The Beauty of Pollination HD

"Pollination: it's vital to life on Earth, but largely unseen by the human eye. Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg shows us the intricate world of pollen and pollinators with gorgeous high-speed images from his film "Wings of Life," inspired by the vanishing of one of nature's primary pollinators, the honeybee." from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DoClq5gPxU

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Bald Eagles and babies in Decorah, Iowa

Following are video captures from an amazing webcam placed within a few meters near a Bald Eagles nest in Decorah, Iowa. As of today, 29 March 2012, two babies have been hatched (the last one yesterday), and a third egg has "pipped" which apparently means it has begun the process of breaking free and being born. The Decorah Eagles webcam website says it is the largest live video of all time! The incredible live web cam can be found at: http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles

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REGRETS OF THE DYING by Bonnie Ware

from the blog, "Inspiration and Chai, Warmth for the Soul and the Body" by Bonnie Ware http://www.inspirationandchai.com/Regrets-of-the-Dying.html


REGRETS OF THE DYING

For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives.

People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality. I learnt never to underestimate someone's capacity for growth. Some changes were phenomenal. Each experienced a variety of emotions, as expected, denial, fear, anger, remorse, more denial and eventually acceptance. Every single patient found their peace before they departed though, every one of them.

When questioned about any regrets they had or anything they would do differently, common themes surfaced again and again. Here are the most common five:


1. I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.

This was the most common regret of all. When people realise that their life is almost over and look back clearly on it, it is easy to see how many dreams have gone unfulfilled. Most people had not honoured even a half of their dreams and had to die knowing that it was due to choices they had made, or not made.

It is very important to try and honour at least some of your dreams along the way. From the moment that you lose your health, it is too late. Health brings a freedom very few realise, until they no longer have it.


2. I wish I didn't work so hard.

This came from every male patient that I nursed. They missed their children's youth and their partner's companionship. Women also spoke of this regret. But as most were from an older generation, many of the female patients had not been breadwinners. All of the men I nursed deeply regretted spending so much of their lives on the treadmill of a work existence.

By simplifying your lifestyle and making conscious choices along the way, it is possible to not need the income that you think you do. And by creating more space in your life, you become happier and more open to new opportunities, ones more suited to your new lifestyle.


3. I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings.

Many people suppressed their feelings in order to keep peace with others. As a result, they settled for a mediocre existence and never became who they were truly capable of becoming. Many developed illnesses relating to the bitterness and resentment they carried as a result.

We cannot control the reactions of others. However, although people may initially react when you change the way you are by speaking honestly, in the end it raises the relationship to a whole new and healthier level. Either that or it releases the unhealthy relationship from your life. Either way, you win.


4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.

Often they would not truly realise the full benefits of old friends until their dying weeks and it was not always possible to track them down. Many had become so caught up in their own lives that they had let golden friendships slip by over the years. There were many deep regrets about not giving friendships the time and effort that they deserved. Everyone misses their friends when they are dying.

It is common for anyone in a busy lifestyle to let friendships slip. But when you are faced with your approaching death, the physical details of life fall away. People do want to get their financial affairs in order if possible. But it is not money or status that holds the true importance for them. They want to get things in order more for the benefit of those they love. Usually though, they are too ill and weary to ever manage this task. It is all comes down to love and relationships in the end. That is all that remains in the final weeks, love and relationships.


5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.

This is a surprisingly common one. Many did not realise until the end that happiness is a choice. They had stayed stuck in old patterns and habits. The so-called 'comfort' of familiarity overflowed into their emotions, as well as their physical lives. Fear of change had them pretending to others, and to their selves, that they were content. When deep within, they longed to laugh properly and have silliness in their life again.

When you are on your deathbed, what others think of you is a long way from your mind. How wonderful to be able to let go and smile again, long before you are dying.


Life is a choice. It is YOUR life. Choose consciously, choose wisely, choose honestly. Choose happiness.


