New Vision "Journal"

This IS the year. 2011

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 03:02:00 +0000

Happy New Year all you Songwriters and Performers!

I accomplished 6 out of 10 goals in 2010. This year it's all about the doing of it all.

There are so many independent labels and recording studios in garages these days, more than ever before. So many outlets to get your music out. Unless you are like me and not even writing.

So this IS the year. 2011. It's MY time to write.

Stay tuned...and please join the MOVEMENT of NON-PERFORMING SONGWRITERS who want to write and hear their songs being performed by SOMEONE!

Peace out.

New Vision Journal

The jist of it all

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:57:00 +0000

Unless you read that tiny print at the end credit of tv shows, films or videos-you will never know really what a writer does. As I've been growing up in this video business, I ALWAYS had a mentor and support. And to those who taught me all the unique ways of storytelling I thank them. From the bottom of my heart.

Today, the passion passion comes from working only on projects with a conscience, that make a difference in peoples lives!

But as I digress further and further away from my music melodies and lyrics, I no longer even remember the last time I was about to fall asleep and heard some faint words flowing around in my fading conscious

I hope that soon the universe will provide new teachers for me, to join me here to talk about our Journey towards our goals...that's the jist of it all.

Current Status of Mother Earth

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 02:58:00 +0000

If you care about Mother Earth, here are some interesting topics:

Help Heal Our Earth: Watch this excellent educational documentary called the "Inconvenient Truth" Or Join one of these Non-Profit Organizations dedicated to saving Mother Earth in one form or another!

Building Height limits...a sky's dream

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:47:08 +0000

Will the city commissions throughout Florida do the responsible thing by stopping the continuous ruin of the beautiful beachside areas? A plan to limit development of buildings to height of 3-5 stories is smart. Doesn't anyone think of the 7 generation rule? How what WE do in this lifetime will affect the next 7 generations afterwards? Shading of the beaches will change things, also the traffic and pollution from the traffic, and what about waste management? How will that be affected.

I see building into the sky higher than a responsible height as nothing more than greed. "Pack 'em in!"... cause the city/county gets the taxes from each apartment/condo/hotel room. But how does it really benefit us as residents? There isn't any real economy here in some of these areas anyway- so who is gonna afford these condos? What type of people will it bring. What scares me the MOST as a longtime beach resident is thinking my home sweet home will one day look like Miami or NY. A concrete parking lot surrounded by water, what's left of it after I am sure fill will be used eventually to put more marinas and condos in the intracoastal waterways.

Hey Commissioners! Please STOP this from happening. The developers don't need to decide HOW Floridians should live, but rather WE should decide how they build.

Native America Mission Towards the Truth:

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:00:00 +0000

Turtle Island Truths by White Woman with Native Heart
One goal we did not accomplish as New Vision (sm) was to produce a documentary about Native America. We hope each of you will take time to read about our real history, tell the story and NEVER FORGET.

ELDER's SPEAK OUT

Quotes from NA Elders about the Original Instructions...

The ART of PRAYER is HUMILIATy versus SELF-IMPORTANCE

R: Respect

A: Affection

G: Gratitude

Wisdom: "Wisdom is not particularly acquired, it's revealed."

"Find your life - look for your life in the Earth and sky and the life all around you..."

Thank Mother Earth, Father Sky and Grandmother Ocean - every day.

"Righteousness occurs, when the people put their minds and emotions in flow with the harmony of the universe and the intentions of the Good Mind, or Great Creator...." a shared idealogy developed by all people using their purest and most unselfish minds. from a Basic Call for Consciousness

"One does not sell the land people walk on." ... Crazy Horse, Sept. 23, 1875

"They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to take our land, and they took it." Red Cloud, Oglala Sioux

Great Spirit of Natchez Indians: "A great number of years ago there appeared among us a man and his wife, who came down from the sun. Not that we believe that the sun had a wife who bore him children, or that these were the descendants of the sun; but when they first appeared among us they were so bright and luminous that we had no difficulty to believe that they came down from the sun. This man told us, that having seen from on high that we did not govern ourselves well; that we had no master; that each of us had presumption enough to think himself capable of governing others, while he could not even conduct himself; he had thought fit to come down among us to teach us to live better.

"He moreover told us, that in order to live in peace among ourselves, and to please the supreme Spirit, we must indispensably observe the following points; we must never kill any one but in defence of our own lives; we must never know any other woman besides our own; we must never take any thing that belongs to another; we must never lye nor get drunk; we must not be avaricious, but must give liberally, and with joy, part of what we have to others who are in want, and generously share our subsistence with those who are in need of it."

