A L O H A !
Lots to see by clicking on this photo:
" When you play,
never mind
who listens to you."
Robert Schumann
When I spotted
the tourist boys above
with their first ukuleles,
outside the music shop
in Waikiki,
I knew it was a
Wonderful Photo
waiting to be ruined.
How I Operate
in such a situation
DO NOT LOOK AT THE SUBJECT
Walk on Past
I faced away from them,
just one of many camera toting
people in a resort.
I decided on my settings,
a bit of zoom,
swept the area,
camera to my eye,
pausing, and snapping
JUST in time
to catch the above.
They never knew
what hit them!
I rush to add:
we are all photographed
numerous times a day
in public places.
That is modern life,
permissible
under law.
Morally,
personally,
my rules are:
1) to make no one
uncomfortable,
2) to present no one
in a way
that would embarrass
should we become
friends
(this happened to me
on FB
when I photoed/posted
a beach shot
of a cute girl!
A mutual friend saw it!
Don't worry,
she loved it
and friended me.
So don't play
with these rules.)
Those boys
are in a great
Hawaii Tradition.
Perhaps some day
they will be like
these senior citizens
playing and singing
at Ala Moana
Shopping Center:
(Link)
The Hawaiian Flag
on the back of the T Shirt,
the red/white Palaka pattern
on the guitar man,
and the Longs bag
are all iconic!
Note the lap-played
steel guitar.
Palaka stands for
"workers"
like "Blue Collar"
does on the Mainland.
Actually,
both cloths and
concepts
seem to be fading
along with unions
and average
workers
throughout America.
More about Palaka HERE
| One day, Siddhartha heard an experienced musician teaching young musicians: |
| " If you tighten the string too much it will snap and if you leave it too slack, it won't play." Suddenly, Siddhartha realized that these simple words held the great truth, and that in all these years he had been following the wrong path. We call him Buddha. |
| LAMA NORBU
This post dedicated
to ALL Creative People!
Especially
to a dear friend
who brought the
grandchildren
to musicianship
where they are
flourishing in
fun and confidence.
My friend is a sly dog,
knowing that each note
they play
throughout life
will not only
bless them
and others,
but bring up
sense memories,
heart memories,
of the one
who started
it all
for them.
Thanks
for being
my friend;
which is
another word
for "Blessing"
cloudia
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