KRISTYN "BLUE" SIMMONS
All of my beats, vocals & recordings are done by me featuring True Love....
At every event I participate in, my book, "My Love, Life" and cd, "True Blue" will be available for sale.
Performing "DON'T YOU WORRY" @ Blind Man's Ball on Tues, Oct. 21, 2008
PERFORMING "To Adore" in the second part of the summer series of Wine & Artistry is Delicacy
"TO ADORE" ~ a spoken word piece by Blue performed at TIME (1315 Sansom St.) in The Bohemian Absinthe Lounge on 8/24/08
TO ADORE
by Kristyn Simmons
Words I have not to properly tell
What lives inside this human shell
Created me a personal hell
How can I now undo this spell?
"But wait!", I hear my heart strings say,
"Perhaps there is a better way
To pass the seconds of every day
Adjusting to this single ray."
Sunshine burst through my chest like a spear
Left trembling, but it wasn't from fear
At first I mistook these movements as mere
Beginnings, however, of nothing severe
Its grown in strength with the moon and the tide
I laugh at how it's impossible to hide
Having nothing to do with boasting or pride
All anxieties will soon subside.
Suspended in mid-air every cell in my being
Resistance is futile, so I surrender, freeing
My mind and my soul, now believing and seeing
The face of true Love without turning and fleeing
Part of me does and can take no more
Magnificent brilliance though it's what I long for
Stirring, reconstructing my essential core
To reflect just how much there is to ADORE.
in love, for love, feel love, be love, with love, my love, from love
My mom (here) made me watch "Imitation of Life" as a child. I vowed then (through tears) to NEVER, EVER deny her as my mom or being a member of the black race. 'Tis a PHENOMENAL movie~ one of the greatest.
POWERFUL SCENES from (the 1st) one of THE MOST IMPORTANT movies I've ever seen in my entire life....
"IMITATION OF LIFE"
SUCH an AWESOME movie...
Mahalia Jackson singing in "Imitation of Life" (INCREDIBLE scenes)
***WORTH SEEING*** ~Know that this video shows the ending to it though
Don't wait until it's too late to share the love within YOU!!!
WO/MAN, BE NOT ASHAMED OR AFRAID
by Kristyn Simmons
Feeling cheesy and rather romantic
At times it's just the hopeless part...
That's when climes are really dark.
Changing hormones keep their pace
A relaxed and focused mind wins the race.
Lashing in spite doesn't help an ounce
Though at times there's pleasure in the pounce.
Two steps back for every one gained
What's It worth during trials and pains?
Finding strength
From no where in sight-
A Life lesson meant
To give us might.
Building and growing
Planting and sowing
Exploring and knowing
Ebbing and Flowing
Nature, now and all ways,
Comforts with the sun's rays
Even in night's thickest haze
No matter how complex the maze.
True love's a bond uniting US ALL
Permeating even the THICKEST walls.
Every human can BE, here and NOW
Simply breathing deeply, FEEL and ALLOW.
*Inspirational and uplifting video from the creators of "The Secret"
AMBASSADOR FOR WOMEN OF COLOR
PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO AND DO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING TO JUDGE US AND OTHERS BY THE CONTENT OF OUR CHARACTER INSTEAD OF BY THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN
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VIDEO BY b.ING (soundtrack by The Digable Planets) ' dear YOU'
People like this man, Kirk Nugent, creating from their open heart
AN ARTIST WHOM I GREATLY APPRECIATE:
SAUL WILLIAMS~ "Black Stacey"
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THE OPENING TO ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES~ BROWN SUGAR, A TRIBUTE TO HIP-HOP
ALL THESE YEARS I TOOK YOU FOR GRANTED...
WHO KNEW YOU'D BE ONE OF THE GREATEST LOVES OF MY LIFE
A LEGEND AND DAILY INSPIRATION~ BRUCE LEE said,
"To express oneself honestly, not lying to yourself, now that my friend, is very hard to do."
Bruce demonstrating a 2 FINGER PUSH-UP
Check out the new fitness video (EXCELLENT for MANY who "don't have time") by the man who played "Bruce Leroy" in
"THE LAST DRAGON"~ Taimak Taimak's Spring 2007 Fitness DVD
I hear Bjork and Madonna most often- sometimes Alannis Morrisette. I agree to a degree and think music I channel moreso FEELS like Bob Marley, Rumi, Questlove and U2 intertwined with my hardships and pains, pleasures and gains and many other things (including people) expressing themselves through this human~ being.
"Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life."
