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PINES OF ROME - OTTORINO RESPEGHI
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SACROSANCT !
 
 “SACROSANCT!” Composed In Spirit with 
 Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and His 
 Vietnamese Friend, the Honourable 
 Thich Nhat Hanh. 

 Written on Rev. Martin Luther King, Junior's Real Birthday, 

 April 15, 2015.  Happy Birthday, Dr. King! 

SACROSANCT !          λλλλ

I FEEL FOR MYSELF !

I THINK FOR MYSELF !

I AM MYSELF !

I TRUST MYSELF !

Universal Dictionary of the English Language.  A New and Original Work Presenting for Convenient Reference The Orthography, Pronunciation, Meaning, Use, Origin, and Development of Every Word in the English Language, Condensed Explanations of Fifty Thousand Important Subjects and an Exhaustive EncyclopÆadia of the Arts and Sciences, Volume Four    1898: 

"Sacred and inviolable.  [Lat.  sacrosanctus, from sacer=sacred,  and santus=holy.]"

 

 

SACROSANCT !          Ψψψψ

INDIVIDUAL THINKING IS SACROSANCT !

MY MIND IS SACROSANCT !

MY THOUGHTS ARE SACROSANCT !

 

MY INTELLIGENCE IS SACROSANCT !

FREE SPEECH IS SACROSANCT !

MY QUESTIONS ARE SACROSANCT !

MY BELIEFS ARE SACROSANCT !

MY FEELINGS ARE SACROSANCT !

 

MY SOUL IS SACROSANCT !

MY SPIRIT IS SACROSANCT !

MY FAITH IS SACROSANCT !

MY BODY IS SACROSANCT !

 

MY CREATIVITY IS SACROSANCT !

MY DOUBTS ARE SACROSANCT !

MY HEART IS SACROSANCT !

Webster’s Third New International Dictionary Unabridged and Seven Language Dictionary, Volume III  1966:

"Most holy or sacred  :  INVIOLABLE    :    [L sacrossancurs, pob. Fr. sacro by a saced rite (abl. Of sacrum sacred thing, sacred rite, fr. neut. of sacer  sacred)  +  santus  (past part. Of  sancire   to make sacred)  ——more at SACRED]  :  most holy or sacred  :  INVIOLABLE " 

 

SACROSANCT !

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OUR COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS IS SACROSANCT !

OUR COLLECTIVE TELEPATHY IS SACROSANCT !

 

OUR CREATIVITY IS SACROSANCT !

 

UNDERSTANDING OLD CULTURES  &  ENCOURAGING EMERGING NEW CULTURES ARE SACROSANCT !

New Popular Webster Dictionary, Self-Pronouncing    1937: 

"Preeminently sacred"

 

 

SACROSANCT !

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OUR INTELLIGENCE IS SACROSANCT !

OUR BODIES ARE SACROSANCT !

OUR FEELINGS ARE SACROSANCT !

OUR HEARTS ARE SACROSANCT !

OUR SOULS ARE SACROSANT !

OUR BELIEFS ARE SACROSANCT !

Webster’s New International Dictionary of the English Language, Based on the International Dictionary of 1890 and 1900, The Latest Authentic Quarto Edition of the Merriam Series, With a Reference History of the World    1926: 

"Sacred  ;  Inviolable. ——That which is most holy or sacred.  [See SACRED ; saint.]"

SACROSANCT !

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MODES OF EXPRESSION ARE SACROSANCT !

MUSIC IS SACROSANCT !

 

HARMONIES ARE SACROSANCT !

COMEDY IS SACROSANCT !

POETRY IS SACROSANCT !

 

QUESTIONS ARE SACROSANCT !    EDUCATION IS SACROSANCT !    MUSEUMS  &  PUBLIC LIBRARIES ARE SACROSANCT !

 

PUBLIC GATHERINGS ON ALL PUBLIC COMMONS, PUBLIC PARKS, PUBLIC STREETS, PUBLIC NEIGHBORHOODS, AND PUBLIC LANDS ARE SACROSANCT !

 

PUBLIC LANDS ARE SACROSANCT !

PUBLIC PARKS ARE SACROSANCT !

NATIONAL FORESTS ARE SACROCANCT !

WE GATHER WHERE WE CHOOSE !

ALL REMAINING WILDLANDS, WILDERNESS, PURE WATER AND CLEAN OCEANS ARE SACROSANCT !

