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Here are some more details on our upcoming yoga retreat. To keep up with weekly blogs about the adventure visit www.alexandemilysadventures.blogspot.com. Everything you need to know is also on that site, as well as more info on your guides, Alex and Emily!
WHAT: Singer/Songwriter, with a Damien Rice/Bon Iver feel
WHY: The sex scene in Twilight: Breaking Dawn was the only time I was moved, because this band was playing. I couldn't wait for the film to be over so I could go home and drool over their every detail; forget Robert Pattinson!
I stumbled upon their most recent album called, Yearbook, which contains 36 tracks of breathtaking masterpieces. The multi-instrumentalist performed most of the parts, from melodies on the piano, acoustic guitar, banjo, ukulele, right down to occasional violin parts.
The strings are full and at times too rich to digest. And this detail even goes beyond the instrumentation. Each lyric is laid perfectly to rest deep in your guts, softly in your heart, or wildly in your imagination. Every song is different, and every song leaves you with a different after taste. Even though he wrote 3 brand new songs, every month, for a year, nothing is stale or boring about this album.
Now is the perfect time to bring Sleeping at Last into your life. It screams hibernation, bubble bath, snowy/rainy walks, savasana, a winter drive down country roads, cuddles by candlelight, reading by the fire, a slow and beautiful lovemaking session..... you get the idea!
WHAT: Canadian Singer Songwriter, Poet, Painter, Actress
WHO: Sarah Slean
WHY: I fell in love with Ms. Slean during my last year of high school. A good friend had watched her play at one of our little, local venues, in Peterborough Ontario. She told a tale of this eccentric, exotic, bare foot, pianist who song like she came straight out of the 1940s.
And she plays like she's high on something really goooooddddd. If I could be like her I'd gladly take whatever drug she's hooked too. The thing is, Sarah is all natural- 100%!!!!!!!
When you see her live, she holds you so tightly in the palm of her hand. She grants you permission to be free, to live without chains, ties or limitations, and she guides you into a brand new perspective- a whole new world! And come to think of it, you do feel like The Little Mermaid: thrust up against a rock with wild waves crashing all around you. AAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Her new album, Land and Sea, is a masterpiece containing a pop/folk feel on one end, and a orchestral/euphoric feel on the other.
I can't really describe why this woman is so inspiring. SO in order to develop your own opinion you must do the follow:
1) See her in concert. She's coming to Vancouver Nov 23, at the Rio Theatre
2) Stalk her website. Its has everything on it that has to do with art, because she can do EVERYTHING that has to do with art. www.sarahslean.com
3) Watch the video, on the front page of her site, entitled Land and & Sea, Episode 9. You'll get a real feel for her depth and artistry
* Biography of Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay American to be elected to public office, in California.
Who: Sean Penn & James Franco
Why: One of those movies you can't stop thinking about. One of those films where you find yourself flabbergasted at that fact you had no idea this had all occurred. Harvey Milk should be known by everyone; WHAT A HERO. I don't think gay rights would be where it is today without this man. We still have a ways to go, but the movement for change really only began 40 yrs ago!!!!! That's really not that long ago. Especially considering how brutally gays were treated before this. The horrible acts almost brought you back to segregation, or even the witch hunts.
Despite all this, Harvey Milk was a loving man, and Sean Penn portrayed him as playful, happy, a strong man even in tragic times (and I mean tragic), one who saw the good in every individual. Milk seemed to have had an ancient, wise spirit, as if he'd studied with Buddha himself. Yet, he also interacted with a new age flair, as if he'd seen The Secret or was born as an Indigo Baby. He saw the innate goodness in all, and I think that's what was most inspiring about this flick.
