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libby

#30
December 31, 2011, 06:43:41 PM
 Just finished listening to it   :yes: -  and then, one of my favorites - Pachelbel's Canon. I have it on an old 'relaxation and meditation with ocean sounds' tape.

Again, this is a great site!
All of life is a process of testing and initiation, always preparing for a higher level of consciousness -- and illumination. -- John Horn

damfast

#31
January 02, 2012, 03:13:21 PM
i took piano lessons for about 12 years, 1st grade thru 12th.  my favorite to play was classical.  it is fun to look these up when you mention them.  some are in my head.....
It's always darkest before the dawn.  So if you're going to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.

libby

#32
January 03, 2012, 04:53:29 PM
Quote from: damfast on January 02, 2012, 03:13:21 PM
i took piano lessons for about 12 years, 1st grade thru 12th.  my favorite to play was classical.  it is fun to look these up when you mention them.  some are in my head.....
:yes: I would imagine they're all still there.

I say that because I have a book, Musicophilia, by the neurologist Oliver Sacks, and his first case study is about a physician who was struck by lightening and died, saw the white light and didn't want to come back, but did, and a few weeks later, had an intense desire to play the piano, which he hadn't done since he was a boy. (That's all I know because I put it aside and forgot about it until I read what you wrote ....)
All of life is a process of testing and initiation, always preparing for a higher level of consciousness -- and illumination. -- John Horn

damfast

#33
January 04, 2012, 10:15:31 AM
Quote from: libby on January 03, 2012, 04:53:29 PM
   :yes: I would imagine they're all still there.

I say that because I have a book, Musicophilia, by the neurologist Oliver Sacks, and his first case study is about a physician who was struck by lightening and died, saw the white light and didn't want to come back, but did, and a few weeks later, had an intense desire to play the piano, which he hadn't done since he was a boy. (That's all I know because I put it aside and forgot about it until I read what you wrote ....)

i still play in the Charleston Symphony a couple of times a year.  They usually select more contemporary music tho.
It's always darkest before the dawn.  So if you're going to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.

libby

#34
January 04, 2012, 08:29:27 PM
 :music1:
All of life is a process of testing and initiation, always preparing for a higher level of consciousness -- and illumination. -- John Horn

Y

#35
January 04, 2012, 08:51:47 PM
Quote from: libby on December 26, 2011, 03:47:52 PM
8 :laugh: Everything I know about art (like music) is also self-taught.  I started drawing in grade school, and liked to do faces. Everybody thought I'd be an artist, but I was already poor, and 'life'  had other plans for me.

As for the Little Blue Book of Stars, it sounds a lot like the one I have - somewhere.  I came across it while I was unpacking books after a move a few years ago. I don't remember the title, but it it's dark blue. When I was 21, after a major emotional upheaval in my life, which began  with my father's death, I built a telescope from scratch -- meaning I walked around a barrel for a year, grinding and poiishing the concave "mirror" for a 6 inch, 100 power reflector. Found the instructions in a friend's Mechanics Illustrated. My family thought I'd lost my mind.  I had help in that a carpenter friend built me a sturdy tripod, another friend made the body of the 'scope from an irrigation tube, and another put together the eyepiece for me.  The biggest surprise of all for me was when one of those friends took me and my telescope to a high mountaintop near Beckley, WV and we aimed it at the moon, and it worked! But it's too big for practical use. Where I live, there are too many city lights. But I still remember those dark starry nights in West Virginia.

I miss that book!

I've never made that detailed a telescope, but I still have a small one though I haven't used of late.  It was going to be too cold to even think about sitting outside and watch the meteor shower this morning.  My first wife and I rented a farmhouse back in the day and had a magnificent view of the western sky at night, very little light pollution at the time.  Saw some very interesting things. 
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Law of Logical Argument - Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.  ;)

"You've probably noticed that opinion pollsters go out of their way to include as many morons as possible in surveys ... I think it's dangerous to inform morons about what their fellow morons are thinking. It only reinforces their opinions. And the one thing worse than a moron with an opinion is lots of them." -- Scott Adams

In other words: Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.  ;)

