Acoustic Boogie & Between

Between


Between the sheets
He brings the beach to me
Grain by grain





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Tommy Emmanuel - Boogie

Tuesday Word Offerings With a Little Music On The Side

Vibrations

A life's vibrations
Unnoticed by others
I feel you leaving


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Caught

Afraid to dance
Caught up in should and must
These bones know how




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Nicholas Barron - This Train


Photograph of The Dancing Tree from Source Of Light Portal - Photographer Unknown.

Wandering Wednesdays - Music & Word Offering

Toes tap in time
A gypsy wanders
Without leaving

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I decided to combine a word offering with my favorite of the week today just to mix things up a little. Along with Blues, I love listening to acoustic guitar and when I stumbled across the following video of Don Ross on youtube today I felt compelled to share. Enjoy.


Don Ross - Jesse Helms' Night In Havana



Photograph of Dance Shoes by Washington photographer Sally Ehrlich Hoffmann.

Favorite Of The Week - Ron Artis - A Little Bit Of Blues

Ron Artis - A Little Bit Of Blues


Something a little different this week. No art or inspirational bits to read. I decided to share my love of the Blues instead. I stumbled across this video of Ron Artis & family today and wanted to share a moment (actually several moments) of my Blues listening bliss with you. I'm not certain why, perhaps because I grew up listening to live Folk, Jazz & Blues music, but it speaks to me more than any other music genre.

When I close my eyes and listen to the Blues everything else just falls away. Time doesn't matter, the neverending laundry pile of doom ceases to taunt me, and I just blissfully lose myself in the moment.

I was just a young thing when Mom took me to coffee houses to listen to the live jam sessions of family friends like Larry Brown & the Perth County Conspiracy (does not exist). I have a vivid memory of sitting in Jackie Washington's living room many years ago in Hamilton, Ontario. Wonderful memories of summer evenings spent sitting outside listening to live music at the Festival of Friends come bubbling up from the deep dusty recesses of my mind as I write this. The gift of being exposed to such a diverse variety of Blues, Folk & Jazz music as a child has stayed with me and no matter how much I enjoy Rock, Jazz, Folk, & Classical music I am always drawn back to the Blues. It's in my bones.



Audio Sample - Triscadecaphobia - Jackie Washington

Favorite Of The Week - ACEO #2 eBay Artists Group Video

A very brief explanation and examples of ACEO cards created by various artists who auction/sell their work on eBay. As some of you may know, I'm currently working on my own open & limited edition ACEO card sets. I've joined the eBay ACEO artist group and plan to start offering these hand signed miniature prints of my digital abstractions in the very near future.

Favorite of the Week - Edward Hopper

Edward Hopper was an American painter who gained recognition as a central exponent of American Scene painting.

I was struck by his use of strong lines and perspective. There is a sense of quiet desperation and loneliness exhibited not only by the figures depicted in the paintings but also the landscape and architecture.

Don't forget to submit your Witku for the contest before it's too late. Only 1 week left to write a funny haiku and try to tickle my funny bone.

Favorite Of The Week - You Are Valuable

I stumbled across this inspirational post written by Healer and Author Jennifer McLean on the Big Book of You Blog.

"You are valuable… take that in. You are important, for real. How does that feel inside of you? Do you believe it? If you do then FANTASTIC and acknowledge yourself with large pats on the back for seeing the value that is you."

Read the rest here ...

We all need a friendly reminder now and then.

Scratch & Dent Dreams - Favorite of The Week

I'm a bit behind with posting my favorite of the week. I ran across this video of poet Eric Darby performing Scratch & Dent Dreams. The man has it down. It's all about now, not abandoning our dreams, and doing the best we can with what we've got. A little duct tape couldn't hurt too. Love the message and his style.

The Progression of Dance - Food for Thought

The following Sony Dancing Robot video is my favorite of the week. Aside from the fact that it appealed to the techi geek side of me, it got the mental wheels turning and set me to thinking on the nature of art, as it pertains to dance.

I ran across this on the Six Degrees of Inspiration Blog today and felt it worth passing along and sharing.  Art, music, and even dance are all influenced by technology.  The following video brings questions to mind. What is dance?  Is it the choreographer's creative interpretation and stringing together of various body movements in time with a piece of music?  Is it the dancer's own interpretation of the music and their interpretation of the choreographer's chain of planned movements?  Is dance a combination of all of these elements? 

Taking it a step further - Can robots interpret music & choreography or  are they just following through with a set of programmed commands that result in a string of movements in sync with a given piece of music?  With the continued advancement of AI (artificial intelligence), this question becomes all the more curious & fascinating to me.

Is this dance?



Sony Robots

Favorite of The Week - Finding Your Purpose

While setting up and exploring my new link tiles and profile on linktiles.com, I became curious about the man behind the project and free service for us independent creative folks. It turns out that Wayne Wirs is a photographer and author of a book titled Fading Toward Enlightenment. To learn more about him and his various projects please check the links offered below.

My favorite inspirational find of the week that I felt compelled to pass along and share is this short movie titled Finding Your Purpose. It is a slick, well presented combination of beautiful photographs and down-to-earth advice for finding your purpose in life.

Learn more about PeaceCause.org & Wayne Wirs.

This Week's Favorite - Motivational Article About Doing the Work That You Love

I stumbled across this article and thought it well worth sharing here in my blog as my favorite inspirational tidbit of the week.


Motivational Article - Doing the work that you love

by Vered (Tanmayo) Neta

As a child, I remember my father, sitting in his room, surrounded by his books, writing. His work was his love. Later in his life, when most people have retired, he was up early in the morning, busy with his work. It gave him, both a meaning to life and kept him young. My mother never liked her teaching job, although she was very successful. She retired early and kept searching for satisfaction, without success. She became bitter and sad. Until today I cherish the lesson I learned from them: "Find a job that is your hobby, your art." As children we all wanted to be somebody. A fireman, a pilot, an artist. As we grew up, we realized that our job must also pay our financial and social bills. So we sold our passion and love for stability and security. We rationalize by saying that 'work is work', and pleasure will come later. But does it? When was the last time you found the time and energy to do the things that you really care for? What if your work could follow your heart's desire? What if you could really do what you love to do? Finding it might be difficult, as we have lost touch with what we enjoy most. It has been too long since we have given ourselves the chance to connect to it. So, how about taking some time off and instead of complaining about your job, start searching what it is that you love doing. Find out what is it that you are good at, where your talents lie and what comes both naturally and easily to you. Recall childhood activities that you once loved. Become aware of the situations that bring out the best in you. Discover what values are important to you and what you would like to see manifested in your work. Once you have created a framework for those activities, talents and abilities, in which you excel (as well as those values that you wish to express in your work), start investigating what sort of work expresses them to their fullest potential. Allow yourself to be creative; don't dwell in the area of "sensibilities". Allow yourself to be open; as opposed to reasoning everything. Communicate to the world the type of work you wish to have. You will be surprised at how much support you will receive, once you clarify your wishes. When you do the work you love, it becomes easy and effortless, because work becomes a source of energy rather than a drain. You continuously grow and develop while creating for yourself a space of love and friendship. You tap into your creativity therefore remaining young and alive. So how about making your hobby your work?!

Article by: Nisandeh Neta, founder of Open Circles, an international center for personal-growth and leadership.
Visit http://www.opencircles.nl to learn more about how you can make a difference, through living your dreams.

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