"Come Home to the River"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am The River

 

 

 

Where Every Spirit

 

 

 

Flows

 

 

 

I am The Song

 

 

 

That Every Child

 

 

 

Knows

 

 

 

*DVD 60 min./ with original harp music

 

 

 

October 31st. An early, cold  autumn  morning.   Chill  all around.  The River  rushes  with  purpose. To move, to move. Everything around is still,

 

 

not the river.   It is a magical time of memories  and  enchantments. Slowly  the  light  begins  to creep down the embankment. Adding gold to the

 

 

dense atmosphere.    Silver  dances  lightly  on the river surface.   The silver  turns  to bright white in the foam of the moving river.    The sky is

 

 

gray and  reflected in the  water. The rocks on  the side of the river catch the shine and reflect it back. A surprise flits across the screen from

 

 

right to left about  12 minutes  onto the river.  Later the first fall snow storm.   Winter. The first  storm of the fall begins with icy rain which turns

 

 

slowly  into  soft   fluffy snow. The snow is gaily falling over trees, grass, rocks. Watching  the falling snow flakes, one feels silent inside as the

 

 

snow lightly  sticks to  the  waiting  rocks, and  branches  of the trees, creating  a white coat. The stillnes is strong in this storm, even the river

 

 

seems to flow faster on it's trip. Another surprise  greets  us as first a  whistle sounds and then after just a few moments….a train appears at

 

 

the edge of the  River's canyon.  The train,  too, has a  purpose and a destination, loaded  with goods from far away soon to be delivered. The

 

 

river rumbles  along with  a frosty murmur.  The  deep rage of the   swirling waters and suddenly……Spring becomes the dance of green. The

 

 

water  brings  life  and  energy  to all  it touches.  The  hues  of  green  many  as the  eye can  behold. The water is high and serious about it's

 

 

movement. Tree roots are covered by the raging river and  branches  dip low into the stream of liquid. One is moved with poetry about new life,

 

 

ideas, music.  The words  have rhythm that is thousands of years old.  We can hear our ancestors in the ancient water. We can see the dance

 

 

of the renaissance  steps.  Soon we  have Summer's lazy moving ripples . The River  is just rambling  along  with a sweet song.  Abundance is

 

 

everywhere in the plants that touch the water,   in the leaves swinging   In the trees   overhead, in the bright and gleaming sun. We now hear,

 

 

"Summer Daze", a new piece written just for this project.