Al Blake - Blog http://blakeisblues.com/blog/ 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, en-US Copyright 2008 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:45:06 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Blog 1 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. http://blakeisblues.com/blog/2008/09/blog-1.html http://blakeisblues.com/blog/2008/09/blog-1.html Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:45:06 -0800 From The Fruitful Darkness 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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