tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post3892590193503955116..comments2023-05-24T07:28:47.004-05:00Comments on Teresa Evangeline: The Peace Train Inside All of UsTeresa Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-43015229759832009772012-01-10T21:25:56.172-06:002012-01-10T21:25:56.172-06:00Yes, Rita, to our Higher Selves.Yes, Rita, to our Higher Selves.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-55997845489322093132012-01-10T21:16:27.824-06:002012-01-10T21:16:27.824-06:00I never knew of Charles Bukowski before you. But ...I never knew of Charles Bukowski before you. But Cat....Peace Train made me cry back then with young friends in Viet Nam...and it made me cry now. For us.<br /><br />May we always have people who sing to our higher selves.Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-37129313611850817452012-01-10T09:15:43.648-06:002012-01-10T09:15:43.648-06:00Paul, I'm glad you came back. I do understand ...Paul, I'm glad you came back. I do understand what you're saying about artists. I think it may not be a pedestal so much as they have created a platform, if you will, in which we get to see ourselves better and they often say what we cannot, at least not as well. I don't know about being a womanizer. Women loved him despite his ways. So, I always ask, who's exploiting whom? Women have to give permission and vice versa. There are people who allow themselves to be "used" by both sexes. I do thank you for offering your thoughts here.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-23725699747609073842012-01-10T08:29:54.303-06:002012-01-10T08:29:54.303-06:00My point was that we all have crosses that we have...My point was that we all have crosses that we have to bear Teresa. A great poet can be a very flawed person as Bukowski was. No one is perfect,but we tend to put "artists" on pedestals. Bukowski was a womanizer too-it's a fact id you study his life. However, a lot of men are.Paulhttp://shadowofdiogenes.blogs.com/shadpw/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-18435607557942170472012-01-09T05:52:30.397-06:002012-01-09T05:52:30.397-06:00I'm afraid I'm not done with Charles yet. ...I'm afraid I'm not done with Charles yet. I thank Each of you for your responses here.... and your patience with my desire to understand him better....Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-72109747120957917042012-01-08T21:21:34.497-06:002012-01-08T21:21:34.497-06:00My heart is so full after listening to Yusuf sing ...My heart is so full after listening to Yusuf sing the Peace Train. I knew it so long ago, and it was part of my growing up time, learning to love Cat Stevens and all his incredibly music. I am glad he is still singing.DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-79304201580189362672012-01-08T16:52:49.492-06:002012-01-08T16:52:49.492-06:00Dear Teresa,
You said, "I discovered there...Dear Teresa,<br />You said, "I discovered there's a peace train that runs through me, and that's the train I have to be on at all times if I'm ever to see the world I hoped for back then." Yes. And again. Yes.<br /><br />You know one of the things most of us seem to need is to pigeon-hole people and events. That way we can put boundaries on them and discuss them within the parameters we've given them. We all do this. And yet, part of being on a peace train is observing long and hard and knowing that everything is mystery. Who is at fault? Who is innocent? Most of the time I find myself bemused.<br /><br />Peace.Dee Readyhttp://www.cominghometomyself.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-18252958402425979542012-01-08T16:23:00.356-06:002012-01-08T16:23:00.356-06:00I want to thank Everyone for their responses to th...I want to thank Everyone for their responses to this post.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-21211357664071661302012-01-08T16:07:08.720-06:002012-01-08T16:07:08.720-06:00OMG. How cool is that? It makes perfect sense to m...OMG. How cool is that? It makes perfect sense to me. Remember "Something Wicked This Way Comes?" Bradbury Knew so much on so many levels, as I suspect Bukowski did, too. <br /><br />Your life sounds like it has been interesting....Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-31630713054407632082012-01-08T16:02:10.718-06:002012-01-08T16:02:10.718-06:00One afternoon he and Ray Bradbury were in the tave...One afternoon he and Ray Bradbury were in the tavern together.<br />That was something else all together.<br />Bradbury had a little studio theater down the way on Riverside Dr. at the time.<br />Talk about two opposites.<br />Or were they?Tao Dao Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229628652152584292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-66376568516285617102012-01-08T15:49:30.196-06:002012-01-08T15:49:30.196-06:00RZ, Thank you so much for clarifying, with your fi...RZ, Thank you so much for clarifying, with your first hand knowledge, my false assessment. I Deeply appreciate this.<br /><br />Yes, a dream.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-58999550666535450242012-01-08T15:33:36.086-06:002012-01-08T15:33:36.086-06:00Bukowski frequented our bar in the Echo Park/Silve...Bukowski frequented our bar in the Echo Park/Silver Lake area many times over.<br />I can attest that he was not an alcoholic.<br />He was a functional drunk.<br />He functioned better than most sober people. He had a soul and compassion for the less fortunate.<br />He taught me not to hate the world. But rather to hate what the world does to its self.<br />He always had his entourage. But he never lost sight of who or what he was.<br />At times he would just smile, and say nothing.<br />As I got older I started to understand that smile.<br />He knew it was all a bad dream.Tao Dao Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229628652152584292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-30114491591068203532012-01-08T12:30:33.178-06:002012-01-08T12:30:33.178-06:00Paul, Anyone who has read Charles Bukowski's p...Paul, Anyone who has read Charles Bukowski's poetry is aware of his alcoholism. I don't want to remember him as an alcoholic, but as a very good poet, who shared his own slivers of light that came shining through. He deserves that. Everyone deserves that.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-80352153171661587292012-01-08T12:23:03.352-06:002012-01-08T12:23:03.352-06:00Charles Bukowski was a drunk but a good poet as we...Charles Bukowski was a drunk but a good poet as well.Paulhttp://shadowofdiogenes.blogs.com/shadow/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-79426387892018556602012-01-08T11:46:27.982-06:002012-01-08T11:46:27.982-06:00Yeah for Yusuf Islam, always so good to hear his s...Yeah for Yusuf Islam, always so good to hear his sweet voice. Didn't know he had changed his name. Of course, I would know his music no matter what his name was. Always enjoy your posts -- barbaraFolkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-42620775746032237552012-01-08T11:29:22.054-06:002012-01-08T11:29:22.054-06:00Cat looms large in the wallpaper of my youth. I d...Cat looms large in the wallpaper of my youth. I don't know anything about his life now as Yusuf Islam, but I'm glad to hear his peace train is still on the rails.<br /><br />This life we pursue now makes media fasting easy and natural. I sometimes need a political fix, but I think my habit is loosening its hold on me.<br /><br /><a href="http://thegoodluckduck.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">The Good Luck Duck</a>The Good Luck Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08448071993000984393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-23799501087725261052012-01-08T11:15:59.533-06:002012-01-08T11:15:59.533-06:00Another nice selection.Charles has a intense look ...Another nice selection.Charles has a intense look at many things.Out on the prairiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548162534362532705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-84515165090946778092012-01-08T11:14:41.040-06:002012-01-08T11:14:41.040-06:00I stay away from most of the media, as I can't...I stay away from most of the media, as I can't tell what is true and what isn't.<br /><br />However, we are sending free copies of our book to VA vet center clinics throughout the Pacific Northwest. If even one vet finds some peace and healing, it will be worth it.Linda Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706455533282204519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-77289824553926208742012-01-08T11:12:14.439-06:002012-01-08T11:12:14.439-06:00What memories you've brought forth here, Teres...What memories you've brought forth here, Teresa. Cat Stevens/Yusluf Islam. We still have this album and give it a turn now and then. Tom and I saw him in concert in the early '70's on a warm summer night. under a pavilion. I remember it still. How much better the world would be if we all road on that peace train. <br /><br />Great post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com