Primarily a writing exercise, this dream journal-inspired blog is a quiet introspective sojourn into the process that we traverse in going from private dream to public art. I see our dreaming as an internalized mythmaking. As I philosophize and expressively exhibit dreams, both private and public, I encourage and delight in creative language as a way to practice experiential metaphors through a “public dreaming."
Writing Theory: Creative Dream Fiction
Speaking of Kulu Se Mama, great stuff! Thanks for reminding me of the incomparable beauty of Chinese culture. Like here:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFPkGLb0A90
(inspired by Endless Yearning – Li Bai):
Endlessly lovesick in Changan,
The autumn crickets cry on well posts golden
Desolate frost chills my bamboo mat
The candle flickers, and deeper grows my desire
I lift the drape and sigh, at the clear and lonely moon,
Single as a flower, centered from the clouds
Above, I see the blue and deepness of the sky
Below, I see the green and restlessness of water…
Heaven is high, Earth wide, bitter between them flies my sorrows
Can I dream through the gateway, over the mountain?
Endless longing
Breaks my heart.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4niiUezbQ8
Bill,
ReplyDeleteThank you for adding a touch of your beautiful literary mind as part of this post! I once took a course on Chinese poetry, I'm glad to be reminded here of the great Li Bai!
The Zheng player in this video is my wife! I am accompanying her glorious,
fascinating improvisational bravura on the Egyptian Doumbek. You can see more
of her work anytime if you like on YouTube.com/nivsha
So grateful for your music links! They are quite inspiring especially the John Coltrane tribute on Qin! Wild!
On Sat. night one of my good friends joined in with instrumental duet my wife and I perform at a cafe with his Qin! It was for sure a first for our city and a tremendously inspiring occasion nonetheless!
Dreams in Truth for All!