2. Reeny Smith's performance April 3, at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in Halifax. Wow. Star power. Reeny's from North Preston and opened for Lisa Fischer who was also great. Reeny can really belt out a tune and has some lovely lyrics, really a moving act with her backup band including members of her talented family.
3. Sara Macculloch's current show, at Studio 21 in Halifax. Beautiful work, on display until Wednesday I think. It really pleased me to notice that her pieces weren't framed. Rather, the paint of the paintings often slopped over the sides onto the light coloured canvas in a joyful, free way. Nice. Fine Art. Freedom.
4. The story of the Taoist Farmer. Thought about this a lot this week, that sometimes what looks like bad news only looks that way because you're just part way through a bigger story.
Here's a link with several versions of the story. Version 1 from the link:
This farmer had only one horse, and one day the horse ran away. The neighbors came to condole over his terrible loss. The farmer said, "What makes you think it is so terrible?"
A month later, the horse came home--this time bringing with her two beautiful wild horses. The neighbors became excited at the farmer's good fortune. Such lovely strong horses! The farmer said, "What makes you think this is good fortune?"
The farmer's son was thrown from one of the wild horses and broke his leg. All the neighbors were very distressed. Such bad luck! The farmer said, "What makes you think it is bad?"
A war came, and every able-bodied man was conscripted and sent into battle. Only the farmer's son, because he had a broken leg, remained. The neighbors congratulated the farmer. "What makes you think this is good?" said the farmer.
At the end of the link above is a story called "Three Questions" by Leo Tolstoy that I've never read before, but it's lovely too. A good reminder on the benefits of staying present.
5. This youtube video with an interview of Warren Buffet and Bill Gates, where they both share their secrets of success. They're good pals and look like they have a lot of fun doing what they do. Last week I linked to Jamie Johnson's doc, 'The One Percent' where there is an interview with Warren Buffet's grand daughter who wasn't happy about her granddaddy not sharing more of his dough with family. In this video Warren Buffet explains his rationale for this, which is ironically refreshing especially in the context of Jamie Johnson's documentaries in the first place.
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