UNICEF, WHO, UNESCO; the mediumship of good causes; spiritual power used for conflict resolution; the externalization of internal strength for the good and lasting benefit of humankind; recognition of humanity in all its manifestations, both incarnate and discarnate....
All those born of woman. Men, women, girls, boys, everyone who has a spirit and a soul. *** This page is a sister site to blackmaryoftheturquoisedesert.blogspot.com ***...
Rock'n'roll as a spiritual force. Tejano and corrida Tex-Mex border music from the 1920s and 1930s. Polynesian choral harmonies that make you cry with longing. All music is spirit-filled, given that it is created by us, the people. The Velvet Underground, The Rolling Stones, The Texas Tornadoes. Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin. Los Lobos, Lydia Mendoza, Iry Le June. Solomon Burke, Wilson Pickett, Amadie Ardoin. I cried -- oh how I cried -- when Otis Redding went down, but oh the joy of my laughter when his spirit arose....
Kinetic energy meets the human spirit. The seductiveness of individualism, combined with the baring of soul, creates filmic history that lasts forever. Marlon Brando in "Viva Zapata." Pier Paolo Pasolini's "Gospel According to Matthew." Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis and Brad Pitt in "Thelma and Louise" – the spirit of the land meets the power of feminine longing. War-weary romanticism and the melancholia of loss in Graham Greene’s film-noir "The Third Man." Ditto “Casablanca.†Emotion beyond reason when the mother finally admits the loss of her child in Satyajit Ray’s “The World of Apu.†Kick-ass rock’n’roll irreverence meets fantastical crises of faith in Quentin Tarantino’s “From Dusk ‘Til Dawn.†The undergrowth of subconsciousness - therein lies disturbance: "Deliverance." Poverty and egotism combine with the glamorization of sexual gunplay in "Bonnie and Clyde."...
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The Old Testament. The New Testament. The Apocrypha. The Lost Gospels. The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci. "One Hundred Years of Solitude", Gabriel Garcia Marquez. "Metamorphosis", Franz Kafka. F. Scott Fitzgerald; Raymond Chandler; Tennessee Williams; the lyrics of Bob Dylan.
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