Great Photo Ops / Street Musicians Hawaiian Style

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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

The Secret of Inviting Happiness

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" The Secret 

of Inviting Happiness 

through Many Blessings; 

The Spiritual Medicine 

for All Illness "

" For Today Only:

Do not Anger

For Today Only:

Do not worry 

For Today Only:

Be Humble

For Today Only:

Be Honest

 

in your Work 

For Today Only:

Be Compassionate 

to Yourself 

and Others; 

In fact,

to 

Every Creature"

Dr. Mikao Usui

REIKI Precepts

LINK

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Simple Choices

Practiced

Day by Day

Make Wonderful

Changes

in Life.

This is my Treasure.

I share it

with YOU

my Friends! 

Share a Simple Truth

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Waikiki Fashion

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"  I draw from the crowd

 a lot. "

Kobe Bryant 

" A charming woman

 doesn't follow

 the crowd. 

She is 

herself. "

Loretta Young 

Mother and Daughter,

Coming - 

- and Going

Waiting Patiently

 H A T

(& flower lei)

 Hat, Skirt, 

Leggings

Hats  Everywhere

Clothing 

can say a lot.

" Fashion 

is not 

something 

that exists in 

dresses only. 

Fashion is 

in the sky, 

in the street, 

fashion has to do 

with ideas, 

the way we live, 

what is 

happening. "

Coco Chanel 

>M<

So what are

Y O U

Wearing?

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Waikiki Portraits

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"A truly happy person 

can enjoy the 

scenery 

while on a 

detour."

Author Unknown

 "Lovers 

do not 

finally meet 

somewhere. 

They are in 

each other 

all along." 

Rumi

Women have given up

getting the fellows to 

'dress up'

Everyone wears 

what they please.

One see's girls 

in cute outfits,

their guys 

in ball caps,

and why not?

The 'Rules'

are old fashioned

as buggy whips.

Thanks for Walking Along!

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in the wet

sidewalk cement - cloudia

Good for Health

A  L  O  H  A !

" The ultimate source 

of a happy life 

is warm-heartedness. 

This means 

extending to others 

the kind of concern 

we have for 

ourselves. -

On a simple level 

we find that if we have 

a compassionate heart 

we naturally have 

more friends. -

And scientists today 

are discovering 

that while anger 

and hatred 

eat into our 

immune system, -

warm-heartedness 

and compassion 

are good 

for our health. "

 Dalai Lama

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