In the Deep (npc)

["Paul Perner" <ravensdawn>]

Greetings Babelites and Other Seekers of Tower of Tongues,

Does that sound pious enough? I'm practicing being a new age
prophet so I can build a web site to unload several pounds
of mystical self-help books that have become completely
useless to me....  maybe it's just me, but......

The real point of this post is: If you are an artist of any kind
and you've had your ass kicked by life, the world, circumstance,
whatever, keep on plugging and growing. 

I know a woman who a couple years ago didn't think her
CDs could be found anywhere but the 99 cent bin. She never
gave up and she just got a major label deal. On top of that,
one of her songs was nominated for an Oscar... and she'll
be performing it live tonight at a gig that rates higher than
the Grammys.

Hard work and talent is one thing, but add to that the fact
that Bird is one of the nicest, most up-front and honest, for
real human beings on this planet. 

If anyone cares to join, I do a Yahoo group for her. Most Patti
fans would like her music.

www.yahoogroups.com/group/VelvetWings

Here's the main site (that will be re-vamped very soon)

www.birdyork.com

(I've teased her that the above reads like Birdy Ork)

The song and the movie Crash mean a lot to me personally.
It will blow my mind if she wins tonight. If she doesn't, oh well,
there's still no stopping the well-spring of love and creativity
she has cultivated within and around her.

Paul

And now back to our regularly scheduled over-barring religious
programming.

For lo, my brethren, ye cameth not unto the land of those
who sing praises of evil for the gold of the....