thank you for this inspiration. i remember when i visited Terazin (sp) a guide showing me where a swimming pool had once stood. He said, the prisoners on their way to the gallows had to walk right past the officers' pool. kjm
kjm -- What moved me most was when she said "music is God" --that it was music that helped her and others during those years when they most needed help and solace. That she defined God as a way of being in relationship with life through the power of music, a human creation. No mention of religion.
Beautiful photo, and an incredibly compelling link to Alice Dancing Under the Gallows. Her voice and wisdom reminded me of my grandmother's. She was from Galicia Poland and came to this country just before the Holocaust.
robin andrea -- When I listened to Alice, I thought of what you have said about your parents and their parents, and the gratitude for life that they passed on to you and your siblings and that you share with roger and so many of us. I'm grateful to the friend who sent me the link to "Alice Dancing Under the Gallows" and that I can pass it on through this blog.
How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be? -- Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
Welcome to "37TH DREAM (RUMORS OF PEACE)".
The photograph currently at the top of my blog was taken from my porch before sunrise on October 29, 2023.
"OLD GIRL OF THE NORTH COUNTRY" (the earliest name for my blog -- http://oldgirlfromthenorthcountry.blogspot.com
) came to life in early December of 2006 so that I could post a 42-year retrospective of my paintings and drawings and through that action, create a new relationship with the day the man I loved returned from Vietnam in December 1970. For a while (sometime after spring of 2008, which is when he died) my blog was "TALKING 37TH DREAM WITH RAINBOW (RUMORS OF PEACE)". For a number of years, it's been "TALKING 37TH DREAM (RUMORS OF PEACE)." As of April 12, 2017 my blog was titled "37TH DREAM / TALKING 37TH DREAM (RUMORS OF PEACE/LOOKING UP)". Somewhere along the way it became 37TH DREAM (RUMORS OF PEACE).
To begin viewing the retrospective with narrative, scroll down to December 8, 2006, on this page:
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant. -- Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware. -- Martin Buber (1878-1965)
It is only a little planet, but how beautiful it is.
-- Robinson Jeffers
The true end of a war is the rebirth of life; the right to die peacefully in your own bed. The true end of war is the end of fear; the true end of war is the return of laughter.
-- Alfred Molano
Enjoy every sandwich -- Warren Zevon (1947-2003)
Not in God's wilds will you ever hear the sad moan, "All is vanity." No, we are paid a thousand times for all our toil, and after a single day spent outdoors in their atmosphere of strength and beauty, one could still say, should death come — even without any hope of another life — "Thank you for this most glorious gift!" and pass on.
-- John Muir (1838-1914)
Philip Henslowe: Mr. Fennyman, allow me to explain about the theatre business. The natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster. Hugh Fennyman: So what do we do? Philip Henslowe: Nothing. Strangely enough, it all turns out well. Hugh Fennyman: How? Philip Henslowe: I don't know. It's a mystery.
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Oh, i miss this so much! Lovely, absolutely precious and elegant your feline lady is!
Yum-Yum -- Thanks for stopping by. Good to hear from you again! Oboe just said "meowl" to you and everyone at Panda Pig's Peace Sanctuary.
thank you for this inspiration. i remember when i visited Terazin (sp) a guide showing me where a swimming pool had once stood. He said, the prisoners on their way to the gallows had to walk right past the officers' pool. kjm
kjm -- What moved me most was when she said "music is God" --that it was music that helped her and others during those years when they most needed help and solace. That she defined God as a way of being in relationship with life through the power of music, a human creation. No mention of religion.
Beautiful photo, and an incredibly compelling link to Alice Dancing Under the Gallows. Her voice and wisdom reminded me of my grandmother's. She was from Galicia Poland and came to this country just before the Holocaust.
robin andrea -- When I listened to Alice, I thought of what you have said about your parents and their parents, and the gratitude for life that they passed on to you and your siblings and that you share with roger and so many of us. I'm grateful to the friend who sent me the link to "Alice Dancing Under the Gallows" and that I can pass it on through this blog.
Lovely. And I have a cat who looks much like yours.
Wow, somehow I missed the "listen" part of this on my initial visit.
That's a powerful piece of film.
'Hatred brings only hatred'. Unbelievably moving.
Jarvenpa, Loren and Solitary Walker -- As always, thanks for stopping by and commenting.
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