A tribute to the trials and tribulations of today.

AftrGlich - Black LIVES Matter Tribute

CONCLUSIONS fight;
QUESTIONS ask.

This is a rambling (too long) two part overview of 14 Chapter INTRO to the new Talking Hands / Talking Feet FLORILEGIUM: 100 texts, poems, aphorisms & rhythms to learn by heart.

CHAPTERS (1) breathing (2) pattern (3) measure (4) time space (5) listening

(6) metronome (7) tanbura (8) ears-not-eyes (9) feet-not-hands

(10) complementarity (11) homunculus  (12) becoming native to place (13) journal keeping (14) composing

IMAGE: Bighead Clover (Trifolium macrocephalum), unique leaf geometry, CAMAS OVERLOOK, OREGON

TALKING HANDS 2.0:—An overview of the 14 chapters of the new FLORILEGIUM INTRO [part I & II]

I had a dream about the I have a dream speech and the music fit nicely

ihaveadream ft. Martin Luther King Jr.

What would Bobby Kennedy Jr.'s father, Robert F. Kennedy, the man who saved Martin Luther King’s life, think of his son now?

By endorsing Trump, Bobby Kennedy Jr. has endorsed everything he ever fought against.

Trump is undoing all the environmental laws that Bobby fought for. To Bobby, the issue of global warming was paramount. And now he’s joined up with Agent Orange to say let the planet burn.

Bobby, what’s happened to you?

Trump won the election by removing voters he didn’t like. And we’re just at the beginning of that — that’s the dangerous thing. Bobby was a voting rights advocate.

How could he stand there next to that man who is mass challenging voters of color?

Bobby used to say — and it was kind of creepy, but I understood ‘cause he had his mental issues and he went through trauma — that he thought “daddy” was watching his every action and could still reward or punish him like a parent. He would suddenly become a little boy and talk about his daddy looking at him from Heaven and watching him. Well, hey, Bobby, if your daddy’s looking at you from Heaven now, what do you think he’s thinking?

What do you think he’s thinking?

As I told Off The Record host Egberto Willies in this clip, Bobby’s father saved Martin Luther King’s life. Not many people know this story. Read it, then imagine what King would say to Bobby Jr. now: https://www.gregpalast.com/rfk-saved-mlks-life/

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How RFK Saved MLK’s Life

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Bates College seniors Elijah McLean and Areohn Harrison spend their Tuesday afternoons mentoring Black boys in hopes of helping them succeed in school and beyond. Youth Journalism International's Carlos Fra-Nero has the story.

Bates College seniors share mentoring stories on MLK Day, by Carlos Fra-Nero

Verse 1
All these headlines spinning, from Utah to D.C.
The other side is winning, history's on repeat
Black and white footage, echoes back at me
JFK, RFK, Martin Luther King

Tensions risin', we need to stand up
Ain't surprisin', cuz nothin' adds up

They can't make their case
So they punch out someone's lights
They can't win the debate
So they take away someone's life

Now we circle the same moves, history on repeat
When logic leaves the room, they take it to the streets
Trying to seek the truth in the static and the haze
Follow the loot and black and white fades to gray

Tensions risin', we need to stand up
Ain't surprisin', cuz nothin' adds up

They can't make their case
So they punch out someone's lights
They can't win the debate
So they take away someone's life

A country can't stand if it's this damned divided
The flame's been fanned, we need to stand united
If reason fails, and rival voices won’t stand
All we can do is wail, and wring our hands

Tensions risin', we need to stand up
Ain't surprisin', cuz nothin' adds up

They can't make their case
So they punch out someone's lights
They can't win the debate
So they take away someone's life

There must be a better way
to settle this debate
We need to watch and pray
That God will make a way 

Nothin' Adds Up

We live in a world that often feels spiritually disorienting, where what we believe about justice and goodness doesn't match what we experience daily. This exploration of Ecclesiastes 8:10-17 tackles what we might call 'spiritual motion sickness'—that nauseating disconnect between our expectations of how the world should work and the reality we encounter. Just as physical motion sickness occurs when our eyes and inner ear send conflicting signals to our brain, spiritual motion sickness happens when wicked people prosper while the righteous suffer. The passage confronts us with uncomfortable observations: hypocrites praised in religious spaces, evil deeds going unpunished, good people treated as if they were wicked. Our culture offers two inadequate responses—empty sentimentality that ignores real pain, or crushing cynicism that sees only darkness. But the Teacher in Ecclesiastes offers a third way: wisdom that looks up to the horizon of God's ultimate justice while still enjoying the gifts of life here and now. This isn't naive optimism; it's resurrection realism. We're reminded that in Christ, we have a horizon shaped like a cross, where God entered our suffering, defeated death, and initiated a kingdom where all things are being made new. The cure for our spiritual motion sickness isn't having all the answers—it's keeping our gaze fixed on the North Star of God's promises, trusting that the arc of the moral universe truly bends toward justice, even when we can't see it clearly in the darkness.

