am she who dreams forever because it never ends<br />
Never ends<br />
Cycle the dreams of seasons of changing spirit alignment<br />
And the mystery fell from my mouth when I tried to speak<br />
Who will save the fire when the candle falls<br />
<br />
<br />
I am the marionette<br />
Who will catch me when I cut my strings<br />
Will I fall or can I stand on my own<br />
It's the question at hand<br />
I never choose to be a marionette<br />
But somehow the dreams that fall from my mouth<br />
Caught around my ankles and I begin to swim<br />
And something pulled me into the current and I lost adrift<br />
In an open sea that caught me and tossed me<br />
I am the marionette<br />
Coming into realization of being<br />
We are<br />
all really one<br />
of many of one of many of one of many<br />
And we seem to contradict ourselves<br />
But existence defies itself<br />
And I am the marionette<br />
Dance and you will set yourself free<br />
Because the strings can only twist and tighten so much<br />
Before they snap<br />
And I am the marionette woken by the keys<br />
<br />
And I can try<br />
and will try<br />
Until the winds find their home<br />
How erratic<br />
It was perfectly timed5windsOfvenushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053513191182576628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1473065054790924336.post-64659906739350861902013-03-17T01:25:00.001-04:002013-11-17T20:33:02.400-05:00Twilight Between SoundCreative Writing Piece<br />
I am not actually sure what year it was when I first wrote this, but I think it was in 2004, possibly 2003 but I can't really remember for sure. Anyways, I suppose trying to remember the literal date I wrote this really isn't relevant... I had been working on developing it into a stage production but have since dropped that due to hurtles I was running into at the time. Who knows, maybe I'll dust off the stage version again at a later date.... We'll see where the river flows...<br />
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<b><u><i>TWILIGHT BETWEEN SOUND</i></u></b><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>In the twilight between sound</i><br />
<i>The place that is the beginning and the end</i><br />
<i>The end that is the beginning…</i><br />
<i>The place that is everything and nothing</i><br />
<i>A place that is so full of sound</i><br />
<i>It is silent</i><br />
<i>In thought, and, memory….</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>In twighlight</i><br />
<i>We dream</i><br />
<i>This is where we live</i><br />
<i>In twighlight</i><br />
<i>We live</i><br />
<i>Because this is where we dream</i><br />
<i>In twighlight</i><br />
<i>We are…</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>This is where our hearts live</i><br />
<i>This is where our souls create</i><br />
<i>In dreaming I die to live</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>Between twighlight and stars,</i><br />
<i>Between sun, moon, and earth,</i><br />
<i>Between sunset and sunrise,</i><br />
<i>Between shadow and mist;</i><br />
<i>In between time and thought…</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>To rise</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>A conversation</i><br />
<i>Between energy now called stars</i><br />
<i>A dream</i><br />
<i>Between time,</i><br />
<i>where the birth of all things exists;</i><br />
<i>In a dance of our minds</i><br />
<i>The vibration is the experience</i><br />
<i>In dreaming</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>A conversation</i><br />
<i>Between energies</i><br />
<i>We dance</i><br />
<i>This is where are souls live</i><br />
<i>We dream</i><br />
<i>We dance</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>Twighlight</i><br />
<i>GodS create</i><br />
<i>Made in the image of</i><br />
<i>Souls create</i><br />
<i>Made in the image of</i><br />
<i>We create</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>A conversation</i><br />
<i>Between minds</i><br />
<i>Between energies</i><br />
<i>We dance</i><br />
<i>Between dreams</i><br />
<i>Between time</i><br />
<i>Dance</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>A conversation</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>Some would say that raven made the world one day</i><br />
<i>But raven and crow talk in riddles and mysteries</i><br />
<i>They contradict themselves</i><br />
<i>Raven is mischief, wisdom and creation</i><br />
<i>Crow is justice, laughter and wisdom</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>One day a creature laughed</i><br />
<i>A creature that knew not what it was</i><br />
<i>It was both white and it was black but never both</i><br />
<i>A creature that would one day be called raven</i><br />
<i>It danced with joy at this new feeling</i><br />
<i>This skin</i><br />
<i>It had acquired</i><br />
<i>This was kNew</i><br />
<i>Coyote used talk about it</i><br />
<i>But Coyote wasn't' always known for telling a straight tale</i><br />
<i>This creature on a journey to self discovery</i><br />
<i>An ancient babe</i><br />
<i>An energy within Skin</i><br />
<i>And raven danced and danced and laughed one day</i><br />
<i>And out popped</i><br />
<i>A squawk</i><br />
<i>And feathers a lot</i><br />
<i>A little joke raven played on itself</i><br />
<i>Little one to tease and taunt him</i><br />
<i>And Crow gave a squawk and a laugh</i><br />
<i>And off he was</i><br />
<i>New adventures between sound and twighlight</i>5windsOfvenushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053513191182576628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1473065054790924336.post-2021092672961094772013-03-11T20:56:00.000-04:002013-03-11T21:00:09.789-04:00In Dreaming.... <br />
I wrote this approximately when I was 22 or 23, I am 34 now, so I guess it's been a long time. Trippy how time flies because it feels like just yesterday....<br />
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">In dreaming...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Once upon the mists of time</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">, we wandered off the beaten path. The </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">trees shivered with a gentle light; a kindred to a flame in the night. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">We listened to the stories that Gaia told when the River sang to the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Moon.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">She told us once</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> of a time</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> in the long ago, which direction, she did </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">not know. By the four corners she said they would come, one to meet </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the other, brothers and sisters, meeting for the first time </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">again and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">again; brothers sisters who always knew without knowing.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">One day, brothers and sisters; they fight and Gaia cries from the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">confines of her dreams. Worlds change and swirl and one day we come </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">into a time </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">new and familiar both; a time </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">when the trees, you can </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">barely hear their dreams and their gentle light has gone out.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The Ancients are asleep and the land is tearing up; Gaia whispers in </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">our dreams …change, I feel a change in the winds; the directions are </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">coming together …for the dreams speak; speak of a chance to change the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">world…let's tell our stories, stories of the ever in the in between of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the long ago …</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">...so the stars do dance with the spirit lights, while raven follows </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the moon's daughter down to the waterside …awake awake …so they </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">followed the sound …the wild ones danced and played …the muses woke </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the Sphynx, while Luna 's children whispered and sang into the wind… </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">by mountain and river; the calling on, the calling out…</span></i>5windsOfvenushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053513191182576628noreply@blogger.com0