Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
- Francis Bacon
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Choose the life that is most useful
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
Monday, December 12, 2022
King Curtis
King Curtis was everybody’s session musician before his untimely death. This is a collection/sample of his work and it should be commercial free because it is YouTube Premium stuff.
King Curtis played on thousands of records as the most in demand saxophone player, from the early 1950s until his death in August of 1971. He worked with a wide variety of artists ranging from The Coasters and Buddy Holly, to Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon.
King Curtis began playing the saxophone at a young age in Fort Worth, Texas.
...an American saxophonist known for rhythm and blues, rock and roll, soul, blues, funk and soul jazz. Variously a bandleader, band member, and session musician, he was also a musical director and record producer.
Soul Twist
King Curtis •
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ksq54yPAWsk&feature=share
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=yVuF1CU-jQ0
Honky Tonk
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=fHnE1AAfWis&feature=share
Stroll
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=iN5v0_ZNNmE&feature=share
Shirelles
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=i04bs_3sSbI&feature=share
Memphis Soul Stew
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=i4QIK1FMPEU&feature=share
Charlie Brown
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=BjHEykmiMMo&feature=share
Aretha F
https://youtu.be/7nQpRhGdPZE
A Whiter Shade of Pale (Live at Fillmore West, 3/7/1971)
King Curtis
• Live At The Fillmore West • 1971
3:1
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=DOrAd-nyRsM&feature=share
Live at Fillmore West is an album by King Curtis, released in 1971. The album showcases the concert he played with his band the Kingpins at the Fillmore West venue in San Francisco in March 1971 who were supporting and backing soul singer Aretha Franklin. A week after its release in August 1971, Curtis was stabbed to death outside his brownstone apartment in New York City. It was reissued on compact disc in the 1990s through Rhino Records and was released in an expanded edition in 2006. In addition it was released as an expanded edition four-CD box set entitled, Don't Fight the Feeling: The Complete Aretha Franklin & King Curtis Live At Fillmore West by Rhino Handmade in 2005, featuring the complete concert by King Curtis and Aretha Franklin. This edition was limited to 5000 numbered copies.
https://music.youtube.com/
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Stupid Cupid
King Curtis • Your Love •
https://music.youtube.com/
Album
https://music.youtube.com/
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That Is Rock & Roll
Album • King Curtis • 2014
Jolie Blond
https://music.youtube.com/
Instant Groove
Album • King Curtis • 1969
https://music.youtube.com/
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Sweet Soul
Album • King Curtis • 1968
10 songs • 28 minutes
Soul Meeting (feat. Wynton Kelly / Nat Adderley)
Preview YouTube video Soul TwistPreview YouTube video Harlem NocturnePreview YouTube video Honky TonkPreview YouTube video The StrollPreview YouTube video Baby It's YouPreview YouTube video Memphis Soul StewPreview YouTube video Charlie BrownPreview YouTube video Aretha with King Curtis, Jerry Jemmott, Cornell Dupree, Bernard PurdiePreview YouTube video A Whiter Shade of Pale (Live at Fillmore West, 3/7/1971)Preview YouTube video Stupid CupidPreview YouTube video Jole Blon
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Friday, December 9, 2022
Francisco Varela Lecture: "Well-Being Is a Skill" with Richard J. Davidson
Francisco Varela Lecture Series: "Science & Mindfulness: Well-Being Is a Skill"
with Dr. Richard J. Davidson
Jan 22, 2015
Scientific evidence suggests that we can change our brains by cultivating habits of mind that will improve well-being, including happiness, resilience, compassion and emotional balance. Each of these characteristics can be shaped and modified within our brain by experience and training, as shown by the ground-breaking research at the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center, UW-Madison. In this talk, Dr. Richard Davidson will share how using mental training to cultivate well-being can have a positive impact on happiness, creativity and productivity in the work place and at home.
Dr. Davidson's presentation will be followed by comments from panelists Tor Wager, PhD, Sona Dimidjian, PhD, and Naropa's Peter Grossenbacher, PhD. There will also be an opportunity for questions from the audience.
Richard J. Davidson, PhD, is a renowned neuroscientist and one of the world’s leading experts on the impact of contemplative practices, such as meditation, on the brain. He is the James and Vilas Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Director of the Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior, and the Founder of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin - Madison. Author of numerous publications, including The Emotional Life of Your Brain, he is the subject of the documentary Free the Mind. Learn more about Dr. Davidson's work.
https://youtu.be/wLYREypzEcc
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Totalitarianism
"Totalitarianism appeals to the very dangerous emotional needs of people who live in complete isolation and in fear of one another."
— Hannah Arendt, 1974
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Qualities of Well-Being
Qualities of Well-Being
1. Awareness
2. Connection
3. Insight
4.Purpose
5 Major Types of Well-Being
Emotional Well-Being. The ability to practice stress-management and relaxation techniques, be resilient, boost self-love, and generate the emotions that lead to good feelings.
Physical Well-Being. The ability to improve the functioning of your body through healthy living and good exercise habits.
Social Well-Being. The ability to communicate, develop meaningful relationships with others, and maintain a support network that helps you overcome loneliness.