-- Ludwig van Beethoven
"Making Love"
by Kristyn Simmons
How do I love thee, let me count the ways....
Until the final moments of my days.
Seeking nothing, I give you my all
Not hiding behind a self-imposed wall.
A treasure beyond measure.
I let go...
So that I can hold on, following my heart.
It's a very good place for me to start
Playing my part~
Making Love
The Ultimate Art.
*One of my ALL TIME FAVORITE photos (since I was an early teen). I loved then (and now) the moment of overwhelming love & passion it captures amidst a busy street corner in Paris and the people around them in the photo are each in their own world.
ROBERT DOISNEAU~Kiss by the Hotel de Ville 1950
MZEE & OWEN (google them to find out more)~ FRIENDS FOR LIFE!
Record Label
(envisioning) True Love Productions
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My autobiography entitled, "My Love, Life", is available for sale as a download and in paperback for only $14.96. It includes song lyrics (with the stories behind the songs too, of course) and poetry.
THE MEDICINE WAY
Let Light enfold me
so that my inward eye may see clearly
the Path that lies ahead.
Let my mind be opened up
so that I may recognize
the signposts along the Way.
Grant me the wisdom
that comes from understanding
the true from the false.
And guide my footsteps
so that should I falter or stumble,
tripped by former beliefs
that blind me still,
I may go forward with courage
and with the determination
which persistence bears.
Let me be embraced
with the Love by which
the whole Creation is moved,
the very Essence of which
all things are held together,
dependent yet independent,
whole yet individuated,
in which all are my relatives.
Let me know the way
that is the Beauty Way,
the beautiful way,
where all who will
may walk in Beauty
and where the end of the Path
is but a new beginning
to my infinity,
and every new beginning is yet
another ever-present moment
in Eternity.
*A Native-American prayer taken from the book "Earth Medicine" by Kenneth Meadows
This is some of my photography~
LOVER OF LIFE- I enjoy promoting true love :)
POLITICAL ACTIVIST
I love film/video- working behind the scenes more than in front.
This is a showcase of some of my greatest loves- music, of course, included.
Currently, I'm working on a demo cd and a documentary by a local director.
In the beginning of this video, there is a 2 minute video collage that a friend edited for me to submit to MTV to have my own reality show. I'm sure they'll dig up this video at some point in my career.
"Lovers"~ all work by Blue (except some of the photos)
***I've found the video to play better when viewed on the page that hosts the video.
Click on the word "Lovers" at the top left corner, above the video player box.
Lovers
The following music/video I put together by myself as well. I wrote and recorded this song, "Don't You Worry".
It's about unconditional love~ I mean SERIOUS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, when you're smacked in the face with it, like what I imagine certain parents feeling for their children or certain lovers feelings for one another.... it's a place, a thing, something or someone invisible....the feeling is what I'm speaking of,
so just FEEL me....
"Don't You Worry" by Blue
"IN THE DEPTH OF WINTER, I FOUND WITHIN ME AN INVINCIBLE SUMMER." --Albert Camus
"I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it." -- Pablo Picasso
"YOU CAN EASILY JUDGE THE CHARACTER OF A MAN BY HOW HE TREATS THOSE THAT CAN DO NOTHING FOR HIM." -- James D. Miles
In South Philly projects born and raised, a playground is not where I spent most of my days.[I moved to North Philly- Broad & Olney- when I was 7 yo and to Seattle, WA at almost 20. I moved back to Philly at 28.]
I've been in love with music as far back as I can remember. It's what kept me warm MANY emotionally cold nights and physically chilling days. It's helped me cry when I've needed to most. It's made me smile when I didn't think it was possible.
Music loves me like no other, and I love it just as much. It is my lover, best friend, parent, child, sibling and muse. It wasn't until I was 25 though, that I began to take music seriously- as a career. Guitar has been a passion of mine since I can remember. Prince has been one of my favorite artists since 1984- Purple Rain. I have my brother to thank for that. He loved him, so I got to hear all of his music through his purchases. When I was a kid, I used to play rubberbands- literally. I loved the sounds they made. I'd play pots and pans and tables too with wooden spoons and random thingst. It's only now when I look back on my childhood do I see how much I longed to play music. I never really took it seriously as something I would pursue whole heartedly. It's a baring of my soul that I don't think I was ready for when I was younger.
My "goal" in life isn't to make money, it's to MAKE MUSIC- and share it. I do not care to be tainted by "big business" in the music industry. I'm not looking for "high profit margins".
WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR ARE PEOPLE TO RESPECT AND APPRECIATE EACH OTHER'S INDIVIDUALITIES/IDIOSYNCHROSIES AND SHOW COMPASSION INTERTWINED WITH TRUE LOVE FOR ONE/SELF/AN-OTHER.
I aim to make most of my songs ones that people of all ages and walks of life can sing, dance, listen to and/or enjoy in some way, while being true to the expression of the song. I wish to share the things in life that have brought me the most pleasures and insights that have helped me through my most difficult and seemingly unbearable moments.
I enjoy uplifting people and empathizing with them, so that they don't feel alone and afraid during their darkest times. Art allows me to do that and music is one powerful and effective way for ME to BE ME FULLY. May you feel some of what I speak of while experiencing my creations.
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience,
but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
~ Martin Luther King Jr.
Chief YellowHawk's Prayer
O Great Spirit, Whose voice I hear in the winds, and whose breath gives life to all the world, hear me, I come before you, one of your children. I am small and weak. I need your strength and wisdom. Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset. Make my hands respect the things you have made, my ears sharp to hear your voice. Make me wise so that I may know the things you have taught my people, the lesson you have hidden in every leaf and rock. I seek strength not to be superior to my brothers, but to be able to fight my greatest enemy, myself. Make me ever ready to come to you with clean hands and straight eyes, so when life fades as a fading sunset, my spirit may come to you without shame.
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ARE YOU HUNGRY?? EXACTLY WHAT FOR??
For many of us, it isn't food to continue living....
just look in their eyes. do you see anger or blame? a little food would bring so much happiness
EVERY CHOICE we make DOES matter. PLEASE resist the energies of greed, hoarding, ignorance and destruction. I KNOW it's hard. Challenges are here for us to meet- and SURPASS.
Please don't just look away. This IS what's going on and there ARE things each one of can do to help.
If you would like any suggestions, please ask. I will gladly help you if you find it too difficult to do on your own. That is one of the things (real) friends/brothers&sisters are here for- each other.
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TO BUY MY SONGS:
SCENES from one of MY FAVORITE MOVIES~ "Pride & Prejudice"~
set to a simple & brilliant song by Bette Midler, "The Rose"- for ALL seasons
A scene from one of my ALL-TIME FAVORITE movies, "The Color Purple" featuring a spiritual song that I ADORE~
Maybe God is trying to tell you something....
KRS 1 & DOUG E FRESH educating, entertaining & inspiring the world...
Barbara Streisand singing "A Woman in Love" (one of my FAVORITE SONGS- EVER).
in Love, "Nothing Even Matters", (by Lauryn Hill and D'Angelo)
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To Release isn't to forget, not to think about, or ignore. It doesn't leave feelings of anger, jealousy, or regret. It's not about pride and it's not obsessing or dwelling on the past. It's not about giving in or giving up. To let go is to cherish the memories, but to overcome and move on. Letting go is learning and experiencing and growing. To release is to be thankful for the experiences that made you laugh, made you cry, and made you grow. It's about all that you have, all that you had, and all that you will soon gain. Letting go is releasing and having the courage to accept change, and the strength to keep moving. It is realizing that the heart can sometimes be the most potent remedy. To let go is to open a door, and to clear a path and set yourself free---
Blue~ EXPLORE more@www.infinitechange.net~LOVE all, remember that it's easy to let go when holding on hurts so bad--so free yourself from all these expectations and just be :-) Hope you find the unity in my new single "Release" feat. JRockA. So come peep the track! Stay creative and stay connected!!
hey! just wanted to stop in let you know that I've changed my artist name to Adrian Edward but it's still me, I'm not going anywhere! lol! have a great day much love ~adrian edward
I NEED U 2 DO ME A FAVOR PLEASE....MYSPACE HAS A CONTEST 2 WHERE AN ARTIST CAN WIN A RECORD DEAL WITH MYSPACE RECORDS.....I'M REALLY TRYIN TO WIN.....WHAT I NEED U 2 DO IS GO TO THE LINK ABOVE.....AND U CAN PASTE THE SONG OF MINE 2 UR PAGE...IT WONT AUTOMATICALLY PLAY SO U DONT HAVE TO WORRY IT ABOUT THAT....SO WHEN PEOPLE GO 2 UR PAGE....THEY CAN CHECK MY MUSIC OUT N IT WILL GIVE ME A BETTER CHANCE OF GETTIN THAT RECORD DEAL....I REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF U COULD DO THAT FOR ME.......THANKS A WHOLE LOT!!!!!
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