~ Integrity of Beauty ~

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life,
the whole aim and end of human existence.
~ Aristotle ~

Ambra: Fascination of Sound and Nature (2002-2007)

Director: Giorgio and Martin Koppehele
Producer: Avenue Music
Genre: Meditation / Music / New Age
Country: Germany
Language: English / None

Fascination of sound and nature.

A unique combination of music, visuals and brilliant imagination of language and poetry. Excellent for relaxing moments, the visuals  are created under the meditative music of semi-classical compositions and magical ethnic vocals on the basis of Fascinating Nature trilogy by Gogol Lobmayr. All coming together to make a dreamlike atmosphere – one great big piece of art.

~ Unique Soundscape ~

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
~ William Shakespeare ~

The Welcoming (2010)

Director: Gary Malkiin
Producer: Wisdom of the World
Genre: Short / Meditation / Music
Country: United States
Language: English

The Beauty of Being with music, words, and images.

WisdomFilms, founded and created by Gary Malkiin, is a new genre in contemplative, life-enhancing media that offer a refreshing way to reduce stress and restore balance to our mind, heart, and soul. The short films can help to create sacred space within and without, providing personal sanctuaries of profound beauty and peace through state-of-the-art nature photography.

Michael Stillwater is a songwriter and healing music artist. His pioneering work providing intuitive songs facing end-of-life issues directly led to the co-creation of the ground-breaking resource Graceful Passages: A Companion for Living and Dying, that invites us to listen to the depths of our being, in sickness or health. This is a true liturgy of soul, a blessing for the caregivers, companions and family of those in transition. The beauty of music, word and spirit brings us to the world of Grace.

The Soul of the Bone / A Alma do Osso (2004)

Director: Cao Guimarães
Producer: Beto Magalhães
Genre: Documentary / Experimental
Country: Brazil
Language: Portuguese / PT / ES / EN subtitles

Loneliness and the relationship between man and nature.

A alma do osso is an experimental documentary about  Domingos Albino Ferreira (also known as Dominguinhos da Pedra), a 71-year-old man who has lived alone for 41 years in caves in the countryside region of Itambé do Mato Dentro, Minas Gerais (Brazil). He survives on a meagre pension from the Brazilian government.

It starts with an epigraph by Guimarães Rosa: ‘Loneliness is too much for ourselves’. There are no dialogues or interviews in this documentary, and almost no speech. Practically all the information we receive comes from the images and sounds that characterize the countryside: beautiful landscapes of green hills and the sea, the man’s cave and the sounds of nature.

What We Still Don’t Know – Are We Real? (2004)

Director: Srik Narayanan
Producer: Darlow Smithson
Genre: Documentary
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English

The Universe as a place of mystery and wonder.

Lord Martin Rees is an astrophysicist who paints a fascinating picture of how we might be changed by what we do not yet know. These programs focus on: Was there a beginning? Whether we are alone? What’s the future of the cosmos? What is the nature of reality? With each advance, new questions come into sharper focus. The key issue is what we still don’t know.

There is a fundamental chasm in our understanding of ourselves, the universe, and everything. To solve this, Sir Martin takes us on a mind-boggling journey through multiple universes to post-biological life. On the way we learn of the disturbing possibility that we could be the product of someone else experiment.

Rivers and Tides (2001)

Director: Thomas Riedelsheimer
Producer: Annedore von Donop, Trevor Davies, Leslie Hills
Genre: Documentary
Country: Germany / Finland / United Kingdom / Canada
Language: English

Life in the Arts.

Landscape sculptor Andy Goldsworthy is renowned throughout the world for his work in ice, stone, leaves, wood. His own remarkable still photographs are Goldsworthy’s way of talking about his often ephemeral works made from elements of nature, of fixing them in time. The music was composed and performed by Fred Frith.

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~ Order of Beauty ~

The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
~ Michelangelo ~

The Range of Light (2011)

Director: Lawrence Martinez
Producer: Lawrence Martinez
Genre: Experimental / Short / Music
Country: United States
Language: English / None

All Fire & All Light.

Follow your heart and you will be free – free just to love, free just to be. Redwood dream, waterfall dream – giving is receiving. Music by Inner Islands.

~ Being Circular ~

Carpe diem!
Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.
~ Horace ~