I made this video yesterday afternoon, toward dark. Just thought I’d share it, along with copying the text I put with it on my YouTube.
I have found recently uploading to YouTube is the best way to embed video for use on my blog.
Yesterday I was listening to some George Winston, a song I find quite meditative, on loop, while also wanting to move a wheelbarrow full of dirt elsewhere to at least plant one row of snow peas. I found myself suddenly stopping and making this video. I never did plant that row, but hopefully there will be more warm days soon and that will get done.
I’ve been using a video chat app recently with friends which doesn’t shut off Spotify when I activate it, unlike my phone camera which will interrupt Spotify when I use video mode. I had noticed that, and so I used this chat app to video and leave the soundtrack going. I am aware that technically it is some type of copyright issue, however YouTube does permit these uploads (without muting, as Facebook does) and they indicate copyright issues but simply say the video is not eligible for monetization.
So, for whatever it is worth, I suppose I’m OK with doing this for my own personal sharing and expression. I do enjoy filming my cats sometimes with background music going…it is just fun…
I will enter the rest of my expression about this video at the bottom.
February 23, 2022
While working out back on moving some soil in a wheelbarrow and listening to music on my phone – a piece I love, on loop – I was suddenly struck by a sense of beauty, peace, joy and gratitude that God has brought be to this new home in Pennsylvania following a very rough and closed chapter of my life. I am an artist and love images, and amateur video, too…I love the 360 panoramic and enjoyed incorporating this technique as I walked these places, taking in the surroundings and the music, too.
For me, all of life is sacred. The double pine-tree-lined tunnel where one can hear birds flying in the branches quite often has become an especially sacred place here. There are times, both and even at night where I will feel spontaneous promptings to just slowly walk through that pathway in silent or aloud verbal prayer. There is just something so magically enchanting there that lends itself to heartfelt prayer or attempts at listening for God or taking in worship music. I have felt the liberty and spontaneity to even physical fall to my knees under these branches.
When it snows, it is exceptionally quiet, and clean.
At this point in my life, going forward, I am looking to create, give and receive as much beauty as possible in this life, and I hope and desire that this property continue to become a base for all that is sacred, going forward, that I may connect first with God, and then with others who come and go in my life.
Shalom.
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First Snow, December 2021
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