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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Ilyanous (A hymn on multiculturalism)

“We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” – Martin Luther King


It is a work of art signed Frey and Christian Morisset Guevara that celebrates multiculturalism of the city of Granby, Quebec, Canada. Ilyanous is a hymn in which the heart uniting musicians and singers beats on a beat common: openness to the other. Project human values ​​like no other.
The sound of the tam tam Indian, basic instrument of all musical confused Ilyanous brings together 25 musicians, 33 singers, choirs and moult three extras, all from the town of Granby, home of more than one hundred ethnicities. The organization SERY (ethnic solidarity of the Yamaska ​​Regional), which has a special relationship with immigrants, and has facilitated the gathering of all these people.
Come all
That the wind pushes us

Come all
The city or the bush
For the rhythm of our steps
Recorded in the studio MikkoraSon Granby, Christian Morisset wrote the music, co-written with Frey Guevara’s words and images are sensitive and present the work of Louis-Philippe in January. Timeless and without cliché, Ilyanous succeeds brilliantly in rhythm to the words sung in 15 languages.
Now it’s “groove” requires that the project around the globe.
Frey Guevara – Christian Morisset – Louis Philippe Janvier © 2011

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Smiling triggers happy chemicals in the brain


"Random Fact ♥ Peace & Butterfly Blessings Always" - The Social Butterfly

Song of Ascension


“You are the salt of the earth
You are the light of the world
Let your light so shine before men
that they may see your good works in the world.”
~ Christ Jesus, Sermon on the Mountain
“Enlightenment is not imagining figures of light, but making the darkness conscious.” – Carl Jung
“Each soul is a note of light
in the music of the spheres
Together we weave the melody of creation
If we are to co-create a new earth
We must learn to sing with the harmony of the stars.
“Our love is like the misty rain that falls softly, but floods the river.” – African Proverb
Our song of light can flood the world like a rising tide
Releasing old paradigms of old and duality
And allowing ourselves to ascend to the higher vibrational levels
Of unconditional love and oneness with all that is

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

What is progress?

I was reflecting on an ebook I read by Survival International about how progress and development can harm native people and their natural environment. I was sad when I read that as I love nature and I have always admired how native people adapt well to their environment for thousands of years and live in harmony with nature. But many of them are suffering from loss of lifestyle and land when the government and developers are intruding and taking away their land for development.

Many native people could not adapt well to modern lifestyle because they are more suited to living in a natural environment.

"It is not that the Yanomami do not want progress, or other things that white people have. They want to be able to choose and not have change thrust upon them, whether they want it or not.


I am not saying I am against progress. I think it is very good when whites come to work amongst the Yanomami to teach reading and writing and to plant and use medicinal plants. This for us is progress. What we do not want are the mining companies which destroy the forest and the miners, who bring so many diseases. These whites must respect our Yanomami land. The miners bring guns, alcohol and prostitution and destroy all nature wherever they go.


For us this is not progress. We want progress without destruction."


- Davi Kopenawa, Yanomami shaman, Brazil, 2003


"What kind of development is it when the people lead shorter lives than before? They catch HIV/AIDS. Our children are beaten in school and won't go. Some become prostitutes. They are not allowed to hunt. They fight because they are bored and get drunk. They are starting to commit suicide. We never saw that before. Is this 'development'?"
- Roy Sesana, Gana Bushman, Botswana, 2005
Source:
"Progress can kill" - Survival International