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Based on this article, Bronnie has now released a full-length book, titled The Top Five Regrets of the Dying - A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing. It is a memoir of her own life and how it was transformed by the regrets of dying people. It may be ordered through bookstores worldwide or from Balboa Press. It is also available via the link on this page. Details for wholesale orders may be found on Bronnie's official website. http://bronnieware.com/

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A heartwarming rescue of Cora

A wonderful and heartbreaking rescue of a scared and abandoned little dog, Cora, & her unborn babies by Eldad Hagar.



Please find the very worthy organization, Hope for Paws, at: http://www.hopeforpaws.org and http://www.eldadhagar.com

From "Hope for Paws" site front page:

Hope for Paws is a 501 c-3 non-profit animal rescue organization, based in Los Angeles, California. We rescue dogs and all other animals who are suffering on the streets and in the shelters. We foster these animals in our home, cage free, until we can find them permanent, loving families.

Our goal is to educate people on the importance of companion animals in our society to stop the cycle of animal neglect and abuse.

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated…I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by [people] from the cruelty of [human kind]”—Mahatma Gandhi

Video from:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eUSVz5yyhs
and http://www.wimp.com/dogrescue/

For updates of Cora and her 3 babies, see:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eldad75/6378420073/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eldad75/6541404605/

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Path to Freedom - Homestead Growing Your Own Food Urban Garden

An incredible and inspiring story of a modern urban family, the Dervaes, in Pasadena, California living off of 1/10th of an acre land and becoming free. Please check out their website(s):

http://pathtofreedom.com
http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/
http://www.homegrownrevolutionfilm.com/



Trailer for the Dervaes' award winning film, "Homegrown Revolution."


Homegrown Revolution (Trailer) from Urban Homestead on Vimeo.

Knut The Bear Dies of Loneliness and Lack of Attention And Teaches Us Some Major Life Lessons by Dr. Lillian Glass

Knut as a baby
from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBLizhD_0R4


The following blog entry by Dr. Lillian Glass touched me so profoundly that I've copied it here in total. Adorable Knut touched humanity in his life and in his tragic, far-too-early death. He showed us that all higher creatures, certainly humans, need to be loved and touched and appreciated and noticed and really cared for - and when we're not, we die slowly inside, and then ...
... Farewell beloved Knut. Thank you, friend. - LG Flower

Knut The Bear Dies of Loneliness and Lack of Attention
And Teaches Us Some Major Life Lessons

by Doctor Lillian Glass, Body Language Blog
March 19, 2011

"I am beyond sad and very disturbed that precious once world-famous “Knut the Bear” has just died in a Berlin Zoo. He died at the age of 4 1/2 and had at least 10 to 13 years ahead of him if not more. There was no predator to kill him. There was no fight he got into with another animal. He didn’t take drugs and OD.

So, did someone at the zoo kill him because he was labeled as being “difficult,” “psychotic” and a “narcissist” who was too difficult to handle? Or did he die of loneliness and a broken heart? I pray it is not the first. But I have every reason to believe that it was the latter.

His life and his death teach us so many huge lessons on many levels- from why childhood stars turn out the way they do and often self destruct to other valuable lessons.

It clearly shows us how important it is to have the companion of others, and to be physically touched, cuddled and loved on a consistent basis.

It also shows us the very sad truth – a reality that happens all too often in business and in personal relationships – that there is a chance we can be easily discarded when we are no longer of value or use to anyone. It’s sad, but horribly true in all too many cases.

Knut was the most adorable little polar bear who was rejected by his mother when he was born in captivity at the Berlin zoo on December 4, 2006.

The zoo keepers kept this adorable ball of white fluffy fur alive and nurtured him.

Knut even had his own keeper who slept in his pen with him and attended to his every need.

Knut was very happy as he bonded with his human daddy, who fed him, hugged him, bathed him, kissed him, hugged him, and played with him. Knut was given a tremendous amount of love and affection.

CUTE, PLAYFUL, CUDDLY AND HAPPY BABY KNUT

When baby Knut was a little over 3 months old he was put on display, for all to see. People came to see him from all over the world. He became a celebrity, as the crowds of people who visited him purchased Knute memorabilia tee shirts, mugs, key chains, candy, postcards posters, plastic replicas, and stuffed likenesses of him.

