Music and Art as a Force of Nature

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Greetings and Salutations!

I just joined today, this is my first blog post. I just want to say thanks for making this community and having me here with you all. I also want to quickly explain the story behind the 11 songs I have uploaded. Eight of them are from my 2007 release Way Out, and 3 others are from the upcoming release Holographic Universe. Indeed the songs which are the most ER oriented are as follows; "Dig It Like Dirt," a hippy hop sax infected track about the 3 R's and the preciousness of the environment, "H.… Continue

Added by Shaftalight on August 8, 2009 at 7:52pm — No Comments

Creative Marketing that is free and Eco Friendly

WWW.USE.COM A New Site That Host Free Imaging Solutions If you're looking for a secure, reliable and free image and video hosting solution, you've found it. Use.com offers unlimited uploads, unlimited bandwidth, unlimited views. Plus, you select your privacy level - share your photos and videos with just friends and family or the whole world. The choice is yours! Choose Use.com to host your images for eBay, Craigslist, Myspace, F… Continue

Added by cyndi on July 10, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Watcher of the Trees

Destruction… Blood flows out of trees onto the Earth’s floor. Half the rainforests have been destroyed I know, I’m the Watcher of the Trees. Spirit of the Leaves, I’m the Green Man of past centuries. Foolish race, human race, taking more than you’re put here for. I’m the Watcher of the Trees, whose numbers have purpose. Can man say the same? Destroying the children for profit and gain. Spirit of the Leaves, Angel of the Canopy, each brother downed, one less cure found. Can you conceive such… Continue

Added by Nelson Pawlak on June 12, 2009 at 4:13pm — No Comments

Run For The Stars

RUN FOR THE STARS There�s a yellow spot on this blue rock, and it is jetting red hot, resetting earths clock This is the hour of untamed power GPS stressed, take a guess A situation for evacuation Watch your attitude, be on your best This is a big magnitude disrupting all DNA This is the day we called tomorrow Destruction and death will follow We had warnings and signs from all sorts of pages All of life will be sent back to the dark ages It will be us in mass exodus Outdoor activities are s… Continue

Added by WordSlinger on June 12, 2009 at 12:58pm — No Comments

Calling All Earth Poets, :)

To whom this concerns, I'd like to submit poetry on the subject of nature and earth, I'm also in a battle with poets on the subject can poetry save the earth. Here is the forum http://www.originalpoetry.com/forum/view/topic/topic_id/240 And I'll send my poetry, if you accept me to send them. Please let me know, and I need some help here, so please contact your poets, I need there assitance, they may need mine.. John E. WordSlinger THe Poetry of John E WordSlinger Nudged Sketches of Flighty Th… Continue

Added by WordSlinger on June 12, 2009 at 12:53pm — No Comments

"YOU ARE BRILLIANT, EARTH IS HIRING..."

Unforgettable Commencement Address by Paul Hawken to the Class of 2009, University of Portland When I was invited to give this speech, I was asked if I could give a simple short talk that was "direct, neked, taut, honest, passionate, lean, shivering, startling, and graceful." Boy, no pressure there. But let's begin with the startling part. Hey, Class of 2009: you are going to have to figure out what it means to be a human being on earth at a time when every living system is declining, and the r… Continue

Added by Margo Stebbing on May 21, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Rumi Poem

Today like every other day We wake up empty and scared. Don't open the door of your study And begin reading. Take down a musical instrument. Let the beauty we love be what we do There are hundreds of way to kneel And kiss the earth. —Rumi Continue

Added by Mark Josephson on April 28, 2009 at 8:21pm — No Comments

Oxygen by Margo Stebbing

I breathe in molecules as ageless As Herodotus Butterfly perched drinking nectar Moving air as old as the pyramids Dust as free as time itself Breathe in druid song and dance Breathe in Mesopotamian cows Breathe in African dust Breathe in Lao Tzu’s exhalation Breathe in worm in dark soil Breathe in white egret circling to land on horse Oxygen, You are the quiet god Feeding us all. Continue

Added by Margo Stebbing on April 26, 2009 at 2:11pm — 3 Comments

Does One World Perish and Another Begin?

She spit me up out of froth out of green mystery a watery bubble foaming and spilling into crazy conundrum, gazillions of life forms colors that need each other. This is what we must understand (or breakneck pow, curse, catastrophe, conniption, double doom dither). For to perceive the oceanic web of interconnectivity— (longevity, community, electricity, conductivity, serenity, infinity, unity, immensity) (spines, hands, heads, feet, molecules, protons, currents, chemistry, faces, fingers inter… Continue

Added by Debra Josephson on April 26, 2009 at 12:17pm — 3 Comments

Shades of Green & Blue...

