Religion is a means of drawing closer to God but does not in itself comprise closeness to God. ~Wanda Waterman Continue reading
Category: Books, Music, and Film to Wake Up Your Muse and Help You Change the World
In Conversation with Stacey Kent, Part II
by Wanda Waterman Ish and I both came to England from other countries and had developed the sense of being displaced persons. By losing your groundedness and taking on a floating identity, you suddenly see your world and the new world very differently and you become a person of the whole world. (Read the whole article.) Continue reading In Conversation with Stacey Kent, Part II
In Conversation With Stacey Kent
Stacey began her musical career after completing a Masters degree in comparative literature. Now, after six bestselling albums last year (with many songs co-written by friend and acclaimed novelist Kazuo Ishiguro) she just released Raconte-moi and will soon release an album based on Brazilian music. Recently she took the time to talk with Wanda Waterman St. Louis about her early—and ongoing—search for musical treasures. Continue reading In Conversation With Stacey Kent
5 February 2011
Dear friends and all who may be concerned about the sad state of current events in Egypt, Due to the fact that until recently the government disconnected the internet and many of the phone lines, I am only now able to respond to your messages. I’ll try to explain as much as I can as briefly as possible. You’ve probably heard about the revolution in the news, but western media can’t report precisely and in detail what’s really going on. I’ve never been into politics, but we Egyptians are now living in a serious state of emergency all over the country. There are many factions involved, … Continue reading 5 February 2011
30 January 2011
The Old Autocracy Meets the New Grassroots Economy, and a Terrible Beauty Is Born (Night in Tunisia: The Inevitable Eruption of a Long-standing Unrest, Part III) “. . . For all that is done and said. We know their dream; enough To know they dreamed and are dead; And what if excess of love Bewildered them till they died? . . . Now and in time to be, Wherever green is worn, Are changed, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born.” William Butler Yeats, “Easter”, 1916 The Mindful Bard: Books, Music, and Film to Wake Up Your Muse and Help … Continue reading 30 January 2011
The Mindful Bard 