Connecting Circles

You will hear voices singing
You will hear music from a violin
You will read noble praises,
Harsh words and lines of elegance
Fullness will swell in your heart
You will be filled with rich moments
Poverty will be swept away
You will put your hands together
Accept your state with gratitude.

To have a big circle
One starts with a small one
Then one more then another
You will meet different people
In each different circle
They will not know each other
And they will be your friends
All of them will know you
And you will know them.

They will share your joy
Offer gratitude to the Lord
All these you already know
You shall not be alone
The circles will embrace you
Music will linger in your mind
Like light entering your window
Suffusing your room with clarity
A world with many connecting circles.

Note: Julia Fischer is one of my favorite artists. She is one of the great violinists in the world. She is also a piano virtouso. I like her attitude to life and her insights in music and art. Here is a link to her music and interview:Music

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Thursday

Thursday in October, I walk to the river

everywhere is bursting with colors

go out, waste your waist away

Distraction

Arranging themselves for photos
Their faces distracted by music
Isolating their own thoughts.

Can you hear JS Bach?

Recovery

Not much reading
Hard to concentrate
Listening to music helps.

It’s Wednesday

note: Sunrise at Diamond Peak Ski Resort at Lake Tahoe.
Good morning,it’s Wednesday. Pause,Relax,Listen to Music.

Dvorak Cello Concerto II – Yo Yo Ma – Berliner Philharmoniker

Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No.2

I hear
a hummingbird coming
it’s Liszt

orchestral version

on piano

on violin

on 4 pianos

Girls on the Run

 

a burst of speed
a little space opens
window wide enough
for a billion stars
birds fly away

I close my eyes
listen to music
in my mind
I feel young again
a girl on the run
a shepherd, violinist
age is a state of mind.

note: Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade
link: http://youtu.be/KMKTaLaYBB8

 

 

 

 

an inspiration

“Life is beautiful, extremely beautiful. And when you are old you appreciate it more. When you are older you think, you remember, you care and you appreciate. You are thankful for everything. For everything.”-Alice Herz-Sommer

 

Alice Herz-Sommer died yesterday.She was was thought to be the world’s oldest survivor of the Nazi Holocaust.

listen to her: http://youtu.be/LrXHcQyixTE

and

http://youtu.be/Sp1TiDCEK4k

 

The Beatitudes (song)

HYMN

Amen! Truly I say to you:
Gather in my name, I am with you.

Amen! Truly I say to you:
Gather in my name, I am with you.

Blessed are the poor in spirit,
the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.

Blessed are the gentle,
they shall inherit the land. 

Amen! Truly I say to you:
Gather in my name, I am with you.

Blessed are those who mourn,
they shall be consoled.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice,
the justice of God shall be theirs.

Amen! Truly I say to you:
Gather in my name, I am with you.

Blessed are the merciful,
mercy shall be shown to them.

Blessed are the pure of heart,
they shall behold their God.

Amen! Truly I say to you:
Gather in my name, I am with you.

 

Blessed are those who bring peace,
they shall be children of God.

Blessed are those who suffer in the cause of right,
the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.

 

Amen! Truly I say to you:
Gather in my name, I am with you.
Gather in my name, I am with you.

 

The Beatitudes performed by The Monks Of Glenstal Abbey; Text: adapted from Matthew 5:3-11.

 

text & lyrics from: http://divineoffice.org

 

from: http://youtu.be/RFFxd8us0iA