Festival of Nations performance

I really had fun...it's been a while since I played drums. I miss it.
This is my mom dancing. She had fun too.
This is the whole band...

So I made it! I was so hot, I thought I was going to pass out.
This is a picture of me and my mom.

Festival of Nations performance

I really had fun...it's been a while since I played drums. I miss it.
This is my mom dancing. She had fun too.
This is the whole band...

So I made it! I was so hot, I thought I was going to pass out.
This is a picture of me and my mom.

Festival of Nations

So tomorrow, Sunday, I'll be playing drums representing the island of Guadeloupe at the Festival of Nations in Tower Grove Park at 4:00pm.
If you can, you should stop by.
One thing I notice about St. Louis is that it's so easy to miss events because there are no huge banners in all the street to promote it. Only the usuals remember.
In other cities, when something's happening, you can't help knowing about it. The ads are everywhere.
Anyway, enough of that.
I had to tighten my drum today. I'm going to have to tape my finger because some of the skin peeled of as I was streching canvas.

Festival of Nations

So tomorrow, Sunday, I'll be playing drums representing the island of Guadeloupe at the Festival of Nations in Tower Grove Park at 4:00pm.
If you can, you should stop by.
One thing I notice about St. Louis is that it's so easy to miss events because there are no huge banners in all the street to promote it. Only the usuals remember.
In other cities, when something's happening, you can't help knowing about it. The ads are everywhere.
Anyway, enough of that.
I had to tighten my drum today. I'm going to have to tape my finger because some of the skin peeled of as I was streching canvas.

A message from my friend Benny

About bombing NYC, Madrid & London

Dear friends,
These days we are all from London. Yesterday we were from New York and
Madrid.
Our duty is to keep on living with faith & love inspite of obstacles and
tragedies that we can found in our path through life.
It is a nonsense to darken our lifes, to get blinded by hate or pain and
definetely it is not a way to pay homage to those who died or have been
injured.
Let's cultivate and safeguard tolerance & happiness & : paradoxically,
it is the very best answer to intolerance and misfortune & tragedy.
Force will not change anything.
Violence will not change anything.
Terrorism will not change anything.
The enemy to shoot is not Occident, Orient, Middle east or Far East. The
enemy is simply fundamentalism and intolerance under any form.
So keep on laughing, smiling, living, understanding,loving &
transmitting this happiness and faith to our children. Because against
this no bomb, no religion, no political group can fight.
Think today how lucky you are. Be thankful for having a roof, eating
when you want, having freedom of expression, being surrounded by beloved
people, being able to do what you want to do with your life.
And SMILE all day long.

yours Benny

A message from my friend Benny

About bombing NYC, Madrid & London

Dear friends,
These days we are all from London. Yesterday we were from New York and
Madrid.
Our duty is to keep on living with faith & love inspite of obstacles and
tragedies that we can found in our path through life.
It is a nonsense to darken our lifes, to get blinded by hate or pain and
definetely it is not a way to pay homage to those who died or have been
injured.
Let's cultivate and safeguard tolerance & happiness & : paradoxically,
it is the very best answer to intolerance and misfortune & tragedy.
Force will not change anything.
Violence will not change anything.
Terrorism will not change anything.
The enemy to shoot is not Occident, Orient, Middle east or Far East. The
enemy is simply fundamentalism and intolerance under any form.
So keep on laughing, smiling, living, understanding,loving &
transmitting this happiness and faith to our children. Because against
this no bomb, no religion, no political group can fight.
Think today how lucky you are. Be thankful for having a roof, eating
when you want, having freedom of expression, being surrounded by beloved
people, being able to do what you want to do with your life.
And SMILE all day long.

yours Benny

Tiny bubble

I'm a tiny bubble
floating on the top
I ride with the waves
with no end in mind
you can see underneath
if you're above
you can see above
if you're below
I've seen strange creatures
above and below
I've seen sunlight and the rainbow
I don't know where I came from
but this I know
one day
this tiny bubble will pop!
and the air that was contained
within the thin layer of water
will be claimed by the sky
and so will the water
merge back into the vast ocean
and this tiny bubble
will be no more.

