Trying something new: The Substack e-newsletter platform allows me to create a conversation thread. So let’s try it: share something here—a link to a piece of music, a poem, a piece of writing, a work of art—that is beautiful. Let’s create a thread of creative hope. I’ll start: Grandma’s Hands by Bill Withers. (Next e-newsletter will come on Friday, but I figured we all might need a boost right now.)
(For adults only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u97o1dN4KvA
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman "You are too beautiful"
Maya Angelou recites Phenomenal Woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egrQH2UTaWE
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/amp.classicfm.com/composers/puccini/nessun-dorma-florence/
This mighty track is music to strut by:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXZFuBXzA2s
An artist at work making a gorgeous paper cut illustration for a children's book: https://www.cbc.ca/arts/morgana-wallace-s-paper-art-may-make-you-revert-to-childhood-1.5492512?cmp=FB_Post_Arts&fbclid=IwAR1WgyJoHKiNuCoxz84y23n7SHG6nRx6GvD0BW3aJBgyKyMDidGpaOt94U8
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole ➖ 'Over The Rainbow' & 'What A Wonderful World' Medley ➖ 1993 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z26BvHOD_sg
Lady with a Fan by Klimt. https://images.app.goo.gl/zQ4Q1rqgSua6Dwhy9
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1138960419795844
Leahy Music Camp - Camp Chorus 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL-0PRdA59E
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2018/tokarczuk/104871-lecture-english/
Blind former feral rescue cat Thor falls in love with a sink. https://youtu.be/v_D6fLy1-jU
And this one from Ian J. : https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/coronavirus-italy-siena-song-canto-della-verbena-video-lockdown-a9399176.html