He loved the flashes of the camera and even posed when photos of him were taken by the countless visitors.

A year later he even made the cover of Vanity Fair Magazine in an Annie Leibovitz photo shoot.

AS HE MATURES, HE IS NO LONGER “CUTE KNUT”

But as Knute grew older, he was no longer cute. Crowds dwindled as they stopped coming to see him. Gone were the flashing cameras. Gone were the crowds of smiling delighted children squealing at his antics and tricks.

If there was not a wall between Knut and the visitors, Knute could have done some serious harm.

Also gone was his keeper, as the older Knute got be more difficult and harder to handle. His hug was a huge bear hug that could hurt, maim and kill, His teeth grew into big long bear teeth that could bite, pierce, and kill. Even though Knute still thought of himself as a playful baby cub, he was in reality, a dangerous polar bear.

Knute had no other bear mates to play with. He was isolated now that this keeper was gone and that he was treated like any other ordinary wild zoo animal. He got depressed and became unmanageable. He acted out and would howl for hours until he saw human people come in front of his glass container. When they did he would immediately calm down . He cried and cried until people took his photos and flashed their cameras in his big bear face. He loved it!

But then the visitors stopped all together at various time, especially during the winter. Knute got more and more depressed and even got violent. The zookeeper even publicly called him a ”sociopath” and said he was a narcissist and impossible to manage.

In order to appease Knute’s anger, the zoo staff would have to walk by his enclosure and take flash photos of him. This went on throughout the day, which cost the staff time and money as it took away from their other responsibilities.

KNUT DIES ALONE AND FOR NO APPARENT REASON

So 4 ½ years later The Berlin zoo’s bear keeper Heiner Kloes reported to The Associated Press that Knute the bear died alone and in his compound. His exact words were:

“He was by himself in his compound, he was in the water, and then he was dead,” said Kloes. “He was not sick, we don’t know why he died.”

Even though a post mortem will be conducted on Monday to try and discover the exact cause of Knute’s death I wonder if there was something else that killed him. Did Knute lose his will to live? Did he commit suicide by drowning himself?

I strongly believe that Knute died because he had no interaction with anyone- bear or human and he was no longer a star.

His anger consumed him as he was not given the attention that he was raised with. Since infancy, he was raised to believe that he would be loved and cuddled nurtured and given massive attention. He was raised to believe that he would have a lot of physical contact as he did as a baby, when he was loved up cuddled and kissed and hugged as he played with his keeper, who lived with him.

But now there was no one to touch him and cuddle him and love him up. It saddened him and then it made him furious. Then it made him depressed and despondent until he lost his will to live and did himself in by either shutting down his own systems or perhaps even drowning himself.

KNUT’S EXPERIENCE HELPS US BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT CHILD ACTORS GO THROUGH

So how does what happened to Knute apply to human beings? What can we learn from it?

For one thing we can really see why child actors go off the deep end. They are catered to and paid an enormous amount of attention like Knute was. Then when they grow up and are suddenly not the cute little cherub of a child. They aren’t cast in as many films or TV shows. They don’t get all the goodies that come along with being a star like recognition and constant pampering, and getting away with mouthing off or getting whatever they want because they are the cash earning cow.

When the gigs stop coming, they get bummed out, much like Knute. And when the public recognition stops, they get angry, just like Knute.

Knut turned his anger outwards, by having tantrums and acting out, much like child stars have done. He also turned it inwards by getting depressed and essentially giving up on life. If Knut had access to alcohol and drugs, no doubt he would take them as well to numb his pain.

He would do it to numb himself against the pain of feeling worthless, because he was no longer relevant in other people’s eyes.

He didn’t have a bear parent to guide him and nurture him. He didn’t have a bunch of bear buddies to hand out with, or a bear girlfriend to love him up. He didn’t even have a human who could come into his enclosure and give him the hugs and kisses he hungered for that he had as a baby.

