Saturday, February 04, 2006
I'm about to start a new canvas.
After reviewing many photos, and doing some pencil sketches,
I'm about ready to start Michio's portrait.
I've put my CD soundtrack of Memoirs of a Geisha
on my iPOD for inspiration.
It is a completely mesmerizing work,
that encapsulates the memory of a wonderful film...
Imagine my dissappointment at learning that the film,
and all the actors/ actresses were completely passed by
for Oscar nominations by Hollywood, Inc.
Costume Design,
amongst other things,
was not overlookled.
Hmmm...
Kyoto. Geisha. Kimono.
Kyoto. Geisha. Kimono.
Kind of like nominating a poster company for printing a Picasso, no?
John Williams' score was nominated,
and I do hope it wins.
It is a total triumph.
I would love to one day
have an opportunity to sing
on one of his scores...
I've compiled from my own CD collection a list of tunes
I put on my iPOD for painting inspiration:
Wilderness Rising - Tony Williams
Mr. Calypso - Herbie Hancock
Infant Wilderness - Tony Williams
Hourglass - Michael Franks
The Tall Tear Trees - Jan Garbarek
Rural Renewal - The Crusaders
Diamond Dust - Jeff Beck
Machu Picchu - Tony Williams
Twelve Moons - Jan Garbarek
Self Portrait in Three Colors - Charles Mingus
Butterfly - Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters
Hourglass, remember how
I said I'd miss you?
I confess I lied...
Hourglass, I couldn't live without you
If I tried,
which I
do not intend to ever try
My Hourglass,
your sensual geography
I live just to explore
Your present, past, and future incarnations
I adore
the more
we love the more I know
we loved before
Luck of such magnitude
fills me with gratitude
Some navigator divine
tied us together in time
Love measures Infinity
minute by minute
Why, Hourglass,
do you suppose my arms surround you
so existentially?
Hourglass,
I know the sand that flows through you
is me
I see
The sand that flows through you is me-
Hourglass
-Michael Franks
from Abandoned Garden
Till next time...'Mela
8:19 PM
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Photo: Michio Yves Ueda
