#Songlines

[rumireed]

Songs of Creation and Dream Travel

Song Lines Discovering the Dreamtime is a path to encounter ancient dream ways of creation. The Dreamtime is a place beyond time, where the physical world gets dreamed into being. A collective dream in collaboration with the ancient being of the Earth and creation herself. It is a place one may access in dreams if you know the right song, or dance the right dance, know the right story or dream…

[annacswenson]

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"We watched them go off to bed. They were two people made in heaven for each other.

They had been hopelessly in love since the day they met, yet had gradually crept into their shells, glancing away, deliberately, in despair, as if it were too good, never to be, until suddenly the reticence and the anguish had melted as what should have been, long ago, now was."

From Songlines by Bruce Chatwin

[nonesuchrecords]

Songlines' list of 50 Global Guitar Greats features several artists heard on Nonesuch releases over the decades, including Yasmin Williams, Ry Cooder, Taj Mahal, Manuel Galbán, Rokia Traoré, Bombino, Ali Farka Touré, João Gilberto, Joseph Spence, Amadou Bagayoko, and Carlos Paredes. You can see the complete list here.

[b1lliesb1ues]

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[ancestorsalive]

BEAUTYMAKING "Heirloom is a compound word, with its roots in heredity + looming. Weaving, writing and painting our stories into the things we Create is a way of feeding the Holy in Nature, which has kept us fed and alive. And as we put all of our lostness and longing into the beauty we make, we do so knowing that we may never hope for more than to pass on these heirlooms to the young ones so they may find their way home across the songlines, as we have been found by those who made beautiful things before us. If even one generation is denied their inheritance, the story and the way home may be lost. As it is said in West Africa, 'When an elder dies, a library burns to the ground.'”

- Dreamwork with Toko-pa Painting by Frank Howell

[tenth-sentence]

It prescribes where red kangaroos have protected refuges, conservation reserves, Country.

"Country: Future Fire, Future Farming" - Bill Gammage and Bruce Pascoe

[thefoxsbookofdays]

“Pascal, in one of his gloomier pensées, gave it as his opinion that all our miseries stemmed from a single cause: our inability to remain quietly in a room. Why, he asked, must a man with sufficient to live on feel drawn to divert himself on long sea voyages? To dwell in another town? To go off in search of a peppercorn? Or go off to war and break skulls? Later, on further reflection, having discovered the cause of our misfortunes, he wished to understand the reason for them, he found one very good reason: namely, the natural unhappiness of our weak mortal condition; so unhappy that when we gave to it all our attention, nothing could console us. One thing alone could alleviate our despair, and that was ‘distraction’ (divertissement): yet this was the worst of our misfortunes, for in distraction we were prevented from thinking about ourselves and were gradually brought to ruin.” “Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it.” “Sometimes, I overheard my aunts discussing these blighted destinies; and Aunt Ruth would hug me, as if to forestall my following in their footsteps. Yet, from the way she lingered over such words as 'Xanadu' or 'Samarkand' or the 'wine-dark sea,' I think she also felt the trouble of the 'wanderer in her soul.” ― Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines

19 June

Or all of the above. Dedicated to a day in 1994 when many Songlines intersected.

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Midnight North feat. Amy Helm and Brian Lesh - “Songlines” (Live, Nov. 10, 2023)

“Songlines” is a tune that wants to strut. But as a balladic shuffle about a fractured family, it is unable to do so.

Borrowing sounds from the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers Band, Midnight North wrote and recorded the song with Amy Helm and performed it live on Nov. 10, 2023, with Helm on co-lead vocals and a guesting Brian Lesh on guitar. The second-generation band sounded sweet as Helm - daughter of Levon - sang in harmony with Elliott Peck and Grahame Lesh - son of Phil - on the chorus:

Pass the lyric down to a troubled heart/broken choir sings to light up the dark/where’s your brother now, where does he stay/and the songlines remain

It almost works splendidly. But with its somewhat-clunky lyrics and restrained melody, “Songlines” comes off as more of a promising work in progress as opposed to a finished track. Yet, with Leshes and a Helm involved, evolution is possible if not inevitable.

Grade card: Midnight North feat. Amy Helm and Brian Lesh - “Songlines” (Live - 11/10/23) - C+

1/26/24

[hikingorg]

Learning as we walk

Before hikes we can only prepare so far, the rest we have to learn on the trail Adjusting things to stay on the path Story and image by Frits Ahlefeldt More than thirty years ago, up in Norway, my hiking teacher often stopped our group after a few km. for a short break so we could adjust our plans to reality. Some of us had too much clothes on, others too little. Backpacks was adjusted, some…

[ineffableclassics]

“You’ll have to show me,” Aziraphale said. “I’ve never done it before. I mean—I know the principle, of course, but given the life I lead, it never really comes into—”

“Aziraphale,” said Crowley patiently. “It’s very simple. You’ve smoked a cigarette. It’s the exact same process.”

Words: 4,958

Status: Complete

Rating: Explicit

[fuckyeahgoodomensfanfic]

Good Omens Fic Rec: Smoke Gets In

“You’ll have to show me,” Aziraphale said. “I’ve never done it before. I mean—I know the principle, of course, but given the life I lead, it never really comes into—” “Aziraphale,” said Crowley patiently. “It’s very simple. You’ve smoked a cigarette. It’s the exact same process.”

Length: 4,958 words

AO3 Rating: Explicit / Spice Level 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Best for: After Dark, Pick-Me-Up

Triggers: None

Read it here, fic by songlin

*Minor Spoilers* You have to know the overwhelming joy and love I feel when I discover that authors I loved during the Sherlock days have written Good Omens fic. It genuinely to me feels like coming home. So a reminder to all fic writers, your works will be remembered so fondly by so many even if it's been twelve years (!!!!!) after they've read it.

Crowley has tempted Aziraphale to a night of smoking the Devil's Lettuce. I loved the relationship to drugs they both have, of course they've tried them all! Why not! For most of their existence these substances haven't been criminalized. It's a great lighthearted scene that made me smile and want to smoke and eat Sushi with Aziraphale. Dream blunt rotation <3

What this writer has always done well is making smut fun. It can be hot and filthy, but also playful and joyful. There is so much love here! "Crowley is the All-Time Muff-Diving Champion" indeed! Also, as a broader praise for the Good Omens fandom, I am obsessed with how everyone plays with gender/efforts. There is so much variety and I am so thankful we can get any combination and it always works. It's honestly one of my favorite parts of our fandom.

Read it here, fic by songlin

[smarty-jones]

Songline

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[teconozcomascarita]

Büyükada Songlines. Studio Ossidiana, 2022 [Foto de Riccardo de Vecchi]

[justaway-dashedaway]

Songline, who beat Sodashi twice suddenly got the retirement announcement.

[sheltiechicago]

"The Flower Crowns" From The Series "Ancient Songlines"

"The Rejang Dance, meaning offering is Bali's most beautiful and holiest sacrificial dance to entertain the visiting ancestral gods and spirits and to bestow protection and prosperity on earth. For generations, this tradition has been passed down and practiced every six months in hopes of continuing for many years."

By Taralynn Disher

38th AAP Magazine Photography Awards

[tenth-sentence]

They can also connect a place today with history spanning some 65,000 years, so that the narratives we engage with are enduring and ultimately more meaningful.

"Design: Building on Country" - Alison Page and Paul Memmott