Enio Moricone!
When we were whisked away in the galloping theme of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, I could feel the horse under me and the dust; the spray of dirt, and the smell of the desert air! I could see the blue sky, the racing terrain, and adventurers astride their stallions gripping the reins and gleaming revolvers; their ten gallons-shadowing thier rugged, confident, and grimacing faces! All the while I felt and heard the speeding clip-clop of hooves!
Alternately, his dramatic passages rocketed me into space, atop an imaginary rocket!
Amber and I both sat forward, quite often, clutching the opera glasses, and on the egde of our seatsㅡas if watching a big screen thriller! Moricone’s conducting was visually ‘bombastic’ and powerful, gracful and beautiful, controled and supernatural, silent and tranquil, like a gentle breeze!
The Mission and Cinema Paradiso themes were epic, heart-absconding, and tear-inspiring! We were filled with memories, visions, sadness, mirth, contemplation, adventure, nastalgia, jubilation!
The music was the sound of cheek-streams, waterfalls, cherrubs, and swashbucklers, clouds and thunder storms; sighs and graceful balledeering, herralds and whispers!
Next I want to see Yoko Kano, Kitaro, and John Williams?
Sincerely wishing you love, peace, and joy,
Carl Atteniese
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Thank you for reading. I hope this finds you exceedingly well.
I was born in Brooklyn, in the middle of the NASA Gemini space Program era--which was on course for the Apollo program, aiming to land men on the moon. I watched Neil Armstrong make humanity's first step on the lunar surface. The space program left a lasting effect on me and inspired life-long interest and passion in me.
I was born a little more than 2 years after President John Kennedy was assassinated and a few years before Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated. It was a time of tumult, but better manners, a gentler approach to one another (despite the prejudice being worked on by progressives-) little political correctness, no cancel culture and thicker skin & more opportunity for laughs, a time of fantastic television, austere and fact-based news delivered with brevity and sobriety and much superlatively stylish design. It was the beginning of Star Trek, Star Wars, and a few years on, personal computers, digital watches, hand-held electronic games and movies were still in theaters--not on our TVs--unless they were a little old. People paid more attention to books, from where trust is built with credibility we intrinsically see, competency earned and reflected and facts & expertise. One reason I am not apt to dabble in irrational conspiracy theories is I made many a trek to the local library, to read about stars, planets and astronauts, and to the local bookstore--no longer there--to find my favorite science fiction novels--to either read, or simply marvel at their covers, by Boris Valejo and Frank Frazetta--inspirations that would fuel my later entry into the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
I grew up in Long Island, worked and was educated there until I discovered New York City, then it was on to Boulder Colorado, The Mojave Desert, South Korea and now Japan. I have visited Mongolia, the Philippines, and England and hope to see the rest of the world--and maybe even beyond it.
I teach English as a Second Language, practice secular Buddhism and pay attention to philosophy, astronomy, spaceflight, aviation and human & species rights. I make art, poems and photography--and real friends, wherever I go--when I can.
Maybe our paths will cross; until then, enjoy my writing and pictures, and send me a note. Maybe we can have a cup of coffee someday, somewhere.
Thank you for reading.
I wish you love, peace, joy and enlightenment--sincerely--because you are sentient, and you suffer, too.
Carl Atteniese
Tokyo
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