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -- Upton Sinclair

"Hitler is gone, but if the majority of our fellow citizens are more susceptible to the slogans of fear and race hatred than to those of peaceful accommodation and mutual respect among human beings, our political liberties remain at the mercy of any eloquent and unscrupulous demagogue." -- S. I. Hayakawa

libby

#36
January 05, 2012, 04:57:21 PM
I was spoiled by those dark southern WV skies. I tried all kinds of things. Once I decided to photograph star trails. A friend loaned me a camera with time lapse function. One dark cloudless night I went out to the back yard and aimed it at the North Star and left it for hours. Took the film to the photo shop, and they called me and said there was nothing on the film. I said "develop it anyway." When I picked it up, was delighted to find star trails in concentric circles around the North Star. I still have that picture!
All of life is a process of testing and initiation, always preparing for a higher level of consciousness -- and illumination. -- John Horn

damfast

#38
January 07, 2012, 10:36:40 AM
Quote from: libby on January 05, 2012, 04:57:21 PM
I was spoiled by those dark southern WV skies. I tried all kinds of things. Once I decided to photograph star trails. A friend loaned me a camera with time lapse function. One dark cloudless night I went out to the back yard and aimed it at the North Star and left it for hours. Took the film to the photo shop, and they called me and said there was nothing on the film. I said "develop it anyway." When I picked it up, was delighted to find star trails in concentric circles around the North Star. I still have that picture!
i was raised in the Great State of WVA!  I go home often, sadly tho, I wont live there again. 
It's always darkest before the dawn.  So if you're going to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.

libby

#39
January 09, 2012, 10:37:44 PM
Quote from: Da Wham on January 07, 2012, 02:42:21 AM
Bach - BWV 828 - 5 - Sarabande - Glenn Gould
I like that! But his face is so expressive I had to close my eyes to listen to the music. I've never 'seen' him play before.
All of life is a process of testing and initiation, always preparing for a higher level of consciousness -- and illumination. -- John Horn

Y

#41
January 20, 2012, 12:04:29 PM
Quote from: libby on January 05, 2012, 04:57:21 PM
I was spoiled by those dark southern WV skies. I tried all kinds of things. Once I decided to photograph star trails. A friend loaned me a camera with time lapse function. One dark cloudless night I went out to the back yard and aimed it at the North Star and left it for hours. Took the film to the photo shop, and they called me and said there was nothing on the film. I said "develop it anyway." When I picked it up, was delighted to find star trails in concentric circles around the North Star. I still have that picture!

Star trails!  It's been decades since I've done that.  I think I used an old Brownie or black box Kodak and just aimed it at the night sky and left the shutter open.

BTW, I see where you said you like Glen Gould.  There was a program about him on PBS some time back.  It was interesting.  You might Google up PBS and search for it, you may be able to watch it online.
©  Whamma-Jamma - all rights reserved

Law of Logical Argument - Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.  ;)

"You've probably noticed that opinion pollsters go out of their way to include as many morons as possible in surveys ... I think it's dangerous to inform morons about what their fellow morons are thinking. It only reinforces their opinions. And the one thing worse than a moron with an opinion is lots of them." -- Scott Adams

In other words: Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.  ;)

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -- Upton Sinclair

"Hitler is gone, but if the majority of our fellow citizens are more susceptible to the slogans of fear and race hatred than to those of peaceful accommodation and mutual respect among human beings, our political liberties remain at the mercy of any eloquent and unscrupulous demagogue." -- S. I. Hayakawa

libby

#42
January 20, 2012, 03:35:03 PM
 :yes:  I'll watch for a rerun.  We're lucky here  -- we get two PBS stations here - one in Northern VA/DC and one in Maryland.
All of life is a process of testing and initiation, always preparing for a higher level of consciousness -- and illumination. -- John Horn

Y

#43
January 20, 2012, 04:03:37 PM
We also have two of them here with three channels each, though I'm still trying to figure out how to make V/Me display English subtitles.  I think we'll have access to some others when I have the new antenna up that I want. 
©  Whamma-Jamma - all rights reserved

Law of Logical Argument - Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.  ;)

"You've probably noticed that opinion pollsters go out of their way to include as many morons as possible in surveys ... I think it's dangerous to inform morons about what their fellow morons are thinking. It only reinforces their opinions. And the one thing worse than a moron with an opinion is lots of them." -- Scott Adams

In other words: Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.  ;)

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -- Upton Sinclair

"Hitler is gone, but if the majority of our fellow citizens are more susceptible to the slogans of fear and race hatred than to those of peaceful accommodation and mutual respect among human beings, our political liberties remain at the mercy of any eloquent and unscrupulous demagogue." -- S. I. Hayakawa

libby

#44
January 25, 2012, 03:39:56 PM
Quote from: Y on January 20, 2012, 04:03:37 PM
We also have two of them here with three channels each, though I'm still trying to figure out how to make V/Me display English subtitles.  I think we'll have access to some others when I have the new antenna up that I want.
Well, good luck with that. There's a lot out there to tune in to. Most people where I live have cable provided by the county. It's a bit expensive and those boxes are unsightly, but we get a wide range of high to low class 'everything' in just about any category you would want, and that includes music.
All of life is a process of testing and initiation, always preparing for a higher level of consciousness -- and illumination. -- John Horn
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