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There’s A Better World Coming
“You can listen to Woody Guthrie’s songs and actually learn how to live.” Bob Dylan I woke up today feeling helpless and hopeless. There’s something about a madman shooting hundreds of people from a hotel window that breeds helplessness. And something more about living in a country of cowards who bow before the National Rifle Read more
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CitySketch – Elgin Marbles
“The Parthenon without the marbles is like a smile with a tooth missing” Neil Kinnock Phidias’ Zeus Phidias was a Greek sculptor, painter, and architect whose statue of Zeus at Olympia was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. This wonder was destroyed during the 5th century AD with details of its Read more
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Miracles Untold
On this day of special meaning In this year of sacred union (that I honor with a silent prayer) On the precipice of seasons endless churning The birth of miracles untold Is waiting on you to unfold Let love shine a light for you When everything is dark Let the pulse of the world Beat Read more
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CitySketch – Lunch Hour
“Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.” Orson Welles Life is as hard as I need it to be. Maybe a little harder. A man can be very lucky and very unhappy. If he’d dumb enough.Lunch hour is an oasis of the soul.And a good time to sketch the leaves Read more
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Rhapsody in Blue
“I frequently hear music in the heart of noise.” George Gershwin The first time I heard this version of Rhapsody in Blue, it was morning and I was sitting on a friend’s deck in South Westerlo, NY. My first thought was who is this clown ruining Gershwin’s masterpiece. I found out later that it was Read more
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Refugee from the Dreamworld
I am a refugee from the dreamworld In this new home my wings don’t work People here are suspicious of me When I look at them, they look away Artist: Cyril Rolando I am a refugee from the dreamworld Everything here makes too much sense There is so little mystery That I’m afraid to fall Read more
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