Spirit of the River

The one at the bottom is Seagull, the one who went missing. What would you prefer? A world full of birds or a world full of people?  Sometimes I feel like animals have a better understanding of the world than people - and they are more connected to the universe. They simply live their live - and birds are most likely very close to the spiritual realm. People, however, are just people. We worry about so many things, mess up so many things, destroy so much, hate so much - so if I had to choose, I'd rather live in a world with animals only! Seagull, one of my favourite pigeons, has not returned. I hope that he is still alive because I don't want to believe that he is dead and maybe even had to suffer.

Some of my readers might know that I have been in love with Japan since I was a child - of course, this love also includes Japanese music, however, not the kind of Japanese music most people might have in mind. Today, I would like to share some of my favourite Japanese music videos with you. Hikaru Utada - Sakura Drops Hikaru is one of the best Japanese singers out there, I'd have to say. Her videos are also always very interesting and nice to watch. My favourite video of her:  Colours.  She is gorgeous in this video and the lyrics are just great! " The mirror reflects the illusion of a spirit. Unnoticed, it picks up speed. It is said that it's okay to go anywhere. A broken wish makes everything all grey. Tonight, a flame flickers and you draw your dream. Isn't the tip of your brush thirsty? If there's no blue sky unfold your blue umbrella. Isn't that good? The canvas is all yours. That time I that I gave up, I only hel...

Xena : See how calm the surface of the water is. That was me once. And then  [ she throws a stone in the water ]  the water ripples and churns. That's what I became.  Gabrielle : But if we sit here long enough it will go back to being still again; go back to being calm.  Xena : But the stone is still under there. It's now part of the lake. It might look as it did before, but it's forever changed. (Warning: If you aren't good when it comes to understanding figurative speech, this is not a good blog entry for you to read) This quote from Xena made me think about how much we actually know about other people when we talk to them - even if we have known them for many years. If we would see every person as a lake, a river or maybe even as an ocean, we would always only be able to see the surface. Unless we get to know someone very well, we will not have any idea how many stones are underneath the surface (which may be calm or churning). If you meet someone who is v...

Wanted - ALIVE Unfortunately, one of my favourite pigeons has not come back from the race last week - remember Seagull, one of the most beautiful pigeons in the photos I recently uploaded to the blog? It's him who's missing. To me, this is more than just bad luck, more than just a coincidence - you might remember that there seems to be a curse on my favourite birds... so I better not choose any favourites anymore.

I have at least 2500 seagull photos on my computer (no joke here, really).  Here are some of them. "You neglected us!!!" Having a bath A black-backed seagull - they are bigger than the others. Walking away Aren't they beautiful?

There has been no talk about proper seagulls for a long time - but I can assure you that they have not been forgotten. I still love them, they are still my favourite birds - even though I have not seen any of them for a long time. Well, I have seen one, but that was while I was in a car and the seagull was far away on a lamp post. There is no competition for seagulls (sorry pigeons).