INDIGENOUS HUMANS, CULTURES, ETHNICITIES, MUSICS, ARTS, AND RELATIONSHIPS ARE SACROSANCT ! 

ALL NATURE,  WILDLIFE,  FISH,  OCEANS, FRESH WATER,  SUNS,  PLANETS, MOONS, GALAXIES, DIMENSIONS,  UNIVERSES, TIMES, AND BEYOND ARE SACROCANCT !

Webster’s News World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition    2002: 

"Sacrosanct-very sacred, holy, or inviable.  (from Latin:  “sacrosanctus-sacred and holy”)"

 

SACROSANCT !

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OUR SHARING WHAT EVER WE WANT WHENEVER WE WANT WITH WHOEVER WE WANT IS SACROSANCT !

OUR SHARING WHO WE ARE, PERSONALLY, IS SACROSANCT !

OUR EXPLORING WHO WE ARE, INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY, IS SACROSANCT !

BEING CURIOUS IS SACROSANCT !

EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE OPPORTUNITIES,

DIFFERING KNOWLEDGE AND SPIRITUALITY, & SHARING DIVERSE UNDERSTANDINGS ARE SACROSANCT !

 

OUR SOULS ARE SACROSANCT !

OUR SPIRITS ARE SACROSANCT !

Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition – The Words You Need Today  2004: 

" 1 : most sacred or holy  :  INVIOLABLE    2  :  treated as if holy  [L sacrosanctus, prob. fr. sacro sanctus hallowed by a sacred rite]  (1601) " 

 

 

SACROSANCT !

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I FEEL FOR MYSELF !

I THINK FOR MYSELF !

 

MY SPACES, MY HOMES, MY OFFICES,

MY SAFELY WALKING BETWEEN THEM IS SACROSANCT !

 

MY INTELLIGENCE IS SACROSANCT !  

MY BELIEFS ARE SACROSANCT !

MY LIFE IS SACROSANCT !

New Concise Webster’s Dictionary, Specifically Designed for Home, School, and Office Clear Type    1987: 

"very  sacred, very  holy,  not to be profaned" 

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WE LIVE IN A FREE COUNTRY:

WE BRAVELY LEARN ABOUT OURSELVES AND  INTEGRATE NEEDED CHANGES !

WE COMPASSIONATELY LISTEN TO OTHERS AND HELP, IF SO REQUESTED !

 

WE ENCOURAGE OPEN, HONEST PUBLIC SPEAKING AND SHARING.

 

WE ENCOURAGE PUBLIC DEBATE FEATURING THE BROADEST SPECTRUM OF OPINIONS.

 

WE  RESPECT DISSENT !

 

RESPECTFUL COMMUNICATION & INTEGRITY ARE SACROSANCT !

DELIBERATIONS BETWEEN ROCK AND WATER  STRENGTHEN

COMMUNITY !

ENCOURAGING COMMUNITY IS

SACROSANCT !

Webster’s News World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition    2002: 

"Sacrosanct-very sacred, holy, or inviable.  (from Latin:  “sacrosanctus-sacred and holy”)" 

ALL  SACROSANCT ! 

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 "Gentle Return to the Source"    

  "Sleeps with Bear”    

  "Good Heart"    

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 Paul  Thomas Richards,  

 "Gentle Return to the Source"    

  "Sleeps with Bear”    

  "Good Heart"    

 

 

 

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Editor's Notes:  Please utilize the hyperlinks below.  Once you understand Respigi's influence, you"ll have even greater appreciations for Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who so inspired Ottorino Respighi and the Future's next controversial Russian genius, Igor Stranvinsky.

            "Pines of Rome" , Composed in 1924 by Italian

Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936), a musical revolutionary

that continued Stunning Bravery first publicly

demonstrated by controversial Russian composer,

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893).

     As did Tchaikovky, Respigi defied classical music traditions, sometimes repealing them altogether.  Where Tchaikovsky employed actual military cannons on stage, Respigi reverently silenced the entire orchestra, to give a small bird a chance to sing its Peace, True testimony to the gorgeousness of a Living Planet, Earth.

     While upsetting audiences perhaps stuck in past modes, Resphigi's freshness and unpredictability excited young musicians and composers everywhere.

     Please Listen Carefully for the Nightengale's song, which Respigi uses to covertly pivot listeners into intense self-reflection; immediately before the