While they don’t wail and scream and show physical violence towards others as a means of getting attention, all too often, child actors who have grown up, often turn that anger outwards to get attention by behaving badly and by taking drugs

THE BERLIN ZOO CREATED A MONSTER AND THEN BLAMED INNOCENT KNUT FOR THEIR IGNORANCE

Instead of love and compassion and support, Knut had a zoo keeper that called him a sociopath and a narcissist and said Knute was dangerous and impossible to be around. Buy who created that sociopath and narcissist? The Berlin Zoo created it and THEY needed to rectify the mess they created. They needed to get him some buddies.

They needed to make sure he was still front and center as the Zoo’s star. They needed to stop complaining about the extra work they had to do to appease Knute by taking his photos at regular intervals during the day.

They needed to get him a some bear buds or a girlfriend or two so he could have fun and socialize. In fact they needed to have socialized him with other baby bears his age at the very beginning of his life.. Even if they were brown bears or other species of animals Knute could have bonded with them. But the zoo officials apparently seemed to be too busy making immediate money to notice or to think about the little bear’s future mental and emotional health.

AGE DISCRIMINATION – WHEN YOU ARE NO LONGER OF VALUE

As cold and heartless as it is, too many have known the despair of being laid off because they were too old . There are other who know the pain of not even being hired because they are too old.

With the exception of Meryl Streep, and perhaps Helen Mirren and Judy Dench, just ask any woman actress over 50 in Hollywood and they will tell you. Especially ask those who were once the hottest at the box office like Sharon Stone, Demi Moore, and Kathleen Turner. The roles stop coming and suddenly the tabloids which fuel public interest ,don’t care what they say or do. There is a new batch of brand new young hot beauties .

As long as these leading ladies were making millions of dollars for the studios, they were getting job after job. Now they are thrilled if they get a character role or two every once in a while.

It happens to men and women a lot in business. Gone are the days when you are at a company for 40 years and get a gold watch and a party when you retire. Instead men and women are let go due to downsizing. After all why should they pay a seasoned executive a hefty salary, when they can hire 3 young turks or turkettes who are also super computer savvy for the same price?

It happens in relationships too. In the dating world the biggest complaint I hear for both men and women is that he or she is “always looking for something better.” If there is conflict in the relationship, instead of working things out, all too many find it easier to break up or divorce and go on to someone else. Where is the loyalty?

It’s the same lack of loyalty that happened to little Knute after he became big Knute and no longer earned the stream of revenue he once earned with all of his merchandising and hoards of visitors, who paid top dollar to see him.

Now that he was no longer cute and a money making machine, he was not that important. He obviously felt it and it broke his heart and soul. Tragically he died.

KNUT DIDN’T DIE IN VAIN- HIS DEATH TAUGHT EVERY HUMAN BEING SOMETHING MAJOR ABOUT LIFE

Maybe he didn’t die in vain. Maybe his death has opened up our eyes to treating one another with more respect. Maybe it opened up our eyes to not take others for granted and to appreciate them and let them know how much we appreciate and love them. Maybe it opened up our eyes to giving people a special touch and a hug or a kiss to show that we adore them. And maybe it opened our eyes to make us realize how much we need one another and how we can’t be isolated. We need to be with others. We need to communicate, touch, and laugh,and hug, and cuddle. Every living creature needs other living creatures to flourish and to live.

Good Bye Dear Knute. RIP and God Bless Your Bear Soul."

by Dr. Lillian Glass - March 19, 2011
blog entry found at - http://drlillianglassbodylanguageblog.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/knut-the-bear-dies-of-loneliness-and-lack-of-attention-and-teaches-us-some-major-life-lessons/

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The Power of Visualization

"You can change the world. It's easy. How? In this video, scientist Gregg Braden explains how the Law of Attraction works. That there is a field around us, a collective consciousness, in which we all participate. This collective consciousness creates our reality. It can be influenced by us through our DNA, by using the power of our thoughts and our heart. We can use this law on an individual base but also collectively, to change our world. There's even a formula (the square root of 1%) of how many participants are needed to achieve a certain effect for a bigger group (for instance peace). This has been proven scientifically, through experiments. For changing the whole world population this would only take 8,000 participants. The power of visualization is a gift from God for mankind to take fate into our own hands, and not having to stand by and watch powerlessly. So, let's accept this gift gratefully, and use it!!

