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12/02/04

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bullet"Rhythm is the soul of life."
bulletBaba Olatunji (1928-2003)
 
bulletMy mission in life is to help people rediscover and explore the deep relationship with the rhythmical universe that permeates every aspect of our lives.
bulletArthur Hull from his web site, with permission
 
bullet"Yesterday is history.  Tomorrow is a mystery. And today?  Today is a gift.  That's why we call it the present."
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Babatundi Olatunji (from Drum Circle Spirit, by Arthur Hull)
 

bullet"Drumming, dancing , singing, and the art of ritual have been used by "rhythmacultures" all over the world  as ways of celebrating community and energizing the spirits of those communities"
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Arthur Hull, from Drum Circle Spirit - 1998
 

bullet"When I hear the humming of the little world among the stalks, and am near the countless indescribable forms of the worms and insects, then I feel the presence of the Almighty, who created us in His own image."
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe from Planet Drum by Mickey Hart
 

bullet"Music rises from the human heart.  When the emotions are touched, they are expressed in sounds, and when the sounds take definite forms, we have music.  Therefore the music of a peaceful and prosperous country is quiet and joyous, and the government is orderly; the music of a country in turmoil show dissatisfaction and anger, and the government is chaotic; and the music of a destroyed country shows sorrow and remembrance of the past, and the people are distressed.  Thus we see music and government are directly connected with one another."
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Chinese Classic from Planet Drum by Mickey Hart
 

bullet"I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thought."
bulletJohn Locke
 
bullet"If ten villagers are brought together to work without a musician, nothing will be accomplished.  The group chooses the musician to play for them while they work.  The productivity of  the group depends on the musician who accompanies them.  A salary increase could not be as effective.  Whipping would only provoke revolt.  A good musician behind the group, who follows the rhythm of each member, will help them all to accelerate.  His playing will make the work enjoyable, or at least less painful."
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Yaya Diallo from Planet Drum by Mickey Hart
 

bullet"Drum circles create physical vibrations that relax the body.  They also massage the heart and the emotions."
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Arthur Hull, from Drum Circle Spirit - 1998
 

bullet"The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me.  The feeling I have every day is much the same as it was when I was twelve.  In any event, here I am, 80 years old, feeling no different."
bulletRay Bradbury, quoted in The News Sun, March 11, 2003
 
bullet"Form follows function"
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Louis Sullivan, Chicago architect
 

bullet"Free your mind and your ass will follow"
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George Clinton, Parliament Funkadelics
 

bullet"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture.  Just get people to stop reading them."
bulletRay Bradbury on his book about censorship, Farenheit 451
 
bullet"Rhythm is a universal language, allowing dialogue among us at the most basic creative level.  Drumming together cuts through racial, cultural, and gender differences to the core of who we are as human beings."
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Arthur Hull, from Drum Circle Spirit - 1998

 

 

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