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Thank You

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Thank you everyone for your loving feedback.
It is you who complete the circle of creating music by being there to receive the music and images and have them speak to you in a meaningful way. Then I know I am doing the right thing, my work in service on the planet.
I am grateful for you.

Joyfully,

Buddy

A Question

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

To a cat one of the most pressing questions is “What happened to your lap when you stood up?” The answer might be “It became a shoulder”.

A query by the Mad Hatter in C.S. Lewis’ classic story was “Why is a raven like a writing desk?” One can imagine all sorts of similarities. However,when this question was posed to an alien computer in an episode of Star Trek the computer crashed!

The question today (any day) is: “What is keeping me from my peace of heart and mind?

Winter Solstice Musings

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

It is the winter solstice. The shortest time of sunlight and the longest darkness of the year (at least in this hemisphere, at this latitude). Knowing, of course, that somewhere else on earth it is summer, or endless daylight. Such a subjective geocentric reality I find myself in.

I feel strongly the conditions of the darkness: loneliness, melancholy, isolation – I feel as if I am standing as Shakespeare said on a “sterile promontory”, where the influence of the cold and darkness of space are most prominent to my inner vision and hearing.

I sense a stillness, a quietude, a place where my soul can commune with nature, the cosmos, the prime mover of it all.

Beautiful music has been coming readily to me as I sit and play a glorious Baldwin grand piano. I haven’t been recording it. It is like a Navajo sand painting or Tibetan sand mandala. Only known and perceived in the moment of its completion and then it is gone. As William Blake wrote “He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it flies lives in Eternity’s sunrise.”

The piano has been teaching me and the more time I spend with it the deeper the explorations go. Discovering richer and more elegant chords. As the man in Manhattan said to the lost visitor asking for directions “How do I get to Carnegie Hall?” The man replied, “Practice”.

I will light a candle and sit quietly in contemplation to honor the light that will return slowly about 2 minutes a day. And simply be and honor what I feel and be grateful for the insights that are revealed.

Good Solstice, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah….

Prayers for peace on earth this season and always.

Buddy

In Recording Studio Today

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Continuing work on the song "Let There Be Peace". have added viola and violin with Laurel Thomsen and began the final mix. It's wonderful to be working in the studio with ace engineer, Justin Mayer (Bear Creek Studio). I love using the timbres of the different instruments as sound colors on a palate to create sonic paintings.

In Recording Studio This Week

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

I'm working in the studio on a song written by Miriam Therese Winder of the Medical Mission Sisters, called "Let There Be Peace" It is part of a multi-disc project called Sacred Folk Songs. I have been invited to participate and have already laid down the guitar, piano and vocal tracks. Last week added cello by Barry Phillips and will be working with Daniel Young on trumpet this week.

More details later...

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Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Just received this in an email from a friend. I believe it is very timely. 'I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.' Martin Luther King, Jr.

Wings of the Heart Singing Circle last night

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

I was invited to the Pacific Coast Church in Pacific Grove to lead the Second Sunday Singing Circle there.

A group of beautiful souls sat in a circle and sang chants and songs in honor of our individual spirits in the context of the Great Spirit.

Chants and songs that spoke of prayer, guidance, healing, and gratitude came forth guided by Spirit.

Thank you!

The movie "I Am"

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Saw the movie "I Am" directed by the man who had Hollywood success with Ace Ventura, Dr. Doolittle and more, and all the physical possessions that go with it.

After he had a life altering accident he set out to make a documentary. He interviews Noam Chomsky, Coleman Barks, Thom Hartman, Howard Zinn, the Heartmath Institute, the Institute of Noetic Sciences, Bishop Desmond Tutu, his own father, and others and asks them; "what's wrong with the world and what we can do to make it better?"

It is a fascinating, heartfelt and encouraging look at human existence, compassion, the common good, abnormal norms and the interconnectedness of everything in the Universe. Highly recommended.

I believe in the human heart

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

I believe in the human heart as the center fire of our spiritual existence in a human body on the earth plane. That as we all breathe to live, these are our common connections around the globe. And in the peaceful centered mind in our hearts breathing in gratitude we connect with our common source, which has many names. And through this prayerfulness we can reach others in compassion and hold them safely, and guide our way to peace upon the earth in the winds of grace.

I believe in walking the beauty way in service to others, and singing universal songs and chants to bring all together in peace, joy, love, beauty and light.

Buddy Comfort