The Lovers’ Chronicle 3 September – what we feel – music by Bret Mosley – art by Paul Kane

Dear Zazie,  Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag dedicated to his muse.  Follow us on twitter @cowboycoleridge.  Do y’all feel the love?

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Rhett

The Lovers’ Chronicle

Dear Muse,

well, obviously
“Feel the love y’all”
feel the love, love, love
“What you feel is real”
for someone who raised
not feelin’ to an art form
that song is a clarion call
a path, a rhythm, a way
to write, to believe,
to define purpose
to give meanin’
to a place
c’mon Bret take us out
“What you feel is real – sweet emptiness
What you feel is real – you are welcome
What you feel is real – testify
What you feel is real”

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a connection born over forty years ago on the Southern High Plains, in the middle of actual nowhere, in a place some never escape from, a bond formed over music; one of us had an extensive record collection, burgeonin’ curiosity, the other, Bret, had a guitar; playin’ was incomprehensible to me, but he was just beginnin’ a journey, then the thread broke, college, bad marriages, chasin’ the almighty dollar, all contributed to the break, then, seven years ago, a rebirth of the tie that binds (thanks Bret), imagine the discovery, beyond proud, the songs he writes and records, makin’ music full time, part of the inspiration, for the journey i began seven years ago in creatin’ this, have i said, thanks Bret

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i ask myself
whether the endin’,
i had forsaken,
might not, after all,
break upon me

lookin’ into your eyes
as i take you in my arms
can there be anything better
than to be here holdin’ you

and believin’
together,
we can do this,
trustin’ our capes

what we feel is real

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another long day at work
just time for some red wine,
oh wait, have you heard this one

the calendar and weather
have thankfully flipped
to September

still appropriate to ask
on this day, what do i feel

the same gratitude as expressed before
but now, what i thought not possible,
finally feelin’ the love y’all
c’mon Bret sing us out of this

“What you feel is real
Feel the love y’all
Do you feel the love y’all”

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another long day at work
just time for some red wine,
a quick supper and you

the calendar says september
and the weather has taken note
august heat and humidity has
dropped and my first summer
in Atlanta can be closed

appropriate to ask on this day
what do i feel

gratitude for friends old and new
for the words that still come
not feelin’ the love but that is fine
i will leave that for those better
suited and let Bret sing us out of this,

“What you feel is real – may i remind you
What you feel is real – now touch youself
What you feel is real – do you feel the love”

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sunset storm rollin’ in. copyright 2018 mac tag all rights reserved

watchin’ a storm roll in
clouds spreadin’ out
across the big
High Plains sky

and the light just right
on nature’s grand canvas

that evenin’
the way you looked
as close to splendor
as i have ever seen

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i ask myself
whether the endin’,
which i have foreseen,
might not, after all,
soon break upon me…

suddenly, there you are,
clearly against
the background
of deep shadows
holdin’ your robe
together with one hand

now what
“Take a deep breath
and let it out slowly.”

it has been a long time
“I know, me too.”
how long
“I don’t know.”
me neither
i can hardly remember

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i know this…
what we felt was real
what we had
what we were
what we knew…
yeah, we could feel it
sadly, i know this now…
without you,
i feel nothin’

***

c’mon, bend them strangs
for the way back when
for those Panhandle boys
tryin’ to make some noise

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Wish to plumb all depths, and know all things
Thought, so long oppressed, springs
Know why… Let her but gallop free

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Today the song of the day is from an old friend of ours, Bret Mosley (bretmosley.com).  He is a bluesy, soulful, bare foot-stompin’ singer/songwriter.  His original tunes are built to last and his covers, or more accurately his uncovers, are unique.  Here is his original tune; “What You Feel“. #feeltheloveyall

Paul Kane
Self-portrait, circa 1845

Today is the birthday of Paul Kane (Mallow, County Cork, Ireland; September 3, 1810 – February 20, 1871 Toronto); painter, noted for his paintings of First Nations peoples in the Canadian West and other Native Americans in the Oregon Country.  Kane secured the support of the Hudson’s Bay Company, and set out on a voyage from Toronto across the Rocky Mountains to Fort Vancouver and Fort Victoria in the Columbia District, as the Canadians called the Oregon Country.  Kane sketched and painted Aboriginal peoples and documented their lives.  Upon his return to Toronto, he produced more than one hundred oil paintings from these sketches.  Kane’s work, particularly his field sketches, are still a valuable resource for ethnologists.  The oil paintings he completed in his studio are considered a part of the Canadian heritage.

In 1853, Kane married Harriet Clench (1823–1892), the daughter of his former employer at Cobourg.  Reportedly, she was a skilled painter and writer.

Gallery 

Painting by Kane of a Plains Cree warrior and pipe stem carrier. Seen along the North Saskatchewan River, Saskatchewan Canada.

The fifth Fort Edmonton was constructed on the high ground above the North Saskatchewan River after the fourth fort, which had been located on the river banks, had been flooded several times. 

Kane, c. 1850

Two field sketches
Flathead woman and child (Caw Wacham), 1848–53, and the two field sketches Kane combined in this painting, illustrating the artistic liberties he allowed himself when elaborating the sketches into oil canvases.

Indian encampment on Lake Huron, 1848–50. Oil painting after the field sketch from 1845 shown above. 

Assiniboine hunting buffalo, 1851–56, an oil painting exemplifying the strong influence of European classic art conventions on Kane’s studio work. 

The Surveyor: Portrait of Captain John Henry Lefroy, ca. 1845, sold at a record price of more than 5 million Canadian dollars in 2002. The painting is sometimes also called Scene in the Northwest.

Mac Tag

thanks for stoppin’ by y’all