Sunday, July 11, 2010
Toy Story 3
Great movie! I forgot what the original story and part 2 were all about, but now I remember, it's about the life story of toys who belonged to a small boy, Andy. And in 3, Andy is 17 and going to college and this is now the story of his toys who are feeling their loss, vulnerability, who are concerned about their future, even facing their own "mortality".
A work of art! A stroke of genius!
Who wrote Toy Story? Watching the movie, you'd think the toys wrote their own life story 'cause who even knew they were "alive", that they "breathed"??
Of course, people, human beings, not toys, wrote the story. But I thought it had to be a child, cause only a child has the purity, the innocence and the imagination to make up a story like that. But not even Andy knew his toys were real!
Of course, it was real people who did the whole story and film. And with all the modern-day animation, special effects, technology, it's got to be adult people who have the experience, the expertise, to have done this! But they weren't just adults, not just geniuses, but people who, at their age, still have that "child" in them.
How wonderful it is to possess that quality, that virtue of childlikeness, at our age, in this age! We must never lose it as it is that which gives us joy and love and passion for life, that which brings out wholeness and purity of life in each of us, the very essence of life!
Yes, a work of art, live in 3D, a stroke of genius, of childlike genius! Beautiful!
Friday, July 9, 2010
A Nice Cool Walk
Just got back from a nice cool walk at Union. Visited a friend and daughter and granddaughter for dinner and chat. And daughter, Yasmin, is such a pro on the computer, she combined my 2 blogs together! Finally, my blogs work! God, thanks, Yasmin! I was almost giving up on one of them. I owe you one!
And thanks for a delicious dinner and dessert, you're a great cook, like mother, like daughter! And, oh, Sadie is such a beautiful baby, like mother, like daughter! Alright, like grandma, too!
Zita, Yasmin, Sadie, thanks for the invite! Moments like these are priceless. Luv ya...
Thursday, July 8, 2010
New Orleans Jazz at the Mission
Just got back from a New Orleans Jazz Concert at a new Performance Center at the Mission with the PRESERVATION HALL NEW ORLEANS BAND. Fabulous show! Great musicians! New Orleans jazz has gotta be the happiest music in town, in the entire world, I should say! It was exhilirating! The whole audience was ecstatic! Everybody got up to its feet and danced around the whole theatre! A young guy started it with her girlfriend or lady friend and I jumped up and joined! Then we got everybody to stand up and join the line and dance all over! You can't stay glued on your seats! The music was just too, what, I can't even describe it, you simply can't ignore it! Well, Norman had to stay in place cause he had to watch my purse and coat while I went wild! He stood up, though, and he was dancing!
Wow! And to think that I almost missed the show!
There was a show at the store I wanted to see - the Jazz Camp Open Mic, a wrap-up to the just concluded week-long camp! I've never been to one and all musician/friends have been telling me to attend a jazz camp, even once, so I wanted to go see what's happening in tonight's event, have an idea of what they do in a music camp, thinking I might get inspired, (which, of course, I always do), and go to next year's jazz camp. Norman and I were splitting the 2 shows tonight, he was going to the New Orleans Jazz show. But because of the anticipated riot, protests, after the Meserhle conviction this afternoon, the event was cancelled. So I ended up at the New Orleans'. Boy, now I'd like to go to New Orleans!
Lately, we have been totally immersed in a lot of live music - gigs, his, mine, ours, shows, concerts, all kinds! That goes without saying, being musicians, but these past few weeks have been unusually plenty. I ain't complaining.
I'm exhausted now from all the dancing, no, not exhausted, exhilirated!
It's late. Nite-nite...
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Weather Report
Typical summer day in San Francisco - cold, overcast, foggy - while Midwest and east coast all have 3-digit temperatures!
Who doesn't love San Francisco? It's the most beautiful little city in the country! The most beautiful little city in the world!
Monday, July 5, 2010
MAHARISHI VIDEOS
I'm on FB right now looking at MAHARISHI VIDEOS and saw some quotes from him, like this one here that I particularly need at the moment, so I thought I'd copy it here to remind myself -
I saw more that I like to share with you so just keep on reading. Enjoy.
"Quote of the Day"
"Don't desire anything less than the supreme - for yourself individually and for the whole mankind. Because you will get what you desire." - Maharishi
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