The Truth About Beliefs

Beliefs, You Can Change Your Life is a post from: Creative Waves

Howdy folks.

Yep, still here although the Mt Doug did attack me yesterday.  They got some mighty hard and tough boulders up there with some slick moss and dirt covered slopes. I was more concerned for my camera, of course.

This site seems to be loading slowly.  I am going to change servers so it may be down for awhile.  Not too long but I don’t see that as much of an issue.

Not a slope but one of the moss covered trees and there are plenty of them up there.

Be back later to check on things.

keep those cards and letters coming.

Staying Alive, Perhaps I Should Say Still Alive is a post from: Creative Waves

In the previous post presented here Katie Melua was introduced.  Not that she needs an introduction although it seems she is not as well know to folks on this side of the pond. Of course, this can change in a hurry.

Just Like Heaven is also appropriate to describe her singing and performance. Words are never enough so best to view and listen to it here: Katie Melua Just Like Heaven

Some think the following video is a bit strange in a weird sort of way.  Perhaps it is and certainly it is creative, so appropriate to present it here on creative waves blog. I suggest looking beyond the “strangeness” if that is what you think.  Katie Melua I Cried For You.

Ok, I have a dilemma. I wanted to present another video but have several in mind but only wish to have three presented at one time.

Here is one with the end of the world in mind. Katie Melua, If The Lights Go Out. Beauty!

Well I am not so much concerned with that but I do like the singing of this young woman.

If you feel the same about Katie Melua please feel free to leave a comment.

Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers out there, to everyone who has ever had a father, to give thanks even if it is one half of the equation for your being here today.

Sing on!

Eugene

Katie Melua Encore is a post from: Creative Waves

Normally I would like to present Canadian artists here.  However, I came across this artist by chance, if there is such a thing, while looking for a song on Youtube, Blowing in the Wind, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan.

Here is a bit from Wikipedia about Katie Melua:

Ketevan “Katie” Melua (Georgian: ??????? “????” ????? listen (help·info), English pronunciation: /?m?lu?.?/ ; born 16 September 1984) is a Georgian-British singer, songwriter and musician. She moved to Northern Ireland at the age of eight and then to England at fourteen.^[2] Melua is signed to the small Dramatico record label, under the management of composer Mike Batt,^[3] and made her musical debut in 2003. In 2006, she was the United Kingdom’s bestselling female artist^[4] and Europe’s highest selling European female artist.^[5]

^{Ok so there is a Canadian connection, although I have not tracked it down yet.}

Melua speaks Georgian, Russian and English fluently and is partly of Canadian^[19] and Russian ancestry.^[

So that makes this a Canadian story, albeit a rather distant one.  I was amazed at Katie’s version of Blowing In The Wind.  It is very good and she imparts and conveys a ton of meaning into the song. This young woman is a beautiful and amazing talent.

After viewing and listening to that song I just had to check out some of her other songs.  Words cannot adequately describe the magic of this music.

Here is The Closest Thing To Crazy by Katie Melua:

Well there are other popular ones, still I kind of like this one. It is called Thank You Stars.

A very special soul with an awesome voice.

Going to come back again with some more of Katie, perhaps on another day soon.

Best wishes to all and thank you Katie Melua.

Eugene

A Very Talent Singer, Katie Melua is a post from: Creative Waves

There is a section at the top of the Creative Waves Blog that is devoted to helping others to help themselves. I have updated it a bit and yes it could use a bit more work.  I invite you to take a look at it now, Help Others.  One of the ways to help others is to loan funds to Kiva. Of course when I get paid back enough funds to make $25 I just lend it back to someone again.  This adds up over time.  I have not made that many loans so far, about 8 or 9.  One I did twice to someone they did not count for some reason. Perhaps it has to be to a different person to qualify.

It may be a small way to help others but if enough people do this we can make a difference in people’s lives.  Since this is not an outright gift and the people must pay it back and pay some costs, it is also gives them some satisfaction rather than just taking a handout.  More of a hand up rather than a handout. Anyway that is how I feel about it.

