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Happy Solstice!
It last happened 372 years ago - a rare confluence: a lunar eclipse and winter solstice. In the night (at 3:18am EST), a total lunar eclipse, the full moon passing through the darkest shadow of the earth (and at 6:40am EST), winter solstice, when the northern hemisphere's axial tilt is furthest from the sun, the longest night and darkest day of the year.
The astronomy of the day is worth pondering on.
For the last two years, I have released a poetry album at solstice.
This is so I can offer a little Solstice gift to you (free to download, or listen, as you wish).
To commemorate light in the beautiful loving darkness.
Wishing you joy, love, health, success, wealth.
warm regards,
Brenda
Starfire (33 min)
This album began with the first track, 'Disappearing,' which I wrote in a hammock in the hot, sultry summer. I recorded it a few times, just for fun. Then layered the readings, added music and became intrigued.
Thus began an odyssey of readings, recordings. All tracks, except one, are with music of Jamendo musicians, to whom I am so grateful.
If you wish, you can download any tracks or the whole album.
Mostly I'd like you to enjoy, and to be inspired.
An album of love poetry.
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Disappearing: Brenda Clews, poetry, voice and mix; Matt Samolis, music, a section from: "Trio for Flute, Cymbals, and Glass": http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/49419 (with permission)
What Would I Write If I Could Write: for J.P. Brenda Clews, poetry, voice, mix; music, Roger Stephane, 'Lointain,' from his album, "Picasso": http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/62258 (with permission)
Drumbeat: Brenda Clews, poetry, voice, mix; music, Chriss Onac, track "TRANSE" from his album, TRIBAL: http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/23954 (with permission)
Glint: Soundtrack for my videopoem, Glint, which is also a videopoem at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D3vTpxfFuU Backgound music is "Madrox, in my head," by Arena of Electronic Music, a Creative Commons license: http://www.jamendo.com/track/477297 (with permission from his band administrator)
Hieroglyphic of Purple Lotuses: Brenda Clews, poetry, voice, mix; music, Ka eN, "Oriental Dreams": http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/42617 (with permission)
Starfire in the Night: Brenda Clews, poetry, voice, mix; music, Frank Harper's 'Moon's Eve,' from "Fingerstyle - Set 1": http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/62508 (with permission)
What Is Underground Is What Holds Us: Brenda Clews, poetry, voice, mix; music, LaiYouttitham's song, "Alone," from his site: http://www.laizmusic.com/mp3-download.php (with permission)
Salt of the Sea: Brenda Clews, poetry, voice, mix; music, Livio Amato's, 'Dream Opening,' from his album, "Sensitivity": http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/62537 (with permission)
My Body Is A Word: for I.B. Brenda Clews, poetry, voice, mix; music, Lena Selyanina's piano solo, 'Summer Morning,' from "Snowstorm Romance": http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/73627 (with permission)
Veils To Clothe Venus: Brenda Clews, poetry, reading, mix; music, Buz Hendricks, music: http://www.somewhereoffjazzstreet.com/ (with permission - a section of a track he created for the Venus Suite of Poems - a track at Jamendo).
Ink Ocean: Brenda Clews, poetry, reading, mix; music (mixed by me), Alphacore, 'side_project,' from "Side Project": http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/33504, and Extra's, 'The Quickest Vessel to a Distant Future,' from "Water Every Full Moon": http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/45140 (with permissions)
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With special thanks to Robert A. for his invaluable advice on recording.
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Sunday, April 04, 2010
Lyric of Love
All I have to post is a little love poem inspired by some special music by a special musician who's beloved at Jamendo, Livio Amato, for my special, and secret, love:
Lyric of Love
-Sensitivity, Musa, Riela-
gently breaking on the waves
of our own oceans
seafoam of stars
falling over edges
pulling back in the underswell
of our desires
birds sweetly singing, ocean breezes, salt spray, morning light of gloss and glittering facets of cut gems
we cannot underestimate
the power of love
the ocean is driven by
inner forces as we are by love
wave patterns, oscillations of polished gems falling as notes of love from our Orphean songs
even as we approach the great mystery it recedes, ever pulling back and falling forwards, white foam melting into sand at our feet
-Dream opening-
then the grotto, magic, rock sanctuary, vision, a lover's cove
the dream of us opens
conch, periwinkle, nautilus, volva, cone, harp, trumpet shells, the music of the ocean at its shores
we are anchored in the swells, water
dance of love
or racing seaward, sails blooming
in the fast wind
-Suspended Animation-
sailing we are birds, osprey
sweeping over the waves
up to the clouds, joy, windsong
of strong wing
the wind who kisses the ocean,
or blows gales, passion
we dance on the beach framed by a disappearing red sun, burnished gong, palm tree fronds black with shadow as the dark washes over us carrying a full moon sailing through the night sky
-Yet, a moment-
we are the sky, the sun, moon and stars, the clouds drifting by, wind, the flying birds, dancing schools of bright fish, the diamond-covered expanse of
glittering
-Infinity-
one day we will wash away, drops in the ocean, no longer even a memory,
yet knowing
love loves
through us
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Inspired by Livio Amato's album, Sensitivity: http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/62537 (section titles are his song titles -I note the sections as I wrote while listening)
Lyric of Love
-Sensitivity, Musa, Riela-
gently breaking on the waves
of our own oceans
seafoam of stars
falling over edges
pulling back in the underswell
of our desires
birds sweetly singing, ocean breezes, salt spray, morning light of gloss and glittering facets of cut gems
we cannot underestimate
the power of love
the ocean is driven by
inner forces as we are by love
wave patterns, oscillations of polished gems falling as notes of love from our Orphean songs
even as we approach the great mystery it recedes, ever pulling back and falling forwards, white foam melting into sand at our feet
-Dream opening-
then the grotto, magic, rock sanctuary, vision, a lover's cove
the dream of us opens
conch, periwinkle, nautilus, volva, cone, harp, trumpet shells, the music of the ocean at its shores
we are anchored in the swells, water
dance of love
or racing seaward, sails blooming
in the fast wind
-Suspended Animation-
sailing we are birds, osprey
sweeping over the waves
up to the clouds, joy, windsong
of strong wing
the wind who kisses the ocean,
or blows gales, passion
we dance on the beach framed by a disappearing red sun, burnished gong, palm tree fronds black with shadow as the dark washes over us carrying a full moon sailing through the night sky
-Yet, a moment-
we are the sky, the sun, moon and stars, the clouds drifting by, wind, the flying birds, dancing schools of bright fish, the diamond-covered expanse of
glittering
-Infinity-
one day we will wash away, drops in the ocean, no longer even a memory,
yet knowing
love loves
through us
-
Inspired by Livio Amato's album, Sensitivity: http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/62537 (section titles are his song titles -I note the sections as I wrote while listening)
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