Hobo Jungle

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Empty? Far from it. Look again, but this time with your heart and your intellect, if I may suggest.

To amplify Murph's comment, it is what you make of it, and the glass can be half empty or half full.

It looks like the valley David was talking about when he wrote, "Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me." You guy's perspective on life is your own.

Mine is weird plants and sunshine.

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Sunrises

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Little creatures that follow me around

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Friends

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BL-2's

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Moonshine Pickles

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Bravo, E7
And Thank you.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Beautiful, Wayne, every bit of it. How could a heart as good as yours not have a life full of his own beautiful and meaningful moments and beautiful souls.

I could no more explain that valley to you than I could - nor that anybody could - explain what can be felt when listening to Schubert's Ave Maria. Some things are not meant for words. They take us beyond words - with what they can say - when we want to listen. And can hear.

Healey's valley photo speaks to me of countless lives, lived and being lived, of kitty-cats, nice people, innumerable sunsets and sunrises, and yes, even of jars of homemade pickles, giving people joy as they live Life made beautiful by their connections to others. It's the lives in that valley that I see - the real quality of living a Life. Everything else is just scenery. It's the lives imagined there that make the valley something important and beautiful to me. It's a whole book to me. Maybe even an encyclopedia, or a set of related novels, all on a theme, of that verdant valley's Life.

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I could no more explain that valley to you than I could - nor that anybody could - explain what can be felt when listening to Schubert's Ave Maria. Some things are not meant for words. They take us beyond words - with what they can say - when we want to listen. And can hear.

Bach's Ave Maria is better. < https://youtu.be/cVS9dgsKPyY >

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Some wonderful digitography Wayne. (Can hardly call it photography these days.)

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I could no more explain that valley to you than I could - nor that anybody could - explain what can be felt when listening to Schubert's Ave Maria. Some things are not meant for words. They take us beyond words - with what they can say - when we want to listen. And can hear.

Bach's Ave Maria is better. < https://youtu.be/cVS9dgsKPyY >

Thank you for that link. I watched Kimi Scota's performance all the way thru and felt nothing from her. Oh, I could see she was serious about performing,and presenting herself well, but I got not one drop of understanding of the message(s) in that song, from her, the occasional tears being dabbed-up by some in the audience, notwithstanding, who I interpreted as doing so due to their understanding the song itself, not gleaning any particular depth from the singer's "interpretation," which I saw as empty.

Could just be me, no doubt.

I'll try to listen to it again ,later, if I can tolerate it.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I could no more explain that valley to you than I could - nor that anybody could - explain what can be felt when listening to Schubert's Ave Maria. Some things are not meant for words. They take us beyond words - with what they can say - when we want to listen. And can hear.

Bach's Ave Maria is better. < https://youtu.be/cVS9dgsKPyY >

Did you find yourself preferring a female singer's performance of the Ave Maria ? Last night, I listened to Andrea Bocelli's presentation, and to Pavarotti's, and found them both beautiful, and moving, but found myself preferring a woman's voice singing the Ave Maria. I am not at all sure why.

[rex desilets]

I could no more explain that valley to you than I could - nor that anybody could - explain what can be felt when listening to Schubert's Ave Maria. Some things are not meant for words. They take us beyond words - with what they can say - when we want to listen. And can hear.

Bach's Ave Maria is better. < https://youtu.be/cVS9dgsKPyY >

Thank you for that link. I watched Kimi Scota's performance all the way thru and felt nothing from her. Oh, I could see she was serious about performing,and presenting herself well, but I got not one drop of understanding of the message(s) in that song, from her, the occasional tears being dabbed-up by some in the audience, notwithstanding, who I interpreted as doing so due to their understanding the song itself, not gleaning any particular depth from the singer's "interpretation," which I saw as empty.

Could just be me, no doubt.

I'll try to listen to it again ,later, if I can tolerate it.

Anything by Bach is best, by definition.
If you didn't care for the linked rendition, go to Youtube and search on Bach Ave Maria.
Despite it's manifold faults, Youtube has some glorious videos of classical music performances. I always enjoy seeing the performers play...just put on my whoop-de-do earphones & groove.

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Thank you, Rex! Good to hear from you in this conversation.
daMurph

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y0g22qNbUs