If you want to participate in future mass visualizations where we use our collective power for causes like cleaning our planet and helping people in need, you can leave your e-mail address at our website http://www.visualizedaily.com"

"THE WATER CRYSTAL FROM THE WATER
EXPOSED TO THE WORD 'LOVE AND GRATITUDE'"
- Masaru Emoto









Photo and description from: http://www.masaru-emoto.net/
Video and text from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0EeKhBqumM&feature=player_embedded

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100 Years / Syle / East London

The more things change, the more they stay the same. 100 years of changing styles cleverly expressed in dance.

video found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JxfgId3XTs

A Liter of Light - Solar Powered Light Innovation

A very inspiring grass roots innovation using discarded plastic bottles for very inexpensive and very efficient solar lights in the poor and dark homes of the Phillipines.

video found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYEIT6lLb8A
To donate or volunteer visit: www.isanglitrongliwanag.org

9/11 Tribute to Our Fallen Loved Ones - Let Freedom Ring

9/11 Tribute to Our Fallen Loved Ones  

Let Freedom Ring

Music: "Side by Side" by William McMillan
Sculpture: "Letting Go" by Robb Browne
Images & Artwork: by many wonderful Artists & Truth Seekers found on Internet
Collage: "Let Freedom Ring" by Loveson G. Flower
Animation: "Liberty Falling Down" by Loveson G. Flower
Memorial: created by Loveson G. Flower for "Light of Love" in Septermber, 2005

Steve Jobs: Before the Turtleneck by Matt's Mcintosh

"Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish" - Steve Jobs

An inspiration video found on Matt's Mcintosh YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTR6B7CBKmo

Papa par pralinegitan

A very moving and touching expression of a young woman's love for her father.
Une expression très émouvant et touchant de l'amour d'une jeune femme pour son père.

Music: "Le tunnel d'or"
Music Artist: AaRON
Video: from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBCzvYK8euw
Youtube Channel Artist: pralinegitan

Lyrics with help from / Lyriques avec aide de: http://lyricstranslate.com/en/Le-Tunnel-D’or-Le-Tunnel-D’or.html

Magic by Marco Tempest, Techno-Illusionist

"iPod Magic - Deceptions" by Marco Tempest


"Open Source Magic" by Marco Tempest

"Tour Through Reality" by Holoverse

"A short tour through the visible universe that we can see so far."
– Holoverse Youtube channel

Lyrics of "The Scientist" by Coldplay

Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are

I had to find you
Tell you I need you
Tell you I set you apart

Tell me your secrets
And ask me your questions
Oh, lets go back to the start

Running in circles
Coming up tails
Heads on a science apart.

Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard

Oh, take me back to the start.

I was just guessing
At numbers and figures
Pulling the puzzles apart

Questions of science
Science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart

Tell me you love me
Come back and haunt me
Oh, and I rush to the start

Running in circles
Chasing our tails
Coming back as we are

Nobody said it was easy
Oh it's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard

I'm going back to the start



Video from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8Aurpr68uE&feature=channel_video_title
Lyrics from: http://artists.letssingit.com/coldplay-lyrics-the-scientist-3spq2t1#ixzz1NALhNMXQ LetsSingIt - Your favorite Music Community

Music: "The Scientist" by Coldplay

English-French translation / Traduction anglais-français

English-French translation / Traduction anglais-français faite à http://lyricstranslate.com/en/scientist-le-scientifique.html

Everything is OK Montage

"Everything you read in the mainstream media is 100% true..."


from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAQrsA3m8Bg

Les Misérables - Do You Hear the People Sing?