Le Page Du Pratz - The History of Louisiana (also quoted from 500 Nations DVD Set of the awesome documentary, hosted by Kevin Kostner)

Keep America FREE! SUPPORT YOUR FREE AMERICA!

Someone Else's Dreams...

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 04:46:30 +0000

Do you ever get tired and feel like you are NOT living?

At times you might have spent way too many years living someone else's life and not even realized it!

Is your career just about ready to take off...yes you live each minute "WAITING"... living a dull existence just "WATCHING" life pass you by ?

A friend of mine, (no really a friend) sits around catching up on others watching them act in their own scenes on tv. So...I wonder why so much time is waste living some one else's life. Couch potato vs. active participant in your own life is the dilemma.

"Promises turned into changed minds and dreams turning into other than your own."

(c) 2006 newvisionwriter (excerpts)

The Death Part of Life

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:48:28 +0000

Today was... well, I am unsure how to define it. Full of feelings, thoughts, emotions, happenings. Today I experienced death.

Not my own, of course, of WOW is the after-life hip or what? Actually- if I am sitting at a computer in heaven-beyond, then I really need to get a life now! Nevertheless, today I experienced the spiritual passing of a human into the unknown.

My best-friends father was sticken with Pancreatic Cancer a few months ago, possibly from the effects of an untreated Prostate Cancer 2 yrs ago. I had been visiting him upon the request of my friend as she had moved out of town. It all started with just me "checking on" him. Once a week visits soon escalated into 2 days a week. Then I went out of town for 2 weeks and when I returned he was ill and in the hospital. His entire family along with me, made daily visits. We basically didn't let him sleep! There was always, or at least during visiting hours, someone there. The end diagnosis and path of treatment, was to send him home to be with family. In came Hospice.

After 9 days of 24-hour care and family by his side, he sucumbed to not being able to breathe. I hadn't been for a visit for a few days, when I got a call from my friend to pray for her dad. His lungs were filling up with fluid, it was near the end. I was working, couldn't talk but promised I'd be there at quarter past one.

Two in the afternoon came along, and I was still helping someone else out. I jumped up, saying I HAD to go. I drove to his house, returning calls that I needed to make for my business. I walked in and almost gasped and I saw him gasping for air. His family was there, the nurse and the healthworker. I couldn't even look into his eyes. It was as if he couldn't see. Although his eyes were open and since I had read all the end of life paperwork from the program he was in, I knew he could still hear me. I said hi, but had to immediately leave the room to compose myself. Shock. No other word I can use, but shock. I tried to cry, but nothing came out. So I went back into the room and tried again. We all ended up surrounding him, the others left the room. As he gasped for air, I stood in a circle around him, comforting his family. They were crying, bawling and I almost left the room when Great Spirit sent me a message. I whispered to my left in my friends wet tearfilled ear, "Should we pray?". She announced we should say the Lord's Prayer and as we did Dave took his last breath.

We had let him go, asked Higher Power to take him and he finally let go. I didn't ask to be there. But I am honored I was part of such a spiritual event. It strengthens my belief we are sprititual beings having a human experience. And if I had been there at the time I said I was to, I know I would have only stayed a half hour. I act tough, strong and stone proof at times, but that would have been too much to handle. My loving God shared our desire to stop the suffering, pass on and release to the unknown.

Thank you Great Spirit for allowing me to experience the death part of life. And thank you for those friends I have that invited me into their home in such a difficult time in their lives.

Keep America Free!

Sun, 13 Aug 2006 20:19:03 +0000

SUPPORT YOUR FREE AMERICA!

the real story...

Fri, 04 Aug 2006 06:39:17 +0000

Paul Harvey was a talented outspoken news commentarian while I was growing up. And honoring him in his words..." and NOW for the rest of the story..." Or should I change it to the REAL story?

I've been reading more recently about Native American history in a weekly newspaper called, Indian Country Today (ITC)(Oneido Nation) they publish about a 2-section newspaper on wednesdays mostly legislative articles. Great information about social and political issues of various clans which are quite interesting, but very sad. I wish mainstream media represented that demographic Anyhow, BOY is there some "edukation" in there! How about the Doctrine of Discovery!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot beleive it. Now I always knew that high school wasn't teaching me everything, but damnit. If i would've known what I know now AND enjoyed writing like I do today, I would have been a straight A-student. Of course I'd still been kicked outta school for my over opinionated attitude!

But as I have changed in my own personal journey I hope to enlighten those who cross paths with what I am learning from the red path through Native American ways, ideas, concepts etc.
Til next thought....
NVP

Word of the day, week, month or whenever I get around to another....

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 06:21:24 +0000

"Everchanging..."

I will write on this...soon. The word keeps coming outta my mouth or fingers while I type....