breeze debris

To share what joy has been given

Melted my heart gladly

Into the All of Nothing

The pain that never really was before

Forever happy:

A video by Mum:

and a poem by Tagore:

Song Unsung

The song that I came to sing remains unsung to this day.

I have spent my days in stringing and in unstringing my instrument.

The time has not come true, the words have not been rightly set;

only there is the agony of wishing in my heart.

The blossom has not opened; only the wind is sighing by.

I have not seen his face, nor have I listened to his voice;

only I have heard his gentle footsteps from the road before my house.

The livelong day has passed in spreading his seat on the floor

but the lamp has not been lit and I cannot ask him into my house.

I live in the hope of meeting with him; but this meeting is not yet.

Momma!

And My Gramma:




I Love You Everyday. You are with me always.

The "Four Horsemen" Video Part 1

Will post my notes and commentary soon.

Forever in a Dream

I am not even going to try to describe how thrilled I am by this kid. His name is Sungha Jung from South Korea. I have fallen in love with him!

I did a search for the song 'California Dreaming' after looking through some of the road trip pics I still want to upload to Flickr. I love my home...but I want to be back there again.

Pangea Day May 10th, 2008

Will we participate? Will we attend an event or watch online? I highly enjoy watching inspiring and touching films about people of all cultures, how we struggle to overcome obstacles, all the while finding happiness in the lil' things best. Hopefully I won't be too occupied to tune in.

Amy Goodman on PBS

Amy Goodman is always so motivating to watch. This video clip is from her May 1st, 2008 interview with Tavis Smiley on PBS. And I don't think she puts up a front just to sell her new book, Standing up to the Madness, which she wrote with her brother. She somehow seems beyond money, fashion, and fame...but at the same time she comes off as secure, cool, and composed...almost always. I think it is because she is doing what she loves to do and has to do AND not only for this country but for theirs too. This woman works her ass off everyday to bring out news that matters. She obviously has a solid team behind her and even when I can no longer stand to watch the tragedies she brings to the screen, I find myself sitting here again and again, eyes wide opened, hands together, listening.

I had the opportunity to meet Amy about a year ago when she was in town for The Oscar Romero Awards at the Rothko Chapel. Yeah, the lady walks around with her laptop ON and a cell phone glued to her ear. But when she spoke to the audience that day, she presented a calm and unwavering amount of gentle, yet urgent fervor (she's not typical, And I don't have enough adjectives to describe her) and she pleaded for people to keep coming together in action.

What kind of action? Well, thats always a great question. And a few of the answers might be: To Wake Up. Again. To Wake Others. And Stay Awake. To "Not take it anymore." To let our voices be heard. To stay aware of what is happening in the world and to Be The Change. No, really. All of these things that require strength, will, balance...etc. the overused "virtuous" words of humanity...are necessary and should not be so difficult for you and me.

I scraped an article she wrote about the Food Crisis for my blog over at LucidNutrition.com (if you are interested) It is an informative quick read.  Tell me what you think. 

i wrote a song

Now I just need chords, to pick up my guitar, and to hit record. My voice is not so great of course. But I know that doesn't matter much.

my blood is made of shredded leaves
light like feathers
turning the breeze
liquefied the poignant green
becomes transparent with the seas

sailing back, forth, and there again
with pinned up bangs and braided hair
clothes patched together like grandmothers' quilts
white paintings on dressers & oil burning lamps

flames helped the house melt to the ground
spilled my blood, the static sounds
my fingers stroke another key
Carmel California still calling me

to please please please
Please relieve
the red sour hearts of those damn apaches
with words or strings and chimes will do
Don't sleep.
Stay awake.
while the stranger pulls you through

the rape of nations and innocence
the nights for zealots and passionates
to undo what sadly has become
the nightmares of me, you, and everyone.

Well....it sounds better read my way....Maybe I should do spoken word posts instead. That way it is heard how I intend. O well. Anyway, just because I feel like it, a video to stay out of it: Lament. But never like this:

 

I had to find this video to prove to Jamie that it is indeed a woman in the Frida movie singing this song. Dude/Honey/Parks! it's Chavela Vargas. It's one of my all time favorite songs :)

Oh My!! RoadTrip

My partner and I.............

We love road trips. I know it's not great for the environment or whatever but the experience of seeing and feeling the land beneath us is soooooo worth it. We already knocked out the East Coast a couple of years ago. This time we headed north from Houston to the Panhandle. Made it there safely lastnight.



Today we cut across 3 states! FINALLY out of big ol' Texas, across New Mexico, and into  Flagstaff, Arizona. Absolutely beautiful.

We should make it to San Francisco by tomorrow night and stay a few days. I only had time to upload the Texas pics to FLICKR so far. I do not know why, but my feet are aching even though I have been sitting on my behind for hours. More pics later.

OH! And Congrats to my cousin Alfonso (pro boxer) for another KO! I LOVE YOU.

Head Tracking. This is awesome

Found on Domainer Developer.