Lyrics: "Do You Hear the People Sing?" - Les Misérables

DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING?
From the French Musical "Les Misérables" (1980)
(Alain Boublil / James Fenton / Herbert Kretzmer / Claude-Michel Schönberg)

Recorded by:
David Burt; Chicago Musical Revue; Hal Fowler; Michael Maguire;
Royal Philharmonic Orch.; Sydney Male Choir; Anthony Warlow;
Dave Willetts.


Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!

Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Courfeyrac:
Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free!

Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!

Will you give all you can give
So that our banner may advance
Some will fall and some will live
Will you stand up and take your chance?
The blood of the martyrs
Will water the meadows of France!

Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!


*****


À LA VOLONTÉ DU PEUPLE
du Musical "Les Misérables"
(Alain Boublil / Jean-Marc Natel / Claude-Michel Schönberg)

Michel Sardou (France)


A la volonté du peuple
Et à la santé du progrès,
Remplis ton cœur d'un vin rebelle
Et à demain, ami fidèle.
Nous voulons faire la lumière
Malgré le masque de la nuit
Pour illuminer notre terre
Et changer la vie.

Il faut gagner à la guerre
Notre sillon à labourer,
Déblayer la misère
Pour les blonds épis de la paix
Qui danseront de joie
Au grand vent de la liberté.

A la volonté du peuple
Et à la santé du progrès,
Remplis ton cœur d'un vin rebelle
Et à demain, ami fidèle.
Nous voulons faire la lumière
Malgré le masque de la nuit
Pour illuminer notre terre
Et changer la vie.

A la volonté du peuple,
Je fais don de ma volonté.
S'il faut mourir pour elle,
Moi je veux être le premier,
Le premier nom gravé
Au marbre du monument d'espoir.

A la volonté du peuple
Et à la santé du progrès,
Remplis ton cœur d'un vin rebelle
Et à demain, ami fidèle.
Nous voulons faire la lumière
Malgré le masque de la nuit
Pour illuminer notre terre
Et changer la vie.


Video from: 10th Anniversary Celebration performance of "Les Miserables" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCYr8TWAGn0&feature=relatedk and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4924xJl38E&feature=related
Lyrics from: http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/d/doyouhearthepeoplesing.shtml
Translation with help of Google/Traduction avec l'aide de Google:

"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole

Dedicated to searchers & dreamers, of every age: “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”

by/par Loveson G. Flower

by/par Renzo Schröder (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9KHo9z86rA)

Beloved Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole sings his renowned medley of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World." Israel was among the most known and celebrated of Hawaiian performers with a kind and gentle spirit that is evident in his touching melody. He tragically died in 1997 at an early age (38) and has been sorely missed by his many adoring fans.

According to Wikipedia: "The Hawaii State Flag flew at half-staff on July 10, 1997, the day of Kamakawiwoʻole's funeral. His koa wood coffin lay in state at the Capitol building in Honolulu. He was the third person in Hawaiian history to be awarded this honor, and the only one who was not a government official. Approximately ten thousand people attended the funeral."

The 64 photos of Rainbows were selected from Google and Bing images searches for "rainbow" to help visualize Israel's soaring words and melodious Spirit that still touches and inspires our deep places many years after he has gone. Thank you Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole.


English - French lyrics

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English:  Tools Used = Apple iMac, iPhoto, iTunes & Quicktime Pro.
Français : Outils utilisés  =  iMac d'Apple, iPhoto, iTunes, Quicktime Pro.

Loveson G. (Gabrielle) Flower (a Nom de “Bloom”)

is an anonymous author & artist whose:

Dream-Awake Spiritual Practice: 

Keep the Mind to the rhyme. Let the Heart do its part. 

So beyond either mode, the Soul shows the road. 

Life Purpose: 

Help free Spirits of fellow creatures & myself. See Beauty, others
& me. Reduce suffering. Help bring Light to Shadow & vice-versa. 

Life Plan: 

All is Welcome. Follow Light & Love.
Be a Team. Cultivate calm. Breathe. Forgive. Let Go.