Monthly Archives: April 2014
Nobody comes to therapy who hasn’t lost something. The heart is injured. Limping. Constrained by psychic adhesions. Aching, either obviously or just behind the curtain of consciousness. The therapeutic relationship is the MRI. It reveals what’s torn. What’s exhausted and worn out. We dig in. We clean things out. Sew things up. Then, just like the physical therapist, I push folks to work the injury. To face discomfort in service to wellness and liberation. To go one inch farther than they think they can. Hold it for five seconds. Next time for 10. You can do this. And now your heart can love again. Live again. With all the depth and range of motion a human heart is intended to have. — Steven Kalas
* http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=images+to+love+and+be+loved&id=EACBCF9FA17727184C6B7DC4961D1E0CD101EC1F&FORM=IQFRBA#view=detail&id=EACBCF9FA17727184C6B7DC4961D1E0CD101EC1F&selectedIndex=0 * * http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/life/breaking-down-repairing-and-rebuilding * * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2014/02/22/im-here-to-love-and-be-loved/ * * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2014/02/05/to-love-and-be-loved-are-what-life-is-all-about/ * * * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgLzsGmnogo * * * * Hawaii’s greatest modern wayfinder Rev. Hung Wai Ching (1905-2002) alter ego Rev. Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) — Niebuhr’s immensely popular Serenity Prayer: … Continue reading
New Age Spirituality aka integral/evolutionary/transformational — not to be confused with Christianity’s I Am (Exodus 3:14)
* New Age spirituality often makes references to mythological representations of the Earth, Moon, and outer space; the term New Age refers to the current astrological Age of Aquarius * * * Bible: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_that_I_Am * * I AM’ (that is, … Continue reading
In praise of the 46th anniversary of McCartney’s tune “I Will”
* http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=images+true+love&qpvt=images+true+love&FORM=IGRE#view=detail&id=4048FA8F6A0A10C912E3C14BC29E4A692D3D011C&selectedIndex=12 * * * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGd5y-zWV0A * * * * and 50 years ago today (listen to the way this special artist gets into the song) — * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSvF52SQhOE&feature=related * * http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/steven-kalas/verse-chorus-verse-lifetime-feelings-traversed * Do you have a favorite song? … Continue reading
In praise of the 60th anniversary of sweet song “Teardrops are Falling”
* http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=images+teardrops+are+falling&qpvt=images+teardrops+are+falling&FORM=IGRE#view=detail&id=28A4802C736A4017344A81905078001754637F38&selectedIndex=63 * * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeHtctXfH38 * * * pop/rock musical history – * * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2013/06/15/musica-amore-so-whos-lovin-you-baby-in-praise-of-smokey-robinsons-53-yr-old-classic-as-sung-by-none-other-than-our-salt-of-the-earth-lifes-most-enthralling-vocalists-ahsan/ * * * * music history highlights – * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2013/11/14/tribute-to-my-musical-dad-toshi-1913-1998-george-trices-passion-personality-analog-my-dad/ * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2014/04/03/in-praise-of-boogie-diva-dona-oxford-her-coverredux-of-charles-albertines-62-yr-old-tune-bandstand-boogie/ * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2014/04/02/redux-the-83rd-anniversary-of-beautiful-melody-love-letters-in-the-sand/ * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/in-praise-of-hidden-fine-baritonedancer-bo-diddley-1928-2008-his-5-accent-clave-rhythm-road-runner-55-yrs-ago/ * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2014/03/19/but-now-theres-nowhere-to-hide-since-you-pushed-my-love-aside-my-head-is-saying-fool-forget-her-my-heart-is-saying-dont-let-go-hold-on-to-the-end-thats-what-i-intend-to-do/ * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2014/03/15/ouvre-nearly-half-a-century-of-deepest-passion-i-can-see-it-in-your-eyes-that-you-despise-the-same-old-lines-you-heard-the-night-before-and-though-its-just-a-line-to-you-for-me-its-true-a/ * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2014/03/07/in-memoriam-great-rock-vocalist-steve-lee-of-switzerland-1963-2010-died-as-victim-of-highway-mishap-mooalii-succession-of-great-exemplars-with-steve-lee-following-in-footsteps-of-genes/ * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2013/09/06/musica-amore-celebrate-77-years-of-great-vocalistpianist-mickey-gilley/ * … Continue reading
In praise of boogie diva Dona Oxford & her cover/redux of Charles Albertine’s 62 yr. old tune “Bandstand Boogie”