Tiny bubble

I'm a tiny bubble
floating on the top
I ride with the waves
with no end in mind
you can see underneath
if you're above
you can see above
if you're below
I've seen strange creatures
above and below
I've seen sunlight and the rainbow
I don't know where I came from
but this I know
one day
this tiny bubble will pop!
and the air that was contained
within the thin layer of water
will be claimed by the sky
and so will the water
merge back into the vast ocean
and this tiny bubble
will be no more.

Henna tattoo

Check out this henna tattoo I did for someone.
What do you think?
Is it good?

Henna tattoo

Check out this henna tattoo I did for someone.
What do you think?
Is it good?

I live in my head

I live in my head
while some are trying to get an out of body experience
I'm trying to feel mine
thoughts are projected on my mind-screen
I'd say they're mine but they're not
others have the same
maybe thoughts are like radio waves
and we are the receiver/transmitter
picking up broadcasts
I wonder if we have preset stations
like the Christian channel, NPR
I wonder if we could reconfigure them
or not listen at all
maybe I can do this,
feel my body
it d0esn't require thought
it's just awaness
without the eye
without the I

I live in my head

I live in my head
while some are trying to get an out of body experience
I'm trying to feel mine
thoughts are projected on my mind-screen
I'd say they're mine but they're not
others have the same
maybe thoughts are like radio waves
and we are the receiver/transmitter
picking up broadcasts
I wonder if we have preset stations
like the Christian channel, NPR
I wonder if we could reconfigure them
or not listen at all
maybe I can do this,
feel my body
it d0esn't require thought
it's just awaness
without the eye
without the I

Difference between knowledge & Information

IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION?
Well, I'll tell you a little story, when my daughter Kian was about 2 or 3 we were driving thru the loop in U-City and she spotted a crow and yelled: "papa, regarde!" which means:"papa! look!" (we speak French to each other). I glanced at the bird for half a second and said: "Oh yeah, that's a crow!" and that was the end of that. A few seconds later I realized that what she was pointing out was this interesting flying flapping black creature in the blue sky that was happening right now but what I was pointing at was the definition I had in my head of what a crow is. ie: a black bird of this size, that lives here, etc.... I realized that I didn't really look at what was happening now, I was using a past reference that was stored in my memory. I could not see. I would never be able to see this particular crow at this moment ever again. It was happening live :)Knowledge is now. It is not in time. Knowledge is felt, information is thought. Information are bits and pieces of useless data. It's not useless for material things such as building a road, house, etc....but when it has to do with relationships, emotions, psychological well being then it is not only useless but detrimental (interesting word, detrimental. Detri-mental, detri (destroy) mental (mind). You can have the information that smoking will hurt and kill your lungs, and still smoke. But when you can't breathe and have some chest pain or are coughing out bits and pieces of lungs then that's knowledge. You see? one is an idea, abstract, non personal the other is you.

Reply: I like it. What a great way to view life. Everything changes so fast and we are always using our prejudices and judgements to cloud what we see.

Difference between knowledge & Information

IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION?
Well, I'll tell you a little story, when my daughter Kian was about 2 or 3 we were driving thru the loop in U-City and she spotted a crow and yelled: "papa, regarde!" which means:"papa! look!" (we speak French to each other).
I glanced at the bird for half a second and said: "Oh yeah, that's a crow!" and that was the end of that. A few seconds later I realized that what she was pointing out was this interesting flying flapping black creature in the blue sky that was happening right now but what I was pointing at was the definition I had in my head of what a crow is. ie: a black bird of this size, that lives here, etc....
I realized that I didn't really look at what was happening now, I was using a past reference that was stored in my memory. I could not see. I would never be able to see this particular crow at this moment ever again. It was happening live :)

Knowledge is now. It is not in time. Knowledge is felt, information is thought. Information are bits and pieces of useless data. It's not useless for material things such as building a road, house, etc....but when it has to do with relationships, emotions, psychological well being then it is not only useless but detrimental (interesting word, detrimental. Detri-mental, detri (destroy) mental (mind).

You can have the information that smoking will hurt and kill your lungs, and still smoke. But when you can't breathe and have some chest pain or are coughing out bits and pieces of lungs then that's knowledge. You see? one is an idea, abstract, non personal the other is you.


