Breezing through a stream of pictures lately I heard the words, or what I thought were the spoken words, "Stopwatch and listen...." I saw an image of a stopwatch in my imagination. A trainer timed a sprinting horse on a practice track: flashback The Black Stallion (movie).
Only later, I recalled OH, what was said/meant was three separate words: "Stop, Watch, and Listen...."
* "....You're talking to me, I can't hear what you said..." Lyrics from Time After Time by Cindi Lauper
Words, for me, are the last form of communication I pick up. It's pictures first~
Then I took a music break and tuned in to Cindi Lauper singing her song Time After Time and playing the dulcimer. Backed by violin, piano, and guitar accompaniment, softly they played, and not all performing at the same "time," relaxation is "hear." A total experience, a showcase of sounds, yet not competing with each other. As the song unraveled, I read the closed captions! I seldom hear words or lyrics to songs, rather concentrating on melody lines and frequencies of the vocals and instruments. Was I surprised?
Lyrics spoke directly to "Me!" I sat up straight.
*....Caught up in circles, confusion is nothing new...."
* "Suitcase of memories, Time After Time...."
* "Sometimes you picture me, I'm walking' too far ahead....You say 'go slow,' but I fall behind. And the second hand unwinds."
I get it!
"If you're lost, you can look, and you will find me, Time After Time...."
"....Watching through windows, you're wondering if I'm OK...."
"....Secrets stolen from deep inside, and the drum beats out of time...."
".....I got a suitcase of memories, I almost left behind...."
"TIME AFTER TIME"
It is interesting, in a shift of time and experiences, you can feel the meanings of songs changing and melding into outreaching vistas you never even imagined.
** It's Only Time, Enya
*** "Are not flowers the stars of the Earth?" Clara Lucas Balfour
STOP AND GROW
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*Cindi Lauper, singer songwriter, sings Time After Time, PBS Salute to Grammys, Oct 2020, Cindi's song salutes Ken Ehrlich, receiving the Trustees' Award for producing Grammy, Emmy, and a few White House concerts, and for documentaries of The Beatles, Elton John, Prince and others. Various artists also perform music. Behind the scenes awards are given for technology in music, and areas of soundstage producing. Other Songs by Cindi include True Colors and (who could forget) Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.
** Enya, singer songwriter, relaxing and edgy Enya presents The Celts, Watermark, The Memory of Trees, the Only Time Collection and The Very Best of Enya.
Song Farmer, Michael Johnathan, painter, songwriter and author, Woodsongs, Old Time Radio Hour also on PBS. RFD TV, and Facebook
Film:
The Black Stallion and the Black Stallion Returns, a horse and his boy
Back to the Future, Michael J. Fox (Marty McFly) looks at "time."**
*** Flower quote by Clara Lucas Balfour, message on a tea bag from Traditional Medicinal Organic Teas.
Dahlis Roy: Visionary Artist, Author, and Tai Chi Practitioner
Images by Dahlis
Time Clocks
Hand Crochet Circle Design
Total Eclipse of the Clock, "and the second hand unwinds..."
Windows and Lace
White Violets, memory of spring
