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Sunday, April 5, 2009

Other Music

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Two performers from the 2009 Australia Day presentation, Dromana, Mornington Peninsula
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One Single Impression #58 ~ Listening
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Listening is an art
The art of tuned calm silence
Music in the air
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12 comments:

Laurieluc said...: I love your post. Both pic and poem are perfect.; April 5, 2009 7:04 PM
anthonynorth said...: So very true. Great words.; April 5, 2009 9:12 PM
gautami tripathy said...: Well said..

scotch-taped; April 6, 2009 1:48 AM
Maggie said...: Listening is an art too few appreciate.; April 6, 2009 2:30 AM
Deborah Godin said...: I do believe there's as much to hear in silence as in any sound.; April 6, 2009 3:01 AM
Beth P. said...: And...we can listen in the most din-filled chatoic environs!

Thanks for this--and the photo!; April 6, 2009 6:06 AM
Raven said...: Silence has a music of it's own, doesn't it? Too few of us remember to listen to the silence... And sometimes we forget to listen to the music too. I like how your poem reflects both.; April 6, 2009 7:02 AM
SandyCarlson said...: The image of tuned silence suggests to me peace and a sense of being connected to the world. Thanks, Gemma.; April 6, 2009 10:09 AM
Jim said...: Listening indeed is an art. Thank you for this nice reminder.
I found out later in life that note taking helps a lot, it makes a better listener and now I have a reminder.
I do that for Sunday sermons in church. I didn't do that the first time I went to college and had to quit, I was a very poor student then.
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BTW, Beyonce and ZZ Top are two of our contemporary Houston performers. I grew up with ZZ Top in midlife.
..; April 6, 2009 11:12 AM
Tumblewords: said...: Oh, how sweet and true - love the photo and the words that mean so much.; April 6, 2009 2:40 PM
Amias said...: "tuned calm silence"

Now that's unique.; April 6, 2009 4:46 PM
Kilauea Poetry said...: You said it well..just right-; April 8, 2009 1:33 PM

Archive of Blog Quotes

A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. ~James Dent
Autumn is an introspective season when stray thoughts of the mind dive into the mystique of the soul - Gemma Wiseman
Autumn is the bridesmaid of Summer and the flowergirl of Winter ~ Gemma Wiseman
Autumn whispers the tones of yesterday in a minor key ~ Gemma Wiseman
Love is born / With a dark and troubled face, / When hope is dead / And in the most unlikely place; / Love is born, / Love is always born. - Michael Leunig's Christmas Song Cycle "Southern Star"
Spring paints the stars of heaven in Earth colours ~ Gemma Wiseman
Summer sizzles with a sibilant hush / Broken by dreams of / Clinking ice ~ Gemma Wiseman
The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul. - G.K. Chesterton
Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. - Stanley Horowitz
Winter is the fire, simmering lonely in the soul ~ Gemma Wiseman
Winter is the shadow, the etching of the seasons in the mist ~ Gemma Wiseman