Go Here Now to give a $25 Kiva Microloan for only $15.  You will have to act fast as it is almost “sold out”.

The helping others section will give you many free ways to help others also, free rice and feed the hungry etc. Come back often and click away to help others.

I wanted to make a post here as I have not done so for quite awhile.  A friend recently asked about that as they keep checking back and were surprised I had not updated the blog.  Well yes, I have been lax with that. Still I thought no one was reading it.  Well that may be true to some extent.  Obviously not completely. 

Going to add a few pictures that I took and hope to add more soon. This is my sage bush which I have brightened up a bit and I call it Sage Brite.  Not to be confused with stage fright.  Sages do not get stage fright. They just are doing what sage bushes do or be as the case may be. Ok there is a sprig of rosemary in there also I must confess.

This will give you and idea of what it looks like undressed, naked in the snow. Well I will show you the rosemary version and save the naked sage for another day perhaps just to “spice” it up a bit.  Rosemary is good with chicken and I find sage good with almost anything.

Ok, that is a chilly wrap for now. Who says it does not snow in Victoria, BC?  Ok well it is mostly all gone now, just the odd patch of snow here and there. Mostly green around here year round.

Cheers,

CreativeWaves

Helping Others to Help Themselves is a post from: Creative Waves

Well here is a new poem I have etched out, poem or something.  Could be half a song.  Who knows. I just write this stuff once in awhile, sometimes on a whim.  Sometimes nothing for a very long time.

I usually place them in the poetry section but right now I cannot locate my sitemap so for now here is where it goes.

You Make me Drunk, Drunk as a Skunk

I had a dream that you were next to me there
Next thing I knew you were pulling my hair
All I could do is grimace and stare
Underneath it all you were definitely bare.

Go Here for the rest of

Poem: You Make Me Drunk, Drunk As A Skunk

I do have some photos to post but will save that for later. I cannot find a photo for You Make Me Drunk, Drunk As A Skunk.  I just have a photo of my pet frog.   Noisy little froggie he is, once he starts a croaking.  He lives in the neck of my watering can as I found out one day.  Ok you talked me into it.  Here is FROGGIE!  Well tell me a better name, ok?

Cheers,

Eugene

You Make Me Drunk, Drunk as a Skunk is a post from: Creative Waves

Once in awhile I get feedback at times about how something I have said or presented which has been inspiring to someone. The payoff for that is not monetary and sure the ego is involved.  In this sense the ego is a good thing. As long as I don’t let it get out of hand that part of the ego can serve me well. It does not happen that often so it really is not difficult to keep the ego in check!

People do feel good if they are able to help someone else, not in an enabling kind of way, just by being, planting a seed or two, providing an idea or a way for someone to have something make a difference to them.

There are many inspirational things being presented online. I imagine many do not know about them or where to find them.  Sometimes things just come to us, drop into our laps or hit us over the head to wake us up when we need it. We may be thinking about something, looking for something and the message or the messenger suddenly appears with what we have been asking for.

Being open to all possibility can bring synchronicities, coincidences and the like to us seemingly out of nowhere.  Or what I sometimes like to refer as nothing.  No Thing.  That brings to mind.  “Where does creativity really come from?” This is not an easy question to answer.  I’ll touch a bit more on this later.

I have been listening to some of the talks and such on TED.  See the link I’ve added on the left hand side of this blog. There are some remarkable and inspirational talks and music presented there.  I knew of TED before and had not been there for some time.  Something recently pointed me in that direction once again.  I think it was when I was exploring something about Stephen Hawking and his quest about life and the theory of how the Universe came about.  In any case it is all about synchronicity, coincidence and such.

Back to the TED site.  One amazing talk that really stood out for me is:

Steve Jobs: How to live before you die

Many of us have heard idea and concept “do what you love and the money will follow” or something similar. The first part of that phrase is the important part and the second part is just a bonus should it come.

