Entries from July 2009

July 23, 2009

Communication through Music

 

Have you ever heard a song and felt “This is so my situation!” or “Its like this song was written for me!”. As a songwriter that is my aim, to bring the listener into the song, to paint a visual picture, and draw emotion and passion into the heart. Music has long been a form [...]

July 20, 2009

Brazilian Film: Black Orpheus

This is one of my favorite films named “Black Orpheus”. It won the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. I have the DVD! I’ve watched it probably a hundred times. It is film in Brazil and the language in Portuguese so it does have subtitles, below are a few clips.

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July 17, 2009

New Photos!

Recently on my Twitpic [http://twitpic.com/photos/AmberTen] account I posted 2 photographs that are a part of the collection shot a few weeks ago for my upcoming website that will debut this month! I’ve added a few of my photos and a few others from the photographer Vincent Martinez of Def Films. Vincent, who goes by the [...]

July 16, 2009

Alicia in Wonderland

Being that my middle name is Alicia [family tradition name an ancestor's 1st name a middle name, and the girl cousins got the auntie names this time around]. I always felt connected with the character Alice, lost in a strange place in time. And to be clearly honest the world is getting stranger & stranger [...]

July 9, 2009

Hyperspace Comedy

I find the internet very useful in catching up on things I missed, like the beginning of the 80s. Since I’m an 80s baby I missed some of the greatest of media that has influenced us, for instance in this excerpt I’m particularly talking about “Delirious” and “Star Trek” can you believe I’ve never watched [...]

July 6, 2009

City Elephants

These Elephants are the real hustlers in some Thai cities. The Thai governments wants to remove them from the city because they said it is dangerous for them they may get hit by cars, etc. I say its there natural habitat and they’ve adapted, it is the last link between the ancient wild animals and [...]