Al Blake - Blog tag:blakeisblues.com,2008-04-24:/blog//1 2008-09-29T03:52:50Z Blake's endless list of influences include most importantly, Hollywood Fats along with The Mississippi Shieks (Walter Vinscon & Lonnie Chatmon), Tampa Red, Big Bill Broonzy , Arthur Peties, The McCoy Brothers (Charlie and Joe), Jordan Webb, Buddy Moss, Josh White, Memphis Minnie, Little Walter, Louis Meyers, Movable Type Personal 4.1 Blog 1 tag:blakeisblues.com,2008:/blog//1.9 2008-09-29T03:45:06Z 2008-09-29T03:52:50Z Every work of art and entertainment sends a message. I want my message to be one of excellence infused with the bedrock ideas of integrity, authenticity, modesty and substance.... Al Blake Every work of art and entertainment sends a message. I want my message to be one of excellence infused with the bedrock ideas of integrity, authenticity, modesty and substance. From The Fruitful Darkness tag:blakeisblues.com,2008:/blog//1.8 2008-09-21T23:29:46Z 2008-09-21T23:31:16Z All is a circle within me, I am ten thousand winters old, I am young as a newborn flower, I am buffalo in its grave, I am a tree in bloom. All is the circle within me, I have seen... Al Blake All is a circle within me,

I am ten thousand winters old,

I am young as a newborn flower,

I am buffalo in its grave,

I am a tree in bloom.

All is the circle within me,

I have seen the world through an eagle's eyes

I have seen it from a gopher's hole.

I have seen the world on fire

And the sky without a moon.

All is a circle within me,

Now all has a place to come home.

           The Fruitful Darkness, Joan Halifax p.137-8

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