Once I heard “Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room…” – an old spiritual (1930) by Rev. F.W. McGee about our longing not to be crowded in high density cities – so I tried to play this on my acoustic guitar as a fingerstyle instrumental … I’m still considering: is it better to play guitar in a wooden house alone in the forest or on a little rock surrounded by water – or in the density of Hong Kong or Manhattan with a big but nervous audience? Doc Watson would know the answer …
Solitude is a typical topic of photography and art, psychology and philosophy. Maybe it is a part of wishful thinking in overcrowded cities? An attitude of nearly surrealism to criticize modern societies? But there will be no way back! Lost paradises…
title=”Voices of Solitude”, composition via flickr.com by Ben Heine sent to my flickr group BLOG IT! – click on the picture to enter his collection…
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titles:
1 – “House on the Drina River” by Irene Becker
2 – “Hong Kong” by Manuel Romaris
3 – “Wheat Field with Crows” by Ben Visbeek
4 – “Happy METROPOLIS” by myself / Frizztext
title=”Norway” by Manuel ROMARÍS, click on the photo to enter his flickr galleries …
related:
https://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/solitude/
https://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2012/07/15/7-super-shots/
(with a link to the youtube original: “Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room…” – old spiritual (1930) by Rev. F.W. McGee)
https://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2012/07/14/the-sensational-nightingales/
https://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2012/07/13/jet-blues/
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