Shades of Green & Blue The daylight breaks in silent splendor, As the whispering pines welcome the dawn. And shades of darkness slowly dissipate, While life ushers forth from the waking earth… Here, from the comfort of my front porch chair, I am held in awe by this vibrant display, This peaceful unveiling of sight and sound That lies sprawled out, lush & naked before me… I breathe in deeply, inhaling life, Ever grateful for the gifts that have been given By Mother Earth & Father S… Continue

Added by Billy Moschella, Jr. on April 23, 2009 at 8:10pm — 2 Comments

Tree of Life

TREE of LIFE 1. Rooting down, springing in every direction; stretching up wearing cloud ribbons⎯ streaming and white. I’m hugging a liquidambar. Its roan truck tickles my cheeks like a gritty new beard. Its leaves like a pointy field hat all Ruby red and burnished cop… Continue

Added by Debra Josephson on April 22, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

wild texas rose

"wild texas rose" i am in love with the earth beneath my feet. i am wildly in love with this place in space called earth. as a babe, when i opened my eyes and first saw her face, how could i resist her? her diversity has been my university. and she has wined me and dined me beyond my wildest dreams. i have been given a place to stand on this land, and i dig it! sometimes i fail to recognize her daily miracles... but then, i plant a seed in her skin and watch it sprout and grow and flower… Continue

Added by Robin Whitley on April 21, 2009 at 3:03pm — No Comments

"Holy Ground"

"Holy Ground" On the morning of her fortieth birthday, she woke up alone. Dressing quickly, she left the warmth of the adobe house and slipped out into the bitter, windy cold of the winter. Nose quickly numb, fingers and eyes stinging, she strapped on her cross-country skis, grabbed her poles, and swung into motion. Gliding through the sagebrush atop the crunchy crust of snow, her movements became rhythmic, her breath visible in puffs of white. Her skis led her through the oak gr… Continue

Added by Robin Whitley on April 20, 2009 at 8:41pm — 1 Comment

Star Song

STAR SONG In my dream—there are two people Who sing about the Stars. And I the listener and watcher both hear solos and duets that describe the light mad sky in ink black night. Let me see— a triad of constellations sizzle, a silver planet is high mystery for what might breathe and move there. Bodies animate—cities, cafes, tribes, gardens, hordes, systems, fiery corridors, spirals, spins, spreads, satsang summits, star nurseries, baby galaxies, you, me . . . Two voices sing into space of as… Continue

Added by Debra Josephson on April 18, 2009 at 11:08am — No Comments

Being an environmental performer

wow, what an interesting job, singing for kids and adults about cleaning up the planet, and what might happen to us in the future with climate change. How do we make a difference for people? I've seen some good effects from my music and teachings, but it seems like such an uphill climb. What's worked for others? Love to hear about other's efforts in this area. Continue

Added by Peter Weiss on January 31, 2009 at 9:08pm — No Comments

Save The Children

I went downtown today to buy a supplement; apparently I am vitamin D3 deficient. SUNSHINE in a pill. Well, good example of interdependence; the need for sunshine to be healthy that is, not the pill part. Outside of Starbucks a man was fundraising for Save The Children. I knew about Save the Childr… Continue

Added by Debra Josephson on January 31, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

350 Is The Number To Tattoo Into Our Brains

James Hanson, leading, now infamous, and thank God outspoken U.S. climatologist, issued a critical scientific assessment of climate change. He declared that we must limit carbon concentrations in the atmosphere to below 350 ppm (parts per million) within the next decade or face dire consequences. "If humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed and to which life on Earth is adapted, paleoclimate evidence and ongoing climate change suggest that CO2 will ne… Continue

Added by Debra Josephson on January 30, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

How Long Has Cool Been Cool?

Did it start after groovy? Oh yeah, I remember: "cool man," that's beatnik for we're not robots. Older than rad and maybe bad, cool is the warrior word. Cool is half-a-century old and still in power? But twenty-first century, robots invented and major emergency later, cool may enter the history books as more than just the most enduring modern slang word ever. Cool just might save our lives, literally. If we get the word out, If cool makes the jump from adjective to verb, from opinion to realit… Continue

Added by Debra Josephson on January 29, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

protecting our forest

The trees and variety of plants and animals are completely different in a naturally occuring undisturbed forest. This is quite obvious in Costa Rica, where there is actually primary forest around to hike in and explore. Even though there are other beautiful forests here, there is a vast difference from the primary rainforest. These forest should not just be preserved, but also cherished for what remains of natures own undisturbed creation, I walk through them in awe. These primary forest still e… Continue

Added by Douglas Raglin on January 22, 2009 at 3:25pm — 3 Comments

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