Song for Friday...he got in my head...

Blogger has changed today and I'm having

a hard time copying and pasting so

you'll hopefully be able to click on the link for

Fridays song.

I've had this song in my head all week.

Sting got in there somehow and I've been

singing along with him...

I looked up the video on youtube and

found the young Sting walking thru the

streets of New York in winter...

Easy on the eyes as well as the ears!

There's a young Brandford Marsalis

on soprano sax there too.

So have a great weekend and remember...

"Be yourself, no matter what they say."

http://youtu.be/d27gTrPPAyk

Wordless Wednesday...



movie review....

Seraphine Louis.

Not a very recognizable name in art.

But her paintings were truly inspired.

Born in France in 1864, she was a humble cleaning woman

who was driven to paint by the voices of angels.

I first heard of this movie through Lucinda's blog and after 2 years of waiting for it to

 come to my local library, I've finally had the chance to watch it.

This film tells the story of Seraphine's discovery by a German art collecter

who brought her name to fame for a brief time.

Her paintings depicted the flora of her countryside and came 

alive with the lines of featherlike strokes, almost

looking like birds and insects...

Beautifully filmed in the colours and architecture of the time, it's a moving film

of a woman's passion for two things: God and painting.

Well worth the wait if you can find it.

Passageways...

Walking along the dirt roads and cobblestone streets of Mexico,

I would often stop to take pictures of doors, windows and passageways.

The weathered wood, the painted trim, funky metal hardware, the iron work...

and sometimes a curious face looking back at me!