This talk by Steve Jobs can be viewed on YouTube.

I was really moved by this talk and what it meant.  It is so powerful and evokes emotions as well as bringing awareness to things we do not really know before hand and discover the significance later on.  Sometimes what we feel are the most adverse and difficult things, out of that can come our finest moments.  It we accept and allow them to happen.  That is not an easy thing to do.  We can easily become stuck in our creations and in the muck that we find ourselves in.

If encourage you to explore the TED site and find some gems of your own over there.  It is well worth the trip, IMO.

I will be back later to talk a bit more about creativity and such. I could add more now but I feel this is is powerful enough on its own to let it sift and simmer within us.

May your creations be many and serve you well.

Eugene

Synchronicity, Coincidences, Ego and Powerful Creations is a post from: Creative Waves

I took a little trek up Mt Work awhile ago on a Sunday for some exercise, to see if it was was still the same as I recalled it and to experience and enjoy the beauty and magnificence that is there.  I had been there once before. On another website I read that the elevation is 2238 feet or 682 metres. For sure there are quite a few steps to the Summit.

Location: Mount Work Park, Saanich, Victoria, Vancouver Island BC  A 536-hectare Mount Work Regional Park bordering on Gowlland Tod Provincial Park, situated in the Highlands area of the Saanich Peninsula.

Along the way I met several groups of people including some young bucks huffing, puffing and sweating the climb up. Although I would describe myself in better condition this time than I was when I climbed it before, it surely did not feel like it! It is quite a steady climb up and up.  A few spots level off and you go down a bit and that makes you think you have already reached the top but keep on going as that is just to fool you into thinking you have made it there.   I managed to get off the beaten track for awhile and that was interesting and a bit exhausting as I worked myself back to the path.  As if the climb itself was not enough.

Here is a clue to let you know you have finally reached the summit.  It even comes with it’s own naked tree.  I figure that is appropriate to keep it company way up there.

Near the summit are many naked trees, aka Arbutus trees. I call them naked trees because most of them are as they lose their bark and underneath.  They are so soft and smooth to the touch.  From Wikipedia:

Arbutus is a genus of at least 14 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, native to warm temperate regions of the Mediterranean, western Europe, and North America.

These trees meander all over the place and are quite exotic and some even erotic.  Well hey, naked limbs all over the place.  This reminds me of one of my poems entitled My Friend. Similarities exist between the two but this was written from a different place and time quite a few years ago.

The view from way up near the summit is truly spectacular. It is well worth the trek up the mountain. You feel (the) spirit in all things and being part of it all and all there is.

Yes, the scenery around here is majestic, spectacular and varied from mountains, rain forest, mild climate and the sea. Is there any wonder I feel blessed to live in such a wonderful place!  That really is not a question at all.

May you be so blessed today and everyday.

Eugene

Mt Work Gets Me Working and Then Some is a post from: Creative Waves

Sometimes and that could many times, relationships do not make sense.  That applies in a logical way for the most part.  I could have presented the song and video on that called “It’s Complicated.“

So in the previous post I mentioned something about the clutter etc so.  That brings me to another song, The Fool On The Hill.  Not going to aim that to anyone in particular.     Well perhaps myself mostly.

I suppose most of us can relate to that, now and then.  Of course this does little to explain relationships never mind the Meaning of Life.  I think Monty Python did a bit on that worth repeating.  If you happen to listen to this to the end you may want to add the current state of things going on to Mother Earth and what is being done to her and to the sea.

When humanity is considered in context of all there is, we seem to be such a speck of dust in comparison. Still that speck of dust can kick up a real storm at times. Imagine if mankind used that focus and energy in creating peace, love and helping each other in the world.  Instead of doing all the stuff that is going on, which I won’t present here.

Well I guess we need a bit more of this in our lives.  I wish you all the love in the world like this song, Songbird, Melanie Doane and Jim Cuddy.

