Dan Eldon was an artist and photojournalist who grew up in Kenya and was one of the first to bear witness to the famine in Somalia. He was killed on assignment in 1993 when he was only 22-years-old.
Dan left behind 17 artistic journals in which he documented his own life through art.
The Art of Life is a portrait of Dan as artist, photojournalist and humanitarian - whose short but passionate life became a source of inspiration to many others.
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Cliff's first attempt at video of a performance with his little Nikon camera ... arms overhead, got a bit shaky but not too shabby!
Front Porch Stage at Chicago Blues Fest, June 12, 2009 Continue
Thank you for your interest in U.S. pistachios. Copied below for your convenience is information on pistachios, including storage instructions.
Best regards,
Catherine Byrnes
Western Pistachio Association
HOW TO STORE PISTACHIOS
Pistachios draw moisture from the air, which causes them to eventually lose their crunch? To maintain freshness, store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Pistachios will maintain their freshness in the freezer for at least a year
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Susan Boyle
47 Year old Susan Boyle wows the judges with her performance in the auditions for Britain's Got Talent, singing I dreamed a dream from Les Miserables.
Here are the Lyrics(Thanks to NewHotdox) -
I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high,
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving.
Then I was young and unafraid
When… Continue
I just spent a wonderful afternoon with Lisa, CCS member from Salem, Oregon, who often comes to Bend to visit her daughter and family. It's the second time she has come to my house, but the first time she has had time to stay for a bit, and it was so much fun getting to know each other face to face. We sat out on the back patio and chatted for a couple of hours and found many things in common. Lisa goes back to Salem tomorrow ... I can hardly wait until the next time she comes to Bend, and am lo… Continue
The performers are the People's Performance Art Troupe from China. This is a 2008 performance from Gernam TV.
Below is an excerpt from Wikipedia's detailed article about the choregrapher.
Thousand Hand Bodhisattva (Guan Yin) (千手观音)
Zhang Jigang's most famous and influential production. The piece features 21 hearing impaired dancers who form remarkable arm and hand positions by standing behind each other in a perfect column. Breathtaking images are created as the dancers produce perfectly time… Continue
"Eat, Pray, Love" Author Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses -- and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person "being" a genius, all of us "have" a genius. It's a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk.
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The Towers 1957 - A color documentary which examines the creation of the Watts Towers and the Sicilian immigrant and visionary Sabato Rodia who realized them. This film contains intriguing footage of mid-1950's Watts, the neighborhood where greats like Charles Mingus amongst many others grew up. Continue
I wanted to share this reminder I received in email tonight :)
Happy Valentine's Day
Barb
The Bridge ~ Reminder #41
Our Mother Earth
The Earth is a live entity
and she responds to to you as you respond to her
I love Mother Earth. I can't tell you why, I just do. She's part of my calling, my purpose for being here, and somewhere along the line I realized that I'm supposed to leave her in better shape than I found her.
That's what the Native Americans of old did. When they left a place where… Continue
Serendipity is the effect by which one accidentally discovers something fortunate, especially while looking for something else entirely. The word has been voted as one of the ten English words that were hardest to translate in June 2004 by a British translation company.[citation needed] However, due to its sociological use, the word has been imported into many other languages (Portuguese serendipicidade or serendipidade; French sérendipicité or sérendipité but also heureux hasard, "fortunate cha… Continue
I'll be starting a group here at CCS in January for members interested in reading Vein of Gold by Julia Cameron, and sharing our experiences in discussions there. I'll create the group this weekend to give people a chance to join, and we'll get rolling around January 10th. I plan to post a discussion for a chapter each week, though each of us is free to go at our own pace and start our own discussions within the group. Hope to see you there :)
Barb
Update - here is the link to the Julia Cameron… Continue
Is Einstein the Last Great Genius?
(Dec. 5) - Major breakthroughs in science have historically been the province of individuals, not institutes. Galileo and Copernicus, Edison and Einstein, toiling away in lonely labs or pondering the cosmos in private studies.
But in recent decades — especially since the Soviet success in launching the Sputnik satellite in 1957 — the trend has been to create massive institutions that foster more collaboration and garner big chunks of funding.
And it is harde… Continue
November 28, 2008
Just For Fun
Remembering Childhood Joys
As adults, we often get so caught up in "grown up" business that we can forget how to have pure fun. This isn’t the kind of fun that comes from doing a specific kind of activity or being in a specific mood for fun. Rather, t… Continue
It was just after Thanksgiving. An angry middle-aged man stood at the counter of the animal shelter, gripping the leash of an aging German shepherd. "Why won't you take him?" he shouted. "I need to get him off my hands!"
The adoption counselor tried once more to expl… Continue
