Author: mktdaf
Poetry of music: Wooden you sing along?
Although I don’t usually post adverts here in The World According to Brother Ian, sometimes I do, because that’s where the music is (gotta listen, everywhere!) This one is trying to sell wood-cased cell phones, but the way it gets there is pretty awesome…give a listen: https://youtu.be/c84C6YZirzE
Writings: Listening, with Krishnamurti
“I hope that you will listen, but not with the memory of what you already know; and this is very difficult to do. You listen to something, and your mind immediately reacts with its knowledge, its conclusions, its opinions, its past memories. It listens, inquiring for a future understanding. “Just observe yourself, how you are…
Writings: What do you hear?
Some days, do you get the feeling you’re missing something? This is a story a friend of mine told me: I was walking down the sidewalk on a busy New York City day with a friend who lives in the forests of Brazil. He stopped, cocked his head & said, “Listen! I think that’s a…
Writings: Rainbow in the clouds, with Maya Angelou…be a blessing to somebody
Upon learning of Dr. Maya Angelou’s passing on May 28, Oprah Winfrey released a statement that referred to the poet, author and legend as “the rainbow in my clouds.” The touching sentiment is one that Dr. Angelou herself had discussed during her 2011 appearance on “Oprah’s Master Class.” During that interview, Dr. Angelou explained where…
Writings: The Three Sieves Test
It is my greatest dream that no news story get published until it’s passed this test, in this anecdotal fable attributed to Socrates: Once upon a time in ancient Greece, one of the acquaintances of the great philosopher Socrates came up to him and said: “Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one…
Whale News: Talking to them, talking to us
For this story, you need to click here to both read it & more importantly, hear it, and to hear Noc the Beluga whale’s speech….wow!
Writings: Put down the notes….he didn’t say, “I have a speech,” he said, “I have a dream!”
Lots of folks have lots of different angles about this week’s 50th anniversary celebration of Dr. King’s “I Have A Dream” speech, but one of the perspectives is provided as a reminder that sometimes we need to * get off script • challenge our inner wiring, and • say what’s in our heart & mind,…
Poetry in music: “Love Someone,” with Jason Mraz & Raining Jane
Love Someone, by Jason Mraz Love is a funny thing Whenever I give it – it comes back to me And it’s wonderful to be giving with my whole heart As my heart receives your love Oh, ain’t it nice this life we got each other I am right beside you More than just a…
Writings: Filling the picture, with Emily Carr
This is a little bit from Canadian artist Emily Carr, one of my favourite folk: “Remember, the picture is to be one concerted movement in a definite direction for a definite purpose, the expression of a definite thought. All its building is for that thought, the bringing into expression and the clothing of it. “Therefore…
Starpeople: How big is…big?
Pluto’s smaller than Earth’s moon (one of the discoveries this week), and there’s a detailed account of that in this report (the geek in you will love this….): http://astronomynow.com/2015/07/13/how-big-is-pluto-new-horizons-settles-decades-long-debate/ On the other end of the discussion – how big are known objects in the universe? Here’s an easy-to-understand little vid that will make you say…