Workplace Well-Being. The ability to pursue your interests, values, and life purpose in order to gain meaning, happiness, and enrichment professionally.
Societal Well-Being. The ability to actively participate in a thriving community, culture, and environment.
To build your overall well-being, you have to make sure all of these types are functioning to an extent.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/click-here-happiness/201901/what-is-well-being-definition-types-and-well-being-skills
Friday, December 2, 2022
Epistemology
In philosophy, epistemology is the study of the origin, nature, and scope of knowledge.
The main purpose of epistemology is to know about the origin and understand the nature and limits of the knowledge that a human possesses. It is one of the four main branches of philosophy. Basically, epistemology is the explanation of how a person thinks. It helps a person differentiate between truth and lie. Epistemology makes use of four different sources to gather knowledge, namely, intuitive, authoritative, logical, and empirical.
Mary Maxwell's Invocation at the 2012 Aging in America Conference
https://youtu.be/RqeSqjvN84g
Mary Maxwell reminds us once again that laughter is the best medicine with her invocation at the 2012 ASA Conference. Hear her commentary on marriage, technology, the unexpected stumbling blocks of old age, and Lady Gaga. Mary also discusses things she is thankful for, which range from caregivers and Home Instead Senior Care, to senior texting abbreviations such as DWI (Driving While Incontinent). Her invocation includes a retelling of the poignant poem "Blessed in Aging," meant to tell those who work with and care for seniors how much their efforts mean to aging adults everywhere. Do not miss this YouTube sensation's kick off to the conference.
Monday, November 28, 2022
“The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.”
Learning anything requires commitment and the ability to push through the uncomfortable feeling of not being very good until reaching competency. While on the path to competency, a little motivation can go a long way. Below are 35 quotes about learning to inspire you on your learning journey.
“Being a student is easy. Learning requires actual work.”
— William Crawford
“Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.”
— Leonardo da Vinci
“The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.”
— Herbert Spencer
“If you think education is expensive, try estimating the cost of ignorance.”
— Howard Gardner
“Education without application is just entertainment.”
— Tim Sanders
“I am still learning.”
— Michelangelo
“Recipes tell you nothing. Learning techniques is the key.”
— Tom Colicchio
“A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.”
— Mark Twain
“The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to close it again on something solid.”
— G. K. Chesterton
“The doer alone learneth.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche
“Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.”
— African Proverb
“A plant needs roots in order to grow. With man it is the other way around: only when he grows does he have roots and feels at home in the world.”
— Eric Hoffer
"Action comes about if and only if we find a discrepancy between what we are experiencing and what we want to experience."
—Philip J. Runkel
“Education is not the filling of a pot but the lighting of a fire.”
— W.B. Yeats
“A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.”
— Thomas Carruthers
"I realized that becoming a master of karate was not about learning 4,000 moves but about doing just a handful of moves 4,000 times."
— Chet Holmes
"No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking."
— Voltaire
"Anything worth doing well is worth doing poorly at first."
— Ray Congdon
"The key to pursuing excellence is to embrace an organic, long-term learning process, and not to live in a shell of static, safe mediocrity. Usually, growth comes at the expense of previous comfort or safety."
— Josh Waitzkin
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
― Dr. Seuss
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”
― Benjamin Franklin
“Change is the end result of all true learning.”
― Leo Buscaglia
“Learning never exhausts the mind.”
― Leonardo da Vinci
“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.”
― Aristotle
“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.”
― Abigail Adams
“The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take it away from you.”
― B.B. King
“Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.”
― E.M. Forster
“I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday. “
— Abraham Lincoln
“Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.”
— Chinese Proverb
“Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will.”
— Vernon Howard
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty.”
— Henry Ford
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
— Benjamin Franklin
“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.”
— Carl Rogers
"Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions."
— Oliver Wendell Holmes
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
- Napoleon Hill
"Good choices create opportunities. Good habits make the most of them."
"Good choices create opportunities. Good habits make the most of them."
Sunday, October 2, 2022
Jascha Heifetz plays Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto: 1st mov.
Jascha Heifetz plays Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto: 1st mov.
https://youtu.be/kFaq9kTlcaY
Friday, September 30, 2022
A Woman Is A Sometime Thing Song by George Gershwin
Great Grey Owl coming through the trees
A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
Song by George Gershwin
Lyrics
Listen To Yo' Daddy Warn You'Fore You Start A-TravelingWoman May Born You, Love You And Mourn YouBut A Woman Is A Sometime ThingYes A Woman Is A Sometime ThingYo' Mammy Is The First To Name YouThen She'll Tie You To Her Apron StringThen She'll Shame You And She'll Blame YouTill Yo' Woman Comes To Claim You'Cause A Woman Is A Sometime ThingYes A Woman Is A Sometime ThingDon't You Never Let A Woman Grieve YouJus' 'Cause She Got Yo' Weddin' RingShe'll Love You And Deceive YouThen She'll Take Yo' Clothes And Leave You'Cause A Woman Is A Sometime ThingYes A Woman Is A Sometime ThingYes A Woman Is A Sometime ThingYes A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
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