MUSIC OF THE SOURCE

 

 

 

 

Words and Music by Jim Robbins

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Will someone please come dance with me to the music of the Source?
For I am one with spirit, heart and soul,
And I am one with the music of the Source.
 

Will you please come dance with me to the music of the Source?
For you are one with spirit, heart and soul,
And you are one with the music of the Source.
 

Will you please come dance with me to the music of the Source?
 

We love to dance, round and round, to the music of the Source.
For we are one with spirit, heart and soul,
And we are one with the music of the Source.







                  FREE EBOOK "SUITES"!

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   Throughout the past fifty years of my life, I have felt compelled to write stories and compose music and create art but have also struggled with many challenges while working at various jobs and raising a family and dealing with the daily exigencies of life. I have finally decided to set up a GoFundMe page so that people can experience my work for free. Then, ideally, people who love and respect the arts will donate to me so that I can eat and pay my bills and continue to create even more stories and music and art for people in my community and around the world.    My work stands out in at least one way: I have composed all of the music and created all the stories and illustrations in these "ebooks." I have never encountered other artists who have included original music, stories, and illustrations together in one work of art. I call them "suites" because the works literally fall under that definition--but they also contain stories and illustrations. As far as I know, these "suites" are unique in human history and in the history of art. I'm not bragging, just suggesting that you might be one of the first to experience this unusual art form.   

  I have never been greedy, nor have I ever tried to sell my work. I have always focused completely on perfecting my work whenever possible, but I am getting older, and I need to find ways to survive while still remaining a creative human being. Call me an old fool, but I am hoping that I can rely on the magnificence, generosity, and abundance of the human spirit, which is often the source of my inspiration.
  In an ideal world, the artist and society would maintain a reverential relationship. Out of respect for society, artists would let people access their work for free, and the public in return would then support the artist and the arts. Without this respectful relationship, the arts, which often contain profound beauty and provide deep moral and spiritual clarity, might wither on the vine. The arts can both uplift and challenge the soul, which benefits society. The arts can make you weep or make you happy or make you vomit--or might even inspire you to examine society's prevailing beliefs.    Committed artists throughout their lives spend much time and effort developing their talents as well as their moral and spiritual perspectives, but as many examples of "starving artists" have revealed throughout history, the life of some extremely talented artists have ended badly. Unfortunately in this and other societies, artists must take that risk. Nowadays, in this authoritarian society, expressing the truth can make an artist even more at risk. And, if you don't already know, artists have to eat and pay their bills in order to survive, like everyone else.

 

 

 

I would be extremely grateful if you donate, and I invite you to go to my GoFundMe Page (Please copy and paste the following into your browser): https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-james-help-an-artist-keep-creating?attribution_id=sl:01e91493-9187-4dfe-bb58-ae10557166e7&lang=en_US&ts=1776213541&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp17_tb&utm_medium=customer&utm












                                                                                 Poppy Faery

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   I have struggled with this challenge for many years while creating stories and music and art and while also working at various jobs and raising a family and dealing with the daily exigencies of life. I have finally decided to set up a GoFundMe page so that people can experience my work for free. Then, ideally, people who love and respect the arts will donate some money to me so that I can survive and continue to create even more stories and music and art for people around the world. In my work, I give my imagination free rein. Some people might complain that I "let my freak flag fly," which some people would argue is what artists naturally do. My work stands out in at least one way: I have composed all of the music and created all the stories and illustrations in these "ebooks." I have never encountered another artist who has included original music, stories, and illustrations together in one or more works of art. I call them "suites" because the works literally fall under the definition of "musical suites," but they also contain stories and illustrations. As far as I know, these "suites" are unique in human history and the history of art. I'm not bragging, just suggesting that you might be one of the first to experience this unique form of art.

