I’ve been reading Jamie’s blog for a while now and I am always touched by the intimate looks at her family life most. This one is a great encouragement to us all not to stifle creativity when we encounter it, whether in our children, our friends, or ourselves. Jamie the Very Worst Missionary: “I need [...]
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Jamie the Very Worst Missionary: “I need you” by Great White.
Posted: October 26, 2011 in ArtTags: Creativity, Poetry
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I know, I’ve been away doing other stuff. Among the things I’ve been working on is the following. It’s a poem a friend of mine wrote. I really liked it so I wanted to record it, but I didn’t want to just set it to music and have done. So after making several recordings of [...]
When I was a child my mother did her level best to instill me with a love of literature, especially drama and poetry. In my teenage years I rebelled of course, but the fact remains that as I grew older the power of her influence made itself known. Her efforts bore more fruit than she [...]
One of my favourite parts of the Inauguration was this performance of “Air and Simple Gifts“, John Williams’ new “arrangement” for Barack Obama’s Presidential Inauguration, featuring Itzhak Perlman (violin), Yo Yo Ma (cello), Gabriela Montero (piano) and Anthony McGill (clarinet). What strikes me most about the piece is the incorporation of “Lord of the Dance” [...]
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