David L. Laing

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Risky Initiation

 

Playing it safe leads to an unadventurous life. How then should we take on that element of risk—to precipitate the virtue out of this dangerous mixture of spice and vice? No time is ever just right—you either go for it or not. It is never anything less than “to be or not to be!” That’s it: forge a path over the gaping gorge! This is the journey of the hero. Feel the zeal, knowing well it is you who makes the deal...


Color, Mood and Mental health

     Who is crazy and who is not? Will this discussion ever end? Is it a fine line or a thin filter between who is balanced and who is off kilter? It has been said that mental health is a “non-sexy”—topic. Not true, it just may be the “sexiest of all!” The use of color as non-invasive, holistic therapy dates back thousands of years to the ancient texts from India, China and Egypt.

     In nature, in animals and in plants, color...


Bach is Back

Bach is reborn every moment we hear his ancient horn. He is more future than past, more mast than any gold ever cast. More spirit than man, more man than beast when he unleashed for us in full view his musical feast. We drink deeply from the goblet of each delicately crafted motet. Dive with him to explore that underwater cave of the chaconne.  Parting ways the violin strikes up the...