* http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=images+boogie+woogie+music&qpvt=images+boogie+woogie+music&FORM=IGRE#view=detail&id=DB27A4AE9F277A55D03523733FE8163431AFD750&selectedIndex=168 * * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y_YM1ikva0 * * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Bandstand#Theme_music * * * * * pop/rock musical history – * * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2013/06/15/musica-amore-so-whos-lovin-you-baby-in-praise-of-smokey-robinsons-53-yr-old-classic-as-sung-by-none-other-than-our-salt-of-the-earth-lifes-most-enthralling-vocalists-ahsan/ * * * * music history highlights – * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2014/04/02/redux-the-83rd-anniversary-of-beautiful-melody-love-letters-in-the-sand/ * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2013/11/14/tribute-to-my-musical-dad-toshi-1913-1998-george-trices-passion-personality-analog-my-dad/ * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/in-praise-of-hidden-fine-baritonedancer-bo-diddley-1928-2008-his-5-accent-clave-rhythm-road-runner-55-yrs-ago/ * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2014/03/19/but-now-theres-nowhere-to-hide-since-you-pushed-my-love-aside-my-head-is-saying-fool-forget-her-my-heart-is-saying-dont-let-go-hold-on-to-the-end-thats-what-i-intend-to-do/ * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2014/03/15/ouvre-nearly-half-a-century-of-deepest-passion-i-can-see-it-in-your-eyes-that-you-despise-the-same-old-lines-you-heard-the-night-before-and-though-its-just-a-line-to-you-for-me-its-true-a/ * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2014/03/07/in-memoriam-great-rock-vocalist-steve-lee-of-switzerland-1963-2010-died-as-victim-of-highway-mishap-mooalii-succession-of-great-exemplars-with-steve-lee-following-in-footsteps-of-genes/ … Continue reading
April Fools’ Day tsunami reduxed (1946 tsunami killed 159 people in Hawai’i)
SCROLL HALFWAY DOWN THIS ARTICLE FOR CURRENT TSUNAMI TOPIC (UPDATED TO JANUARY 21, 2020) — https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2019/04/06/macabre-truth-seeking/ Here re-published: * Matter of Hawai’i mega-tsunami a la Tohoku Japan 2011 From tsunami expert Gerard Fryer to Curtis 10 April 2019 12:41 (pm): … Continue reading
Enjoy the 83rd anniversary of beautiful melody “Love Letters in the Sand”
* http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=images+love+letters+in+the+sand&qpvt=images+love+letters+in+the+sand&FORM=IGRE#view=detail&id=0CC8C8DCE83E2193FA6DCDAC9266AA08260BF2E0&selectedIndex=892 * * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3ubdTUL1dY * * * * pop/rock musical history – * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2013/06/15/musica-amore-so-whos-lovin-you-baby-in-praise-of-smokey-robinsons-53-yr-old-classic-as-sung-by-none-other-than-our-salt-of-the-earth-lifes-most-enthralling-vocalists-ahsan/ * * * * music history highlights – * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/in-praise-of-hidden-fine-baritonedancer-bo-diddley-1928-2008-his-5-accent-clave-rhythm-road-runner-55-yrs-ago/ * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2014/03/19/but-now-theres-nowhere-to-hide-since-you-pushed-my-love-aside-my-head-is-saying-fool-forget-her-my-heart-is-saying-dont-let-go-hold-on-to-the-end-thats-what-i-intend-to-do/ * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2014/03/15/ouvre-nearly-half-a-century-of-deepest-passion-i-can-see-it-in-your-eyes-that-you-despise-the-same-old-lines-you-heard-the-night-before-and-though-its-just-a-line-to-you-for-me-its-true-a/ * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2014/03/07/in-memoriam-great-rock-vocalist-steve-lee-of-switzerland-1963-2010-died-as-victim-of-highway-mishap-mooalii-succession-of-great-exemplars-with-steve-lee-following-in-footsteps-of-genes/ * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2013/09/06/musica-amore-celebrate-77-years-of-great-vocalistpianist-mickey-gilley/ * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/in-memoriam-mary-la-roche-1920-1999-15-years-gone-but-not-forgotten-actress-who-evoked-great-sensuality-compassion/ * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2013/11/14/tribute-to-my-musical-dad-toshi-1913-1998-george-trices-passion-personality-analog-my-dad/ * https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2013/12/29/midnight-special/ * … Continue reading
I have this other, relentless, competing identity, too. A “sin” nature entitled, hedonistic, self-preserving, frequently aggrandized, capable of blithe selfishness and disturbing disregard. The unvarnished, unedited, undefended, unexplained unjustified, often unlovely truth. — Steven Kalas
* http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=images+sin+nature&qpvt=images+sin+nature&FORM=IGRE#view=detail&id=4DBB5E420BF5FDDEDF6D9EACA2F0FD249746D767&selectedIndex=16 * * The nice woman pays her bill, right there in my office, placing $200 in cash on my coffee table. She exits. I count the cash. There are not 10 $20 bills. There are 11. I’m holding … Continue reading
Curtis Narimatsu 