Ecclesiastes | Spiritual Motion Sickness - Ecclesiastes 8:10-17 - Clint Leavitt

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five nights at freddys (I'm freddy) - prod DJ Zasraniec

Hector is a Los Angeles based songwriter, top-liner, and recording artist who wants make music to encourage the heart, inspire hope, spark change and promote unity.

With his diverse musical background, he's creating songs for the whole moments in life. Expressing himself through Pop/RnB vibes you'll hear him under the artist name, "mr.". For the songs that accompany life's moments and that are pitched for TV/Film, you'll hear him under the name "Light Gray". For sounds meant to uplift and give inspiration, you'll hear him under his name, Hector Gabriel.

I make music to the tune of my own ears. Enabling the listener(s) to co-collaborate in creation of our creative-collective collections of consciousness. <3<3<3

-- Somethin' like that -=-)- AftrGlich --

Songwriter. Storyteller. Sound pioneer, Stan Countz is a genre-bending songwriter with over 300 original songs under his belt — a true craftsman of lyric and melody. From his debut track “Those Hap Happy Days” in 2005, a nostalgic tribute to the golden era of the ’50s and ’60s, Stan has built a musical legacy rooted in meaning, melody, and message.

Writing under the moniker Stan and Be Counted, he stands tall in the world of music as both a creator and a voice of purpose. His catalog spans a kaleidoscope of genres — from contemporary Christian rock and gospel to EDM, country pop, blues, R&B, hip hop, folk, and beyond. Each song is a reflection of his passion for storytelling and his desire to uplift, challenge, and connect.

Whether crafting soul-stirring love ballads, foot-tapping jingles, or heart-pounding hard rock anthems, Stan brings a rare blend of versatility, depth, and soul to every track. He doesn't just write songs — he writes moments you can feel.

Stan Countz is more than an artist — he’s a movement. A call to stand... and be counted. He is a prolific lyricist and lives in Denison, Texas with his artist/photographer wife. 

If you're an Artist looking for a song for the next hit, send me a message. Who knows, I may have a gem and a #1 hit for us both!

Composer. Writer. Photographer. Former conductor & founder of the ASKO ensemble.

On a bike/ski/hike trek of the Pacific Northwest studying native plants & climate breakdown 🌲 from sagebrush sea to whitebark pine. Composing off-grid the whole way.

#Sun2Sound 🌕 on Bluesky

THINKING LIKE A STONEPINE, a soundpoem manifesto https://vimeo.com/844665859

“LOVE & WATER, three thought poems w/ coda, PHAROS for small orchestra, “Nightwind”” https://vimeo.com/847079690 

CURRENTLY on mt bike/ski/climbing trek through Pacific Northwest, working on a photobook about WHITEBARK PINE COLLAPSE and CLIMATE CRISIS. BASES in the WALLOWAS | AMSTERDAM | ALPS. 

WEEKLY photo/poetry updates at www.picture-poems.com & THE CIRCLE IN THE SQUARE new music, poetry & dance performance project at www.cs-music.com

ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT for progressive, tech-savy, instrumental virtuosi interested in dialogue & collaborative undertakings.

CONTACT cliff@picture-opoems.com
Or on SKYPE or FACETIME @cliffcrego

MUSIC? The one thing humans do,
that makes the rest of nature jealous.

Youth Journalism International connects student writers, artists and photographers with peers around the globe, teaches journalism, fosters cross-cultural understanding, and promotes and defends a free youth press.

Greg Palast is an investigative reporter, whose stories appear on BBC Television, The Guardian, Al Jazeera and Rolling Stone. You can read/watch his reports at GregPalast.com. He is the author of the NY Times bestsellers The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, Billionaires &amp; Ballot Bandits, Armed Madhouse, and the highly acclaimed Vultures' Picnic. His full-length feature, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, was released in 2016. His new film, Vigilantes: Georgia’s Vote Suppression Hitmen—from Academy Award winning producer Maria Florio and executive producer Martin Sheen—will be released Fall 2022.

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WE NOT MAKING IT OUT THE HOOD!!!

At Midtown Presbyterian Church, we value honest questions and genuine community, working alongside one another as we discover more about what it means to follow Jesus in the modern world, and in Phoenix. You are welcome here.
Listen to our teachings in this podcast to follow us, and be sure to join us Sunday mornings; visit thespringmidtown.org to learn more.

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