Favorite File

I created a new page (see the tabs above), wanting to display short blurbs, but not realizing that it won't show up as a new post. So I will post them twice, once here on the main page and then also on the "Favorite File". This new page is a way for me to keep track of things I like while also sharing them. We'll see how it goes. Don't forget to check the "Images" page for updates, too. :)


3. Everything Music Therapy

Wonder what music therapy is? Almost everything you want to know can be found on the American Music Therapy Association's website: http://www.musictherapy.org/.
You can find a lot of information there, including how to find an MT-BC (Music Therapist - Board Certified) in your area, which schools offer music therapy as a degree, and the competencies music therapists must exhibit when in practice.

 Rule no. 1: Please don't call it musical therapy. Thank you. :)

Famous music therapists: Dr. Deforia Lane. If you want to see an MT-BC in action, google her.

Dr. Michael Thaut (rhymes with doubt). "Father of neurologic music therapy". He gave some great quotes for this article in the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/science/17angi.html.

2. Photographer's Websites

Take a break and enjoy some beauty.

Bright redhead with bright ideas, from the Shetland Islands: http://www.davegifford.co.uk 

These two are also from the Shetland Islands and have an affinity for boats :)  http://www1.clikpic.com/willsmartinsmith/index.html

http://scottgoudiephotography.com/

Bryce Covey is a very gifted wedding and people photographer, wonderful at capturing personalities and the energy of an event. http://blog.brycecoveyphotography.com/

More to come.

1. Song lyrics that read like a poem

 Band: Switchfoot

Writer: Jon Foreman

Restless

I am the sea on a moonless night,
Calling, falling, slipping tides
I am the leaky, dripping pipes
The endless aching drops of light
I am the raindrop falling down,
Always longing for the deeper ground
I am the broken, breaking seas
Even my blood finds ways to bleed

Even the rivers ways to run
Even the rain to reach the sun
Even my thirsty streams,
Even in my dreams

I am restless, I am restless
I am restless, looking for you
I am restless, I run like the ocean to find your shore
I’m looking for you

I am the thorn stuck in your side,
I am the one that you left behind,
I am the dried up doubting eyes
Looking for the well that won’t run dry

Running hard for the other side
The world that I’ve always been denied
Running hard for the infinite
With the tears of the saints and hypocrites

Oh blood of black and white and gray
Death and life and night and day
One by one by one
We let our rivers run

I can hear you breathing,
I can hear you leading
More than just a feeling
More than just a feeling
I can feel you reaching
Pushing through the ceiling
'til the final healing
I'm looking for you

Until the sea of glass we meet
At last completed and complete
The tide of tear and pain subside
Laughter drinks them dry

I’ll be waiting
Anticipating
All that I aim for
What I was made for
With every heartbeat
All of my blood bleeds
Running inside me
Looking for you

Backstory: Lead singer and principal songwriter for the band Jon Foreman wrote the song in Europe, with the intent of "trying to embody the story of the rain," which comes from the idea that raindrops are on a "relentless" journey back to the ocean. "I was thinking about the idea that I'm on a journey myself," he says. "...reaching and searching and longing for more.