Philosophy, music, dancing and poetry .
A lifetime of learning about many a thing, that doth bring us back to one word to sing, Love.....Love.....Love is all we will need for the rest of our lives and it has taken all of our lives to realize that it is the essence of this simple word that gives us the courage to go on, the strength to be strong, to conquer our fears, to dry our tears, to hold gently and feel. Oh this love so elusive to some, yet right in our hearts, we all have the capability to have love to give love to receive love, to live in love, to be in love. So why not have love always and forever wherever we go for the rest of our lives. Fear of love. Yet I say we must conquer this fear, rise above it and embrace love; so let us go forth in love sweet precious love.
"Written by Hummingbird in honor of Ludwig Haslinger"
I'd like to meet:
Those who live their life to its fullest as if there is no tomorrow. Those who appreciate that life without love worth nothing.
Some persons I'd like to meet, in no particular order, are: Placido Domingo , whose divine voice is like a prayer in our corrupt world; Fairouz , the most beloved living Arab performer, whose cascading voice has been compared to flowing rivers; Beth Levin , a pianist of rare qualities, whose elevated style, tone, sentiments of performance and heart of melodies can never be put down on paper; Christine Moore , whose warm, dark, rich voice is a straight path to seventh heaven; Maria Thompson Corley , a distinguished, gifted pianist, author and composer, whose music is a channel for God Himself to speak through and to humanity; Hummingbird , a beautiful poetess and an endless source of love, whose thoughtfulness brightens my days and touches my heart; Richard of Eire , a spiritual artist of poetic thought, whose wonderful poems are an inspiration to me; Mary Rae , an incredibly gifted composer, poet, artist, writer and translator, whose works enrich and beautify my soul; Olivia Gray , who floats my soul like a sleeping swan upon the silver waves of her sweet singing; Carol Alban , a great flutist, who uses her talents for the benefit of all God's creatures… people, birds, animals, victims of hurricanes… etc. etc. etc….
Music:
J. S. Bach; G. F. Handel; A. Vivaldi; J. P. Lully; R. Schumann; J. Brahms; F. Mendelssohn; M. Ravel; Isaac Albeniz; M. De Falla; J. Rodrigo; W. A. Mozart's concertos and Requiem; L. V. Beethoven's symphonies, concertos and sonatas; F. Chopin's Nocturnes and valses; H. Purcell's Choral Works; Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire; Douglas Moore’s The Ballad of Baby Doe; Ciro Scotto’s Songs of a Geisha; English lute songs; Accordion Musette, Tango, Paso Doble and Valse: Piazzolla, Schwenk, Ugarte, Diaz, Horner, Larcange, Pruvot, Aimable... etc. Singers: Enrico Caruso, Geraldine Farrar, Feodor Chaliapin, Kirsten Flagstad, Lauritz Melchior, Birgit Nilsson, Renata Scotto, Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Franco Corelli, Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Maria Callas, Carlo Bergonzi, Barbara Hendricks, Mario Lanza, Christine Moore, Fayrouz and many others.
Movies:
American, Italian, British and Irish movies in general .
Books:
Music books; metaphysical and theological research; poems: Gabriela Mistral, William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Lord Byron, John Donne, John Keats, W. Wordsworth, J. Milton, A. E. Housman, C. Marlowe, Lord Tennyson, E. B. Browning, J. K. Baxter, J. W. Goethe, Omar Al-Khayyam, F. M. Hodgkins, Nizar Kabbani, Maha Ghareeb and many others.
The greatest book I have ever read is the HOLY BIBLE.
Heroes:
Eric the Viking, a fictitious name of a great woman of noble qualities whose love was the matrix for a great miracle in my life.
"Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. The real miracle is the love that inspires them. In this sense, everything that comes from love is a miracle" (Marianne Williamson).
O friends, I pray tonight,
Keep not your kisses for my dead, cold brow.
The way is lonely; let me feel them now.
Think gently of me; I am travel-worn;
My faltering feet are pierced with many a thorn.
Forgive, O hearts estranged, forgive, I plead!
When dreamless rest is mine
I shall not need The tenderness for which I long tonight.
(Arabella Eugenia Smith, "If I should die tonight").