Back to this little speck of dust I go. While it may seem significant, I would rather see it as something more so and express my gratitude for my camera and for the beauty it captures.  Like this little gem I call A Little Honey In The Making.

Wishing you much love, peace, happiness, good health and good fortune.  Let your spirit shine and your manifestations be great.

Namaste.

Eugene

Backtracking, Relationships, Love, Going Forward is a post from: Creative Waves

Sometimes I talk to God and sometimes God answers quickly, sometimes it seems like it takes forever or not at all.  Well I recently asked for something and it came quite quickly.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!

What was it you may ask?  Sure you may ask. The answer is not important for the purposes of this post. That is my story and I am sticking to it. I have had things manifest in the past almost instantly so it is possible, very possible.

That is one reason I say to remain open to all possibility. You may also want to keep your fingers and toes crossed but I warn you that can result in permanent injury if you do that for too long, that also goes for holding your breath.

Fast forward backwards to near the end of last month I checked my horoscope, which I rarely do and this is what it said:

If you’re feeling somewhat pessimistic when it comes to love, you shouldn’t be — things are just about to change. However, if you want to take advantage of these great new opportunities, you need to toss out all the junk that’s been cluttering your heart (and mind). Stop obsessing about the past! Everything that happened was meant to bring you to this moment, with your open and giving heart intact.

Hot damn that looks mighty fine I thought.  Calm down please.  Moving right along again you really never know when the goods will arrive.  It is all a timing thing.  The Universe will deliver.  Time and space mean nothing to the Universe.  No-Thing. Notta. Well No-Thing does not really mean notta but it seemed to fit here so in it goes.

Of course they are also talking about the monkey-mind and clutter too. OMG. Do not go near the clutter, I mutter, and sometimes shudder!

Perhaps I really should have checked with my non-resident psychic friend in Kelowna on this. Then again, she is overworked and underpaid so perhaps not to push the envelope.  Her words, not mine. I think she is doing fine.

Speaking of Kelowna, yes I was and still am.  I have another dear girl friend there who has had some challenges. Hey don’t we all at times.

She graciously put me up while I attended my daughter’s wedding there in 2006.  I recently put her onto the book Practicing The Power of Now, well there is a link somewhere on the right hand side of the blog I believe.

Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from The Power of Now

Oh I think that is it, above.  I tried to do it before but it did not work.

in any case, I’ve talked to a few people of late about the book.  Well worth the read, it was for me and helped me immensely.  Quite the transformational book.

Ok, back to the series on relationships or at least the mention of them, of which I stress I am not an expert. Not everyone is for everyone but I do believe there is someone for everyone.  The trick is to find them and, yes, God can be called on to perform that miracle, and believe me it sometimes does take a miracle for many of us.

What is he rambling on about now you may ask? Well, I am not back to the Give Me Sympathy post! Let us move forward, please.  Thank you.  Hmm. That reminds me of Pacifika and the video I posted last July. I cannot find it here.  Where did it go? Darn, that is a pain when things go away like that.

Now getting back to the love is all there is theme, one of the early feelings about that subject was provided by The Beatles and the song If I Fell:

For me this is very simple, yet quite profound as were quite a few of their songs.  Yes and I am still pissed over John Lennon’s untimely death.

Ok, as long as we are talking about God, Love, Death, Life, Spirituality and good looks, I must present you with one of the better looking non-persons with attitude I ran into recently.

Without further ado then I present you with this handsome dude.  Unfortunately he is better looking than his mate.  Just don’t let on that you know that though. 

Ok folks that is it for today. I got a few more pics but will save them for another day. Even more of that quacky quacked up dude.  Keep those comments of gratitude coming.  Ok, I will go first again. I am grateful for the Sun that came out again today, in between the drops of rain.

Have yourself a loving, peaceful, prosperous and healthy day.

Eugene

Talking to God and Love Is All There Is is a post from: Creative Waves