Blackbirds Song/Melody on My Mind

The are two versions of Blackbirds that I really cherish - the original one song by the Beatles and then Trio Rococo's cover version, that still sends chills down my spine everytime I hear it. The latter I heard at the Danish national football stadium, Parken, packed with people at an Kulturby96 event in Copenhagen, Denmark - and will never forget hearing it there... and it made a huge impression of most of us there.

 

Now, I do know that the freebie bird from A Day For Daisies is not a blackbird, but the song lured me into coloring the bird black/white - and then I thought sympathy card.... then the CCEE1329 challenge: Sing, Sing a Song.

Here is what I came up with:

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Black bird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
all your life
you were only waiting for this moment to be free

Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.

Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.

Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.

Black bird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
all your life
you were only waiting for this moment to be free
you were only waiting for this moment to be free
you were only waiting for this moment to be free

The Beatles

Remember Me?

Read Judy's haiku poem this morning and started thinking about a book I read last weekend. Then I went to the mirror and looked at myself: If I took a ride with a time machine 20 years ago to present day, would I be able to recognize me? Maybe it is a good thing standing at a mirror and ask: Who are you? A lot of dreams did not happen, other things took their place and helped form who I am now.

 

What if you had an accident, woke up at the hospital and find out, that you have "lost" some years of your life? Would you worry that you might be a female version of Jason Bourne - sort of a "Long Kiss Goodnight" woman? Will you know who to trust, familiar and unfamiliar persons, that you are apparently close too? The reflection in the mirror is a new version of you, but are you really that person?

 

When Lexi wakes up, she suffers from memory loss, and does not recognise her own husband. She is approached by helpfull friends etc. but can she really trust them? She finds out, that she is suddenly director... How did she get to that position?

Sophia Kinsella's writing makes you put down the book once in a while, as your mind starts wander around your own life... and then you want to pick it up again, for what happens to Lexi next?

Relections on Closed Doors

Browsing through the few pictures I took yesterday, I realise just how much one's mood influences the things that are captured with a camera - closed doors/gates were a dominant eyecatcher for me.

Still marked by the opinions thrown at me last week, that also includes: You are single, hence you have nothing by free time, when the workday ends. Or: you live alone - hence hiding for people in general. What!?! They didn't even want to hear if could prove them wrong.

Maybe I am single but that does not keep me for travelling or going to restaurants alone. Nor from going to cinemas or exhibitions alone neither grap my camera and go for my photowalks and occationally bumping into people, that shares my interest for photography and hence exchanging good opportunities for a nice photo. So many of those throwing those annoying opinions at me are scared of going to the cinema or restaurant alone not to speak of travelling alone. Why is it, that they want to spoil my mood??!!

Reading yesterday's blogpost and the above, made me remember when Starbucks printed people's words on their paper cups - I really miss them, as there were some wise words on them. One in particular I wrote down in the moleskin notebook that is always in by (hand)bag: The Way I See It #17:

The world bursts at the seams with people ready to tell you you're not good enough. On occasion, some may be correct. But do not do their work for them. Seek any job; ask anyone out; pursue any goal. Don't take it personally when they say "no" they may not be smart enough to say "yes".

Keith Olbermann

Broadcast journalist and

Best of MSNBS's Countdown with Keith Olbermann

Words of Inspiration

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows will fall behind you.

Maori Proverb

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Me, many moons ago on my very first bicycle

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Albert Einstein

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O bed! O bed!
delicious bed!
That heaven upon earth to the weary head!

Thomas Hood

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The quilt is made by Judy B. Dales

America is not like a blanket - one piece of unbroken cloth, the same color, the same texture, the same size. America is more like a quilt: many patches, many pieces, many colors, many sizes, all woen and held toghether by a common thread.

Jesse Jackson

To my American friends and readers: Happy 4th of July

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The cat was created when the lion sneezed.

Arabic proverb.

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Outside a Starbucks in Boston, MA (USA)

If you are cold, tea will warm you.
If you are too heated, it will cool you.
If you are depressed, it will cheer you.
If you are excited, it will calm you.

William Gladstone

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I believe in hard work. It keep the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit.

Helena Rubinstein.

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Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.

Kathleen Norris

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Most folks are about as hapy as they make up their minds to be

Abraham Lincoln

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The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.

Nelson Mandela

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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises

Demosthenes.

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Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunities.

Oprah Winfrey

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A handfull of men have become very rich by paying attention to details that most others ignored.

Henry Ford.

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If you go trough life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.

Akio Morita

Co-founder of Sony

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Behind the Smile - Encore

The quiet courage
so many MSers show
just leaves me in awe.

People have no clue
how much sadness lies hidden
behind a bright smile.

This challenge is tough.
We all make the best of it.
Sometimes it's too much.

Judy

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A snowflake is one of God's most fragile creations, but look what they can do when they stick together!

Anonymous

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Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it.You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back.

Harvey MacKay