Rise: An Artist Collaborative of Inner Strength
Rise Again by recording artist Carla Fleming, Sacramento, USA
set design by visual artist Cpt. Gabor Dvornik, Budapest, Hungary
Plight of the Powerless Consciousness by written-word artist, Crystalkay Fairrington, Berkeley, USA
developed by Kendall F. Person, thepublicblogger
{press play}
Plight of the Powerless Consciousness
New Age
I’m far from my peek of consciousness;
I’m just breaking into this game.
But I have some advice for the novices like me,
that are starting to feel the same.
The day came
Like there’s an emptiness to your existence
and a bountiful source of sadness.
You want to fight these emotions through resistance,
but powerlessness and consciousness drive you to madness.
Let the sunshine in
Like breathing seems just a little more futile,
as if pieces of you break off with each exhale.
In your despair you find little worthwhile,
afraid to move, feeling that to move is to fail.
Breath of the dragon
In each of these moments I go back to my center,
that place that enables me to shamelessly feel.
To paint, dance, laugh, sing is my mentor.
All things are stopped. In that moment I heal.
Paint a city
There, the wills of the cowardly, though strong
cannot disrupt my internal connection,
and in those crucial moments, I realize all along,
that when I create, I am in my place of protection.
They cannot make me hate myself or feel alone.
The 3 crows
They can only spew hatred and lies about the body I borrow.
Even then, when others believe them and the lies they condone,
I will write, and my freedom will rise from what was once my sorrow.
The Neighborhood is all-inclusive place of peace.
this is... The Neighborhood 
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always lovely passing through your neighbourhood, kendall x
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And always a pleasure to have you.
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This is gonna be in my head all day! Love these words! “Let him who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord!” anyway. Because the light is coming!
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Beautiful poem and song. This is just how I’ve been feeling lately..
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I wonder, do we give too much importance to the opinions of others? I think we don’t wish to; but we still do consciously or otherwise.
http://sweetyshinde.wordpress.com
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Nice Song, So Beautiful!! Nice to see your face Lets Cut The CRAP! Great work KP..
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Absolutely beautiful poem!
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It is a beautiful poem. One of my favorites. So glad you enjoyed it and the show.
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It was my pleasure. I look forward to more.
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Rise Whenever I rise and whatever out of I hope God will guide me.
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this isnice Kendall for aspiring women out there…”I would rise again!”
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You are so very welcome. Thank you for adding your voice and welcome to The Neighborhood.
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Please join the Writing for Peace 2014 campaign for the LIVE event of “blogging for Earth Hour 2014 at http://writing4peace2014.wordpress.com/blogging-for-earth-hour-event-2014-saturday-march-29-2014/
In Peace;
Tami Gilford
Writing for Peace 2014
Free Gifts to all who attend!
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E.x.e.l.l.e.n.t. Inspiring! 🙂
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Let’s Cut the Crap! So very nice to see you. Hope everything is beautiful in your neck of the woods.
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My apologies. I`ve missed a lot of posts. Life has been thumping on my door. If you don`t hear from me the next four weeks, it`ll be because i`ll be off looking at ruins and such. 🙂
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And no apologies are ever necessary. It is a pleasure for you to be here and enjoy the shows, not my right. Have a great time looking at the ruins. So very exciting. Life.
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You are a gentleman. See you on my return. 😀
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NICE to see YOU too! Life has been thumping at my door. Lots to take me away from my other life: blogging.
I`m off travelling in the next 24 hours. I believe we shall be seeing more modern day versus specific old day history. A big adventure. See you when I get back. 😉
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Have a great time! Looking forward to visiting your community upon your return and reading all about your adventures. You have been missed. {big smile}
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Bigger smile.
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Very Cool
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grotmanharry – I know you are but what am I? {big smile}
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Reblogged this on Topasabi and commented:
Getting to the top in life needs one to believe in their dreams and to keep shining.
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Well said, dyasabi. Thank you for adding your voice and for sharing Rise within your community.
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Thumbs Up !^!
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Such wonderful artistry. So glad I am able to share within The Neighborhood.
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Very beautiful Kendall. I heartily concur. I’d love to provide one of the musical pieces for your next collaborative development. Perhaps send me a msg to let me know what ‘vibe’ you have in mind and I’ll dig into my massive archive. You can an idea of all the genres I write in here (there are many more ambient/healing instrumental too): http://soundcloud.com/steve-swindells
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Hey Steve. I will head to your Soundcloud shortly. Thanks for your willingness to collaborate here in the neighborhood. And it is always a pleasure to see you.
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Awesome
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Such brilliant artist, my job was simple. Thank you for adding your voice (and i really like your name, simplycomplex) and welcome to The Neighborhood.
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Pleasures all mine and thanks it fits me and what I’m about perfectly. Keep enlightening us sir.
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Your voice offers all of the motivation I need to do more. To try harder. To reach higher. You are appreciated, my friend.
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Reblogged this on SherayxWeblog.
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Thank you for sharing Rise within your community. You are appreciated.
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Really a nice poem.Sometimes when I read such great words, I feel really small, because it’s not easy to achieve peace and internal connection. Thank you for sharing. I also would like to say that I really like the layout of your blog. And i didn’t know that you are an established writer! I saw that you have got published your own work. Congratulations! I will certainly buy your book.
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The poem is one of my absolute favorites. So glad you enjoyed it too. And thank you for the warm wishes on the novel, feels like a different life, but each of them have done well in standing the test of time. Hope you enjoy An Angry World. Should have the other two an ebook format soon.
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