Monday, November 8, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
upcoming
more Elemental Orchestra
more more accordion music
more sing what you play
more sing what you play
Gigs :
March 5th, 2011
International Women's Day -
Bard College at Simon's Rock
March 10, 2011
Hosting open mic at the Stockbridge Library
6:30pm - 8pm
March 31, 2011
JoAnne Spies: Songs about Love and Work
JoAnne Spies: Songs about Love and Work
Mason Library - Great Barrington, MA 6:30pm
Guthrie Church 6pm - 11pm $25.
4 Van Duesenville
Housatonic, MA
April 26, 2011
Hosting Open Mic for National Poetry Month
May 14 and 15th, 2011
"Going Places"
April 23rd, 2011
Honor the Housatonic Benefit and Poetry SlamGuthrie Church 6pm - 11pm $25.
4 Van Duesenville
Housatonic, MA
April 26, 2011
Hosting Open Mic for National Poetry Month
Lee Library
100 Main Street Lee, MA 5:45 - 7:45pm
May 5, 2011
"Sounding Mohican Pathways"
Mission House 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Stockbridge, MAMay 14 and 15th, 2011
"Going Places"
Founder's Theatre - Shakespeare & Company
CATA's annual fundraiser and performance
May 21, 2011
Music Improvisation at Norman Rockwell Museum Let's Get Elemental! 1:00pm
June 26, 2011
"The Power of Song" 10:30 am
U.U. of South Berkshire
917 S. Main Street
Great Barrington, MA
"The Power of Song" 10:30 am
U.U. of South Berkshire
917 S. Main Street
Great Barrington, MA
September 17, 2011
Peace Conference - Hancock Shaker Village
Center for Peace through Culture
Center for Peace through Culture
workshop: "Writing Songs of Peace" and performance
Friday, October 29, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
Gary Snyder on "Reinhabitation"
www.clas.ufl.edu/users/bron/re/Snyder--reinhabitation7%288%2928%28sep87%29.pdf
Thanks to Martin at the Zen Peacemakers Symposium for telling me about Gary Snyder's use of the term "reinhabitation." I found Snyder's 1976 essay online and though I couldn't link it up to this blog, I hope you can read his illuminating thoughts about the merits of staying in one place and how economically we are penalized for doing so.
It was a privilege to hear panelists who are pioneers in their fields and practitioners of kindness at the Zen Peacemakers Symposium.
I want to jot down notes for further exploration while they are fresh in my mind.
~ how does the land lead us to reconciliation?
As I've been leading people on walks to Mohican sites, I see it brings up their feelings of sorrow and desire for forgiveness or reconciliation. Will the simple mindfulness of 'one step at a time' for peace as Thich Nhat Hahn suggests help facilitate this process? I see that the land shares its own history with us when our group walks with a simple awareness of place. My goal for the walks is also to encourage people's connection to the land through the gifts we've been given for conversation with it: rhythm and sound.
I understand melody as a way to remember the power and shape of the sounds we made when first in conversation with the elements.
Thanks to Martin at the Zen Peacemakers Symposium for telling me about Gary Snyder's use of the term "reinhabitation." I found Snyder's 1976 essay online and though I couldn't link it up to this blog, I hope you can read his illuminating thoughts about the merits of staying in one place and how economically we are penalized for doing so.
It was a privilege to hear panelists who are pioneers in their fields and practitioners of kindness at the Zen Peacemakers Symposium.
I want to jot down notes for further exploration while they are fresh in my mind.
~ how does the land lead us to reconciliation?
As I've been leading people on walks to Mohican sites, I see it brings up their feelings of sorrow and desire for forgiveness or reconciliation. Will the simple mindfulness of 'one step at a time' for peace as Thich Nhat Hahn suggests help facilitate this process? I see that the land shares its own history with us when our group walks with a simple awareness of place. My goal for the walks is also to encourage people's connection to the land through the gifts we've been given for conversation with it: rhythm and sound.
I understand melody as a way to remember the power and shape of the sounds we made when first in conversation with the elements.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
"Celebrate"
Each line in the song 'Celebrate' comes from thoughts shared with me by elders I visit in CATA workshops in Alzheimer's units, assisted living and elder care facilities.The performance took place at Shakespeare & Company's Founder's Theatre in Lenox, MA as part of CATA's annual gala in early May.
(screen lightens up @ 20 sec.)
Thanks to Mati Kiin of Kiin Media for the video. http://www.kiinmedia.com
Here's the "Red, Red Robin" video I directed for CATA's show last year:
http://www.vimeo.com/5290390
"where is the watershed?"
This song was written for a Marmalade Productions show called "Watershed Waltz" that tours schools to teach kids how to protect the watershed.
Everywhere we stand is one watershed or another.
Vicki Richards on violin.
Quick Bioregional Quiz!
1.Where is the place that urbanites, suburbanites, and rural residents inhabit together?
2.Where is the place to learn and practice sustainable ways that satisfy basic human needs?
3.Where is the place nearest at hand to restore & maintain ecosystems & wildlife?
4.Where is the place to re-localize & decentralize political, social and economic features?
5.Where is the place to remanufacture products from recycled material?
6.Where is the place for students to learn about ecology?
7.Where is the place to begin both reducing climate change & planning suitable adaptations?
Answer: The watershed in the bioregion where you live.
See planetdrum.org
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