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Adorned in Ribbons

We Move Lightly

on our way home

Mary Oliver reads from her exquisite collection 'Blue Horses.' Background, poem text, and context here: http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/02/09/mary-oliver-blue-horses-fourth-sign-of-the-zodiac/

Excerpted from https://soundcloud.com/onbeing/sets/mary-oliver-listening-to-the

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Mary Oliver reads from Blue Horses

(Read by: Tom O'Bedlam)

"الطريق كلّه - للشاعر: تشارلز بوكوفسكي - ترجمة: أوس خليل" 


إذا كنت عازما على التجربة، أمضي الطريق كلّه
و إلّا، لا تبدأ مطلقا.
قد يعني هذا فقدان صديقات حميمات، زوجات، أقارب، وربما عقلك.
قد يعني هذا عدم تناول الطعام لثلاثة أيام أو أربع.
قد يعني التجمّد على دكّة حديقة عامّة.
قد يعني السجن.
قد يعني السخرية.
قد يعني الإستهزاء \العزلة.
العزلة هي الهدية.
الجميع سيختبرون قدرتك على التحمّل، وكم تريد حقًا أن تفعل ذلك.
وانت، ستفعلها، على الرغم من الرفض وأسوأ الإحتمالات.
وستكون أفضل من أي شيء يمكنك تخيّله.
إذا كنت عازما على التجربة، أمضي الطريق كلّه.
ليس هناك شعور يضاهي هذا.
ستكون وحيدًا مع الآلهه.
والليالي سوف تشتعل بالنار.
سوف تروّض الحياة مباشرة لضحكة مثالية.
إنها المعركة الجيدة الوحيدة هناك.


"If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery--isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is."


- Charles Bukowski, Factotum


[ Charles Bukowski - All The Way ] - [ تشارلز بوكوفسكي - الطريق كلّه ]

A recent string piece I recorded.  (Please excuse the terrible Soundcloud mp3 compression - makes everything sound wobbly)

Rhian Sheehan - Adagio Theme

A musical score for the dance film "Evoke". 

Free download: http://bit.ly/1PUSi58
"Evoke": https://vimeo.com/154557543

Film Credits:
Choreography WHYTEBERG duo
Directed by Alexander Gabrielli
Produced by Christa Boarini
Original Costume Design by Amanda Antunes
Make Up by Stefania Medeiros
Hair Styling by Bethany Johnson
Director of Photography Matthew Halla

Free Download

Evoke (Free Download)

The aggregate of all our joys and sufferings

Palemote

Bandcamp

Improvised, recorded and produced in Berlin by Sebastian Plano and Tom Adams.

2am is an improvisation for two pianos performed using a Yamaha CP80 and a C.Bechstein Mark B grand piano. It was recorded late at night as part of a longer series of piano improvisations by long time friends and collaborators Tom and Sebastian.

Sebastian Plano: www.sebastianplano.com
Tom Adams: tomadams.eu

Image by: Hara Katsiki (FCB @HaraKatsiki, www.harakatsiki.com)

Berlin, 2am - (Tom Adams X Sebastian Plano)

“One Day You Will Be Free” is a collaboration single between the Ukrainian ambient producer Endless Melancholy, and Ukrainian-born singer-songwriter BILYK. Recorded in Ukraine and Canada at Toronto’s Loud Mouse Studios it was mixed and mastered by Taras Trubbleclef. Artwork for the single was created by a talented designer Roman Hense from Germany.

Official video: https://youtu.be/6fAj3m7FJYA

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/one-day-you-will-be-free-single/id1278595337
Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/album/7dckLzSVewYaAjli5iwUgd

“One Day You Will Be Free” is a stream of collective consciousness that talks about our full potential discovery and setting ourselves  free from social norms, that often prevent us from accepting ourselves the way we are. “You’re rising high but fall so low” relates to material possessions and fame that we often long for as a solution for our inner battles. “Its dust will only make you glow” – by having fame you will “shine”for the others but not necessary for yourself. When the right time comes you will set yourself free in any form (open to interpretation), so the social mask you are wearing can be taken off and you will be able to ‘fly’ (open to interpretation).

Released September 20, 2017.

One Day You Will Be Free (feat. BILYK)

Excerpt from Jeff Goldsmith's Q&A with Ray Bradbury, recorded at Comic Con 2010. Discussion and other highlights here: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/09/04/ray-bradbury-comic-con-interview/

Full audio here: http://www.theqandapodcast.com/2012/06/ray-bradbury-q.html

Ray Bradbury on Libraries

Ray Bradbury on (Not) Growing Up

Taken from the album Inwards.
https://1631recordings.bandcamp.com/album/inwards

Nil Ciuró -  Even

Seasons

Eternity

Excerpt from Orwell's fantastic 1946 essay outlining his 11 "golden" rules of tea perfection: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/14/george-orwell-a-nice-cup-of-tea/

Mary Oliver reads from Blue Horses

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