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Knight Wandering through Flowers

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   I have posted many stories with music and illustrations on this web site, www.mysticaltarotrealms.com, but not in any particular order. I now have collected and organized the stories and music and illustrations into "suites" with clear narratives and themes. Now, I plan to present these ebook suites to the public on this website. I have not put a price tag on any of these works. Obviously I'm a terrible capitalist. I humbly ask you to donate what you can through gofundme. I'm not greedy. I basically just want to survive without too much anxiety and also continue to create even more works of art. If you want to support the arts, you have to support the artists, as I and many others have many times shouted from the rooftops. Of course, you don't have to donate anything, but I would greatly appreciate it....

 

 

 

   I call these ebooks "Suites," mainly because each ebook contains a suite of music, with anywhere from six to twenty-four pieces of orchestral or vocal music. The musical definition of "suite" is the following:

 

 

 

*A suite is a collection of musical pieces, often linked by a common theme.
*A suite typically consists of more than four movements, each containing its own character and tempo.
*Suites can be instrumental or include vocal elements, depending on the composer.
*Common forms of suites include dance suites, which feature stylized dance movements.
*Modern suites may incorporate various genres and styles, reflecting contemporary influences.

 

 

 

   This might be a bit of a reach, but if you appreciate computer jargon, you might know that a software suite (also known as an application suite) is a collection of computer programs (application software, or programming software) of related functionality, sharing a similar user interface and the ability to easily exchange data with each other. The suites that I have created contain a programming language known as html, which enables me to combine music and illustrations with my stories.

 

 

 

   If you think of a suite as a relationship of different rooms, you might imagine each page in an ebook suite to be like a room in a large hotel suite. To understand the definition of a suite in a hotel, consider the following:

 

*A suite in a hotel typically consists of multiple rooms with one room number.

 

 

   I plan to release the ebook suites in the future on this website in the following order:

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Faeries and Flowers near Fresno

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   Six pieces of music and stories--appropriate for children--as well as 133 illustrations.

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How I've Survived Fascism So Far

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   Twenty-four stories and pieces of music as well as 579 illustrations.

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A Journey through Fascist Nether Realms

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   Sixteen stories and pieces of music as well as 300 illustrations.

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Entangled: A Musical

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   A story about my daughter's stroke, with twelve pieces of music, one of which is "The Music of the Source," and seventeen illustrations.

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Adventures in the Enchanted Forest

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   Sixteen pieces of music and stories as well as 300 illustrations.

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Claire's Musical Adventures

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   Fifteen pieces of music and nine adventures and 157 illustrations.

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Mr. Mellifluous's Musical Adventures

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   Three stories, one of which is told in two slightly different ways, with 34 pieces of music and 58 illustrations.

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Paths and Roots: A Concept Album

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   Twelve songs with vocals (and explanations about how the songs relate to my life), as well as fifteen illustrations.

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Hidden Eyes: A Concept Album

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   Twelve songs with vocals (and explanations about how the songs relate to my life), as well as seventeen illustrations.

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The New Normal

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   Twelve pieces of music and ten stories as well as 179 illustrations.

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Divinations

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   Nine Tarot divinations and ten pieces of music as well as 160 illustrations.

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Boats and Hoops and Pounding Stones

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   Forty poems and forty-one pieces of music and 57 illustrations.

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Dimensions: Temple in a Forest

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   Eight pieces of music and eight stories as well as 156 illustrations.

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Vices

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   Seven vices, seven pieces of music, and 128 illustrations.

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Virtues

 

 

 

 

   Eighteen virtues, fifteen pieces of music, and 250 illustrations.

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A Knight in the Tarot Realms

 

 

 

   Fifteen pieces of music and thirteen stories as well as 166 illustrations.

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Pendulum Dreams: Part One

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   Sixteen dreams, seventeen pieces of music, and fifty-four illustrations.

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Pendulum Dreams: Part 2

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   Nineteen dreams, twenty-two pieces of music, and sixty-two illustrations.

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Arrows Versus Tanks

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   Four ebooks suites with essays and symphonies and harp concertos, as well as multiple illustrations.