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Post by chapf on Jun 20, 2012 11:34:29 GMT -5
The Moon Garden! I am a dreamer and I am a moonlight chaser. I won't be a regular poster but I will be here. 
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Post by nica575 on Jun 20, 2012 13:58:50 GMT -5
many thanks are in order: to jamie for opening the moon garden to Junie for arranging the garden to Mika for singing Yeats to us to everyone else for dancing under the stars  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2012 17:56:18 GMT -5
Viv - One note of caution and this is just my pov, but I am a noisy creature so only seems fair to warn. It almost certainly won't always be hearts, lit refs :  , and new age rainbows. Note this part of Junies msg: Nothing is sacred, including the idea that nothing is sacred. There are no limits on the ideas that can be expressed or the questions that can be asked here. Here is the place for talking about the whole tapestry of Adam, his journey, and your own.We started out committed to the idea that people could share their thoughts w/out being pinged for being 'negative' or subject to pile ons. And sometimes those thoughts are sad/worried about issues related to Adam, sometimes they are angry or frustrated. It was intended to be a safe place for people to share (and be comforted) outside the lines - turned out that once we felt free to let off a little frustration, we moved on pretty quickly to all those things about Adam (esp his art, influence) that fascinate and inspire, make us think or smile. Sometimes that led to related topics. No deliberate provocation, no beating dead horses. Just hanging out, chatting. We like an open environment characterized by listening and warm civility but it doesn't mean we don't have robust discussions about topics that some might consider 'negative'. We consider the offered views gently, sometimes offer our own in agreement or not and move on to 'what's next!'. I just don't want you to be disappointed or feel you didn't get the forum you felt was promised, Junie - my brain is utterly melted from packing panic, if I muddied waters, sorry. Poke me and I'll clean it up later. Thanks, Mika, for thinking about me. Never feel you have to apologize for muddying waters. As with all things new, this is an exploration and everyone has input. This thread will evolve as it will... My only hope for the Moon Garden is that it maintains civility. If that can be achieved, then this thread has truly accomplished something IMO. I'll be on and off as I seem to lurk better than I speak anymore. I do feel it is possible to have discussions of all kinds and be respectful. To me it seems that The Moon Garden provides an opportunity to consciously decide where a post might be of best purpose. If one wants to discuss being pissed off at radio, perhaps the Dark Side is the place to go. If one wants to discuss the difficulties of being a gay artist in mainstream US without bashing someone, it seems to me that the Moon Garden can hold this in a loving space. I know it's not all puppy dogs and kittens, altho I wish it were. The Moon Garden offers conscious choice. Decide where your post might be most appropriate and post it. Doesn't matter the discussion as much as noticing what one is writing and making choice. Where do I post this? If this thread evolves into another bitchfest..yes, I love that word, then, it will. I have no desire to control or manipulate this thread. I love what it could stand for..I look at the imagery posted on The Moon Garden, the music..and I feel a sense of inclusiveness. So, que sera..I appreciate that all members may want to express in various ways. If people know they can speak freely without fear of reprisal, this thread will be that elevated place I spoke of. I am merely happy that it is here. And I applaud that people want to come together in community. So, onward...  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2012 18:08:50 GMT -5
The Moon Garden! I am a dreamer and I am a moonlight chaser. I won't be a regular poster but I will be here. Fellow Moonlight Chaser Chapf!!  |
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Post by annala on Jun 20, 2012 21:54:51 GMT -5
I don't know if there is any special criteria for joining the Moon Garden sub-topic. I just happened upon it because I liked the name - and it seems to fit more with my way of thinking and being.
The Daily News thread lately seems to be centered so much on voting, voting, voting, and "who's on first" mindset- and has gotten a little too angsty and frenetic for me (although I try to do my part in voting, but not all day long for hours).
Maybe it's part of my age, but I don't seem to sleep as much as I used to, and I like using the quiet peaceful time at night to gather my thoughts. I have 3 teenage grandkids living with me including an autistic one, so my days can be quite full.
Besides the postings, I love the night-time moon pictures and avi's here - and I can include my own little luna moth avi.
So as the sun sets here on the West Coast, I wish you the quiet peace of the Summer Solstice. Here in my area there is a Native American place called Turtle Rock in the Santa Cruz Mountains where at the Summer Solstice the setting sun shines through a special crack in a boulder (looks kind of like a turtle) that sits astride the San Andreas Fault - a magical place.
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Post by mika on Jun 20, 2012 22:14:56 GMT -5
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Post by lynne on Jun 20, 2012 22:25:06 GMT -5
Oh, now this song brings back some wonderful memories! |
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Post by mika on Jun 20, 2012 22:34:07 GMT -5
Finally, figured out I've been regularly deleting myself w/new posts - just as well I'm sure  . Anyway, earlier today, I dropped two links to articles on Numbers Thread page mid page 9. One is Chris Molanphy from Village Voice talking about possible onset of Teen Pop but also about struggles of Bieber and radio and how Bieber's label tackled it. (Interesting to me was also that I found radio reasoning re Bieber more subjective than they seemed to think. Also, Biebs needs an older audience - we need to do more horse trading with those Beliebers . The other link is the one the VV piece refs -- a BB article: 'How Island Def Jam Saved Bieber's Boyfriend at Top 40.' (I just want to hear similar stories ya know?) Anyway, if you want to read them - discussion should prob happen in Numbers or 5/22 as I know it's a subject that can make people stabby and such. On a non-stabby note, watched Cory Booker's Commencement Speech - loved his Dad's quote to him on graduation - "You are a physical manifestation of a conspiracy of love," referring to all the people he didn't even know who helped make that day possible. I think that's true of Adam as well-little verklempt now. |
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Post by jamie on Jun 20, 2012 23:06:28 GMT -5
annala, is this it? How cool. Your avi makes me think of the little fairy creature that played with Adam in Montreal.  Happy Summer Solstice all! “Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time” ~John Lubbock Viv, no worries 
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Post by glittergma on Jun 20, 2012 23:09:18 GMT -5
Here's a little song that brings back lots of memories for me. In honor of the Summer Solstice, enjoy! I find it amazing that, even though so many years ago, I still remember all the words to these songs. They're kind of like old friends. And, one more that is my all time favorite. In listening to it just now, I realize it has even more meaning to me now than it did so many years ago. Guess I'm kind of in my zen place tonight...lol! |
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