I believed in God
I believed in Fairy Tales
I believed in Santa Claus
Gave me a reason to believe in the concept
beyond belief
beyond our imagination
beyond our disbelief
giving in to these
wanting to believe
In my years
I've found all to be true
set the stage
for the way I look at life
from intimacy and public
display
made me truer to myself
no where to hide
God knows
and Santa Claus sees
and moral of the story
lessons teach more than
can be imagined
I love to come above ground and share my music with commuters of the concert type, (not rushing past to their destination, in a warm and quality sound environment). I am eager to perform tomorrow night to benefit Art For Animals a non profit created to teach humane arts to children and provide funds for shelters in need.
Rock N Roll Rescue at Club Helsinki Friday November 19th
FOOD: a great party needs great food. Ruth Reichl has invited some of the most thrilling chefs for the cocktail party.
ART: a gallery of artwork created by students in an Art For Animals supported portrait workshop.
MUSIC: Laurie Anderson and her dog Lolabelle will perform, Joy Askew and me.
FILM: In keeping with my What's Your Inspiration series on my website, I created a short film about what Inspires people about animals. I traveled to Columbia County NY interviewed friends and farmers and will be performing to the film.
And the newest addition to the event the wonderful Tom Davis of Saturday Night Live fame will MC
6:30-8:30 cocktail party and gallery viewing, 8:30 concert
If you can't attend, please consider a donation to this wonderful organization.
Just talking yesterday to my friend Paige (who blogs at The Sister Project) about nycsubwaygirl and how as I continue to develop it, want nycsubwaygirl to be so much more than about me and my adventures in the subway. nycsubwaygirl is I hope eventually a state, a place to build strong community, it’s form created by the collaboration of others. To that extent I think “are you a NYCsubway girl?” Today another friend Cheryl sent me a TED talks link of a speech Eve Ensler gave about girls and the idea of a girl cell. Hmm I thought,
Read MoreThis clip is from Greg Reitman, the same guy who's been creating my clips. I'm still trying to wrap my head around why a group so filled with hate and bigotry could travel all the way to Brooklyn to protest against people they would rather denounce than try to understand.
It is a powerful commentary, showing that humanity is continuously in conflict. Only by being true to ourselves can we finally abolish hatred, bigotry and ignorance.
and I'd rather be the optimist.