Mira and her roomies in D.C. (just got back from their 8th grade trip)....I think she is still sleeping from her trip!!! Love, Michele
camping
Faces of God
GOD CHANGES APPEARANCES every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises. One moment he is a glass of fresh water, the next, your son bouncing on your knees or an enchanting woman, or perhaps merely a morning walk.
Across the Universe...........................Film Review By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
With vibrant creative élan, Taymor takes 33 classic songs of the Beatles and uses them as the foundation for this phantasmagoric exploration of young love and youth culture. This "60s musical fantasia" is delivered with freshness and feeling by a cast of relative unknowns who sing with both gusto and grace. Here is a movie that will make you swoon and sense the delirious qualities of personal and social change.
Jude (Jim Sturgess), a Liverpool dockworker, gives up his job and his girlfriend and heads off on a pilgrimage to America where he hopes to find his father. He ends up in New York City's East Village living with Max (Joe Anderson), a Princeton dropout who wants to experience the many mysteries of life. Their landlady is a sexy singer called Sadie (Dana Fuchs) who adds to her band guitarist Jo-Jo (Martin Luther McCoy), who has come to the city following the death of his younger brother in the Detroit riots. Another newcomer is Prudence (T.V. Carpio), an Asian-American lesbian from Ohio. They have all come to New York City to express themselves and to savor the cultural wildness of the times.
Jude takes up art, especially drawing. He is ecstatic when Max's sister Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood) comes to live with him. This bright eyed blonde from suburbia has everything — brains, beauty, and a conscience. Her first boyfriend died in Vietnam, and so she joins the anti-war movement and is saddened when Max is drafted and is shipped off to fight in that terrible war. In a series of extraordinary production numbers, director Taymor probes the larger trends of the times with vignettes on the Vietnam war recruitment, a hippie gathering, a psychedelic circus, and several confrontations between protesters and police.
Anyone who loves the Beatles' melodic music will find plenty of magical moments in Across the Universe. Some of our favorites include Jude's interpretation of "Girl", Prudence's plaintive version of " I Want to Hold Your Hand"; Joe Cocker's appearance during a rendition of "Let It Be"; Bono's cover of "I Am The Walrus"; Max's heart-felt anthem "Hey, Jude;" and the beautiful ballad "Because." Familiar lyrics take on new context as when, frustrated by Lucy's involvement in an antiwar group, Jude charges into their offices and challenges them with the song "Revolution." This is followed by a subway scene and a haunting rendition of "Across the Universe" with the lyrics "Nothing's gonna to change my world.".....
Hats off to song producers T Bone Burnett, Elliott Goldenthal, and Teese Gohl for doing such a top-notch job with the Beatles music. This magical mystery tour concludes with Jude singing "All You Need Is Love" to Lucy, who is perched appropriately in the sky on another building. As they lock eyes, the song sums up all that has preceded it. This moment, coming after so many other moving ones, took our breath away and gave us shivers. Across the Universe is a rare cinematic experience where all you need do to be entertained and inspired is to go with the flow.
Experiment to find out what makes you happy. If you haven't taken the time to explore what brings joy to your life on a regular basis, you may realize you don't even know what brings you happiness anymore. If that's the case, try out different things, including some you've never done before. The answers just might surprise you. -Dr. Joseph Mercola
Mark's stripper from his bachelor party....ended up being a man.....which he found out after he took the garter off with his teeth.
"If you strip down all human beings to their core, you'll find the same stuff. You will find fear of rejection, fear of abandonment, fear of being controlled, fear of being unloved, and the desire to love and be loved. That becomes more complicated with hard- rock bands, because- when you live in a mode of instant gratification- you're never hungry for depth of intimacy. Sex, drugs and booze are all glorified in rock and roll, but those are really just symptoms of the desire for relief." -Dave Matthews
let it go, let it roll right off your shoulder don’t you know the hardest part is over let it in, let your clarity define you in the end we will only just remember how it feels
our lives are made in these small hours these little wonders, these twists & turns of fate time falls away, but these small hours, these small hours still remain
let it slide, let your troubles fall behind you let it shine until you feel it all around you and i don’t mind if it’s me you need to turn to we’ll get by, it’s the heart that really matters in the end
our lives are made in these small hours these little wonders, these twists & turns of fate time falls away, but these small hours, these small hours still remain
all of my regret will wash away some how but i can not forget the way i feel right now
in these small hours these little wonders these twists & turns of fate these twists & turns of fate time falls away but these small hours with these small hours, still remain, they still remain these little wonders these twists & turns of fate time falls away but these small hours these little wonders still remain
Check out my friend Celine's blog spot. She is my friend, Laveena's sister. She looks just like my friend Laveena and is just as sweet.I felt a connection with her right when I met her. She has some incredible pictures and posts on her blog. She was born in India, but now lives in Kuwait. click on the link below for her blog... hope you like the quote below too. Love,Michele http://indicaspecies.blogspot.com/
"Now and again, it is necessary to seclude yourself among deep mountains and hidden valleys to restore your link to the source of life. Breathe in and let yourself soar to the ends of the universe; breathe out and let the cosmos back inside. Next, breathe up all the fecundity and vibrancy of the earth. Finally, blend the breath of heaven and the breath of the earth with that of your own, becoming the breathe of life itself."
Welcome to the Grand illusion Come on in and see what's happening Pay the price, get your tickets for the show The stage is set, the band starts playing Suddenly your heart is pounding Wishing secretly you were a star.
But don't be fooled by the radio The TV or the magazines They show you photographs of how your life should be But they're just someone else's fantasy So if you think your life is complete confusion Because you never win the game Just remember that it's a Grand illusion And deep inside we're all the same. We're all the same...
So if you think your life is complete confusion Because your neighbors got it made Just remember that it's a Grand illusion And deep inside we're all the same. We're all the same...
America spells competition, join us in our blind ambition Get yourself a brand new motor car Someday soon we'll stop to ponder what on Earth's this spell we're under We made the grade and still we wonder who the hell we are.
We know that a two-hour or three-hour concert is going to feel like fifteen seconds, because the first thing that happens when something spiritual assaults the place, time disappears. Gravity disappears. Issues disappear.
-Carlos Santana
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This is one of my favorite pictures that Macy took at Omega Institute. have a nice day!!.....hope you like the quote below. Love, Michele
Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want so that they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then, do what you need to do, in order to have what you want. --Margaret Young
"I honor the place in you where Spirit lives. I honor the place in you which is of Love, of Truth, of Light, of Peace; when you are in that place in you, and I am in that place in me, then we are Truly One."
