This stunning video - soundscape certainly fits with the blog's theme of transformation, and certainly contributed to my beautiful day. I hope you enjoy it too:
Premiering at Sundance, The Surrogate stars Helen Hunt in the role of Cheryl Cohen Greene, about her work with Mark O'Brien, who spent most of his life in an iron lung. Greene is still working as a surrogate at 67.
I met Cheryl in 1989 and we are still in touch. She is a delight. I have always admired her spirit and her work. It's great to see this recognized in a broader context, as I am sure this film will go a long way toward raising awareness of this healing yet still controversial profession.
Click on the links above to read an article at SFGate.com and to link to Cheryl's website. Also, here is an excellent short video that introduces you to Cheryl and the work of surrogate partners:
Wishing you a beautiful day,
Bill Brent
[this page last updated: 2012.01.11, 2:17 p.m. Hawaii time]
In the dream I am with Madonna and someone else who knows her. We move along a hall, probably inside her mansion. There seems to be nothing that can grab her attention for any length of time, and she is nearly always in motion. Her mood is playful, irreverent, but bored. At the end, a girl who is her daughter comes out of one room. She and Madonna do this routine together that is half-dance, half-wrestling / gymnastics moves. Then I wake up with this song in my head that upon later reflection reminds me a bit of the swirly sounding part of "Beautiful Stranger" where the song builds ("I looked into your eyes," etc.).
This is why I keep a notebook by my bed.
5 am
I'd be more physical
I'd be more beautiful
and magical
and wonderful
but thank you
I'd be more elegant
be more intelligent
and radiant
like heaven-sent
but thank you
Maybe I'd be a king
or just fly upside-down
across the world
or just thru town
then have the sea
come swim with me
Maybe I'd be a box
sealed up with secret locks
and never tell
you how I feel
a box of bored
with locks of steal
Steal your charisma too
in all the things you do
I'd be a star
and dance so far
then miss you
I'd be most anywhere
I'd do most anything
to beat my drum
and be so numb
but thank you
to find my place
in sky and space
then tell you
there's more to us
than we can trust
I love you.
stopped 530 am
Wishing you a beautiful day,
Bill Brent
[this page last updated: 2012.01.09, 6:45 p.m. Hawaii time | photo credit: Bill Brent]