Just yesterday, Debra and I wound up in the Jensen beach area.
The wind was picking up, along this backroad along the water.
We stopped to get our bearings,
and I got out to photograph this most unusual looking tall shrub,
nearby...
But then I felt something stinging my ankle.
I looked down to see red ants crawling on my feet and ankles.
I got them all off,
and returned to the car...
Birima - Youssou N'Dour
Keep Going - Boozoo Bajou, ft Tony Joe White
Whisper - Morphine
Moss Garden - David Bowie
Hold On To You - Madrugada
Follow - Richie Havens
Tief Gesunken - Bohren & der Club of Gore
A Face In A Film - The Church
Moniebah - Archie Shepp, Abdullah "Dollar Brand" Ibrahim
Amorali - Vicente Amigo
When Sunny Gets Blue - Jimmy Heath
Empty Box - Morphine
Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me - Jack Shelton
Recently, I was saddened to learn that Richie Havens
passed away...
I was too young to go to Woodstock,
but not to appreciate the great music, that was happening !
I remember being so moved,
hearing Richie singing and playing :
"Free - dom, Free - dom, Free - dom, Free - dom
Free - dom, Free - dom, Free - dom, Free - dom...
Some - Times - I - Feel - Like - A - Motherless - Child ..."
I saw him in concert, in upstate NY, in my college days.
He was on the bill with another genius of guitar and vocals, George Benson.
I was so moved by both performances,
I vowed one day I would meet them both.
I remember Richie had to take breaks onstage,
to re-string his broken guitar strings, such was his passion...
He was a one-man, gentle storm!
Later, I had a chance to meet Richie in Los Angeles,
in the early 80's...
We were all sitting together at a cafe on Sunset Boulevard; John Belushi, Dan Akroyd, Richie Havens, and me...
I remember how pleasant it felt to be in such company at that time...
His eyes held tranquility, his elegant hands were laden with beautiful silver rings,
and his voice felt as soothing as lying on moss, on a warm, Summer day...
But just as it is written:
“Eye has not seen and ear has not heard,
neither have there been conceived in the heart of man the things that God has prepared for those who love him.”
I received in the post my Art Prints, and catalogue, from my participation in the 2006 Annual Art Print Exhibition, at Lessedra Gallery in Sophia, Bulgaria.
I want to thank Michio for his beautiful new "art" promo photo of me, I'll post it soon, and Hiroshi for his help with printing, and his friendship and support.
The light is finally good for painting today... It has been dark for days!
Jungle Flower (Club Des Belugas Remix) - Les Baxter
Right Back Round Again - Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Brian Blade
You Speak My Language - Morphine
Poisson Rouge - Saint Privat
Love's Going To Get You - Pete Fij & Terry Bickers
Rainha (feat. Nina Miranda) - Toco
Undertow - Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Brian Blade
Send In The Clowns - Carmen McRae
Jungalero - Les Baxter
Chain Of Fools - Aretha Franklin
Moth To The Flame - Grails
Sunrise, Sunset - Grace Jones
Empty Chamber - Grails
Lowdown - Electrafixion
Peggy-O - The National
Highway Song - Aztec Two-Step
The breeze lifts the hem of my skirt
as I ride by.
No reason to investigate that falling down branch or the bruises on that little one's face -
Pedal-ling my ass away...
Vegetables are so unsociable.
Waxed lyrical spherical pinch me I'm dreaming!
Ice age shrimp do a frozen limbo dance.
Tubular rolls and boxes of puffed paper... and the members card motto:
don't you dare leave without that giant dikon...
Insert key here:
The curtains and carpet have been redone from pastel to moss green,
you're welcome to leave all complaints in the proper receptacles -
but it's a like it or lump it neighborhood.
Park and ride
go inside
smell the welcome mat of home
Photo: Michio Yves Ueda
