Something new, something good!
Lee's not here on OS, so he may be new to you! And if so, I would Love to introduce you to someone who's a bright star in this Universe of ours!
His name is Lee Abramson, and even though he has ALS, he has continued his passion of being a musician by setting Rumi poetry to music.
He calls his music, "Mystical Downtempo: Enya Meets the Whirling Dervishes."
Lee can tell you better than I can his story, so here's this from the Bio page of his website, http://www.rumimusic.com.
"Lee Abramson is the Toughest Musician in Michigan. Specializing in Downtempo, he sets Rumi poetry to music: Enya meets the Whirling Dervishes. It's smart, adult and contemporary with complex layers of synthesizers, pads, and vocals. The production is clean with proper levels. The lyrics are expressions of desperate romantic love. One pays more attention to the feel of the singing and the vocals are soothing and enjoyable. It's music that's easy to listen to and easy to embrace.
"Lee Abramson's life and music is the ultimate example of living what is possible in the face of any circumstance. Behind his music of mystical love poetry by Rumi, a 13th century poet and philosopher lies a remarkable story. Abramson has had ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) for five years. Though 90% of ALS patients are dead five years after diagnosis, Abramson is still producing complex, joyous music by only using one finger. He explains, 'When I’m writing music or lyrics I completely get lost in it – I forget that I have any kind of disability.” When you ask him to explain his longevity, he'll say "God was just giving me time to focus on my music.'"
Here's one of his productions for you from the Music page of his website, http://www.rumimusic.com!
I'm sure Lee would Love a visit to his website, or Twitter or Facebook page! And a "Bravo" or quick note, too!
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Lee has just thanked me for posting this, so he's reading you here, too! I know he would Love for his music to reach more people, so do forward to anyone who may enjoy it!
We connected through the Rumi tweets that I Love on Twitter, of course, and then email—because he composes little poems for folks! He's a great guy to know!
Here's his Twitter link, where he writes his "Tweetable poetry"—with the flavor of Rumi! It's sublime and centering...
And here's the little poem he composed for me when I sent him my answers to 5 questions (using here Shakira, mangos, and rowing crew)
Julie and kitty Shakira
Never leave home without mangos
A practice that surely endears ya
When the starter goes bang, go!
Lee's a joy! I hope you enjoy him, too!
Love and Light to everybody!
Julie
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I always Love seeing you here, and you're perfect for this! I sent Lee a link to this post so he could see his music being shown to people! And I told him there are wonderful, Loving people here!
Love has a way of showing itself to us in so many ways in this Life of ours -- and Lee is certainly a face of Love! Beauty always captivates me, and I find it here in Lee and in what he does!!
Thanks for writing your appreciation!! I'm sure Lee's gift to us and its Beauty and that appreciation of yours are all multiplied, far beyond what we can see!! What an extraordinary gift to us all!!
Love to you both, always! Julie
Amazing; hauntingly beautiful. Thanks for sharing it!
Love to you, Anne! Julie
Where can you find another market like this?
Where,
with your one rose
you can buy hundreds of rose gardens?
Where,
for one seed
you get a whole wilderness?
For one weak breath,
the divine wind?
You've been fearful
of being absorbed in the ground,
or drawn up by the air.
Now, your waterbead lets go
and drops into the ocean,
where it came from.
It no longer has the form it had,
but it's still water.
The essence is the same.
This giving up is not a repenting.
It's a deep honoring of yourself.
When the ocean comes to you as a lover,
marry, at once, quickly,
for God's sake!
Don't postpone it!
Existence has no better gift.
No amount of searching
will find this.
A perfect falcon, for no reason,
has landed on your shoulder,
and become yours.
--Rumi
Blessings,
If you know of any way to bring Lee's music to a wider audience, that would be fantastic!! It's the gift he's offering to us now through his Life here...
Love to you, Carole, as we all journey through this Life together! Julie