Reply: I like it. What a great way to view life. Everything changes so fast and we are always using our prejudices and judgements to cloud what we see.

My theory on alien abduction

MY THEORY ON ALIEN ABDUCTION.
I believe that the brain records everything whether you remember it or not. All sensations that you had since childbirth, and probably before, are stored there.What struck me about these stories of abduction was the similarity between them. They all see this bright light, they are then probed, tested, etc... by these creature with big eyes. Well I believe they are just having a flashback about their own birth. If you think about it, at birth, your eyes aren't very developed so your vision might be blurry, then you are yanked from a warm and dark place into a cold and bright unknown space by these unknown creatures. All you can see are their eyes because the rest of their faces are covered with fabrick. These "aliens" Doctors and nurses manipulate, test, probe, weight, etc... your body.So between some theory of weird looking creatures probing humans for unknown reasons or having a "flash back" of an actual experience...I'll stick with the actual experience.That's my theory and I stick by it :)

TOMORROW: IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION?

My theory on alien abduction

MY THEORY ON ALIEN ABDUCTION.
I believe that the brain records everything whether you remember it or not. All sensations that you had since childbirth, and probably before, are stored there.
What struck me about these stories of abduction was the similarity between them. They all see this bright light, they are then probed, tested, etc... by these creature with big eyes.
Well I believe they are just having a flashback about their own birth. If you think about it, at birth, your eyes aren't very developed so your vision might be blurry, then you are yanked from a warm and dark place into a cold and bright unknown space by these unknown creatures. All you can see are their eyes because the rest of their faces are covered with fabrick. These "aliens" Doctors and nurses manipulate, test, probe, weight, etc... your body.

So between some theory of weird looking creatures probing humans for unknown reasons or having a "flash back" of an actual experience...I'll stick with the actual experience.That's my theory and I stick by it :)

TOMORROW: IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION?

Re-incarnation VS Re-distribution

I don't believe in re-incarnation, I believe in re-distribution.
Re-incarnation: meaning to re-enter the flesh, again... Our flesh is made up of "borrowed" particles such as calcium for bone, water for blood, etc... These particles, when we die, become free from the "glue" that binds them together. They are dispursed into the cosmos and are re-cycled or sent to where ever they are needed at the time. Much the same as a drop or water falling from the clouds finds it way back into the ocean. And I'm not saying that the ocean is the source, it's just another point in the cycle.
How do I account for past memories of far away places you say?
Well let me tell you :), matter is intelligent and since our bodies are made up of borrowed matter, we, sometimes become aware of its past. Whether it was used to make a rock, or part of a person, or a soil fertilizer.

Reply: so, just the same as the flesh disperses into the atmosphere as you say, so again it can come together to form a new body,.no?... not necessarily human but a new body for the soul to reside in. Matter is neither created nor destroyed, but merely changes form.... I love that scientific theory, it goes perfectly well with reincarnation, or redistribution as you want to call it.

TOMORROW: MY THEORY ON ALIEN ABDUCTION.

Re-incarnation VS Re-distribution

I don't believe in re-incarnation, I believe in re-distribution.
Re-incarnation: meaning to re-enter the flesh, again... Our flesh is made up of "borrowed" particles such as calcium for bone, water for blood, etc... These particles, when we die, become free from the "glue" that binds them together. They are dispursed into the cosmos and are re-cycled or sent to where ever they are needed at the time. Much the same as a drop or water falling from the clouds finds it way back into the ocean. And I'm not saying that the ocean is the source, it's just another point in the cycle.
How do I account for past memories of far away places you say?
Well let me tell you :), matter is intelligent and since our bodies are made up of borrowed matter, we, sometimes become aware of its past. Whether it was used to make a rock, or part of a person, or a soil fertilizer.

Reply: so, just the same as the flesh disperses into the atmosphere as you say, so again it can come together to form a new body,.no?... not necessarily human but a new body for the soul to reside in. Matter is neither created nor destroyed, but merely changes form.... I love that scientific theory, it goes perfectly well with reincarnation, or redistribution as you want to call it.

TOMORROW: MY THEORY ON ALIEN ABDUCTION.