"Oh, By The Way" is my digital scrap book of things I like, things I would share with a close friend and say: “Oh, by the way, do you know of this artist/ clothing or interior designer/ model/ singer/ actor/ gorgeous man… or, have you seen this video/ photo/ film... or heard (or do you remember) this song/ band... or, read this book/ poem/ inspiring quote... or, visited this place/ museum/ restaurant/ famous building... or, have you heard of this amazing new scientific discovery?”
I am dedicated to posting the positive, the fascinating, the beautiful, the interesting, the moving, and the inspiring and uplifting. Sometimes I post cultural as well as personal observations, milestones, and remembrances. And just like life, all of these things may often have a bit of melancholy or even sadness in them, which is what makes our time here so lovely and bittersweet and precious.
Some of the photos, art, poetry, and prose are my own original work, credited with my initials, JEF. When it isn't, I always try to post links to the original source material, but often I find photos on the web that are not linked or other material that is not sourced. In these instances, I post them without malice since it is assumed that such things, by being globally posted on something as uncontrollable as the internet to begin with, are in the public domain. If you identify the source of an image that is not linked, please politely let me know (without accusing me of theft) and I will be happy to provide a link. If you are the owner of an image and would prefer it be removed, I am happy to do that as well.
I hope to inspire and entertain my readers with things that inspire and entertain me. There is a startling amount of beauty and creativity in the world and it enriches us all to participate in it.
3 comments:
heh i found this via DuckDuckGo (a search eninge I wasn't aware of until yesterday)
anyway, thanks Jeff! :-)
Hi Ludo!
Thanks for commenting, and for the lovely song! Like I said in the post, I have always loved this song. I think it is the highlight on the CD for me. The music of course is wonderful and Impressionistic and the tone-poem nature of the sounds supports the text which is so touching, moving, poignant. Did you write the words?
The whole thing is just lovely.
Thanks so much for stopping by and for your music!
JEF
as Jay-Z would say, 'far too kind' :-)
I wrote the words, but you were right to pick up on the 'tone poem' kind of vibe, cause the lyrics were inspired by a Flemish writer, Stijn Streuvels, who wrote a couple of impressionistic novels about rural life a long time ago in Flanders. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stijn_Streuvels). I tried to catch the mood of one of these novels. The longing, the difficulty (maybe even the inability) to express a grand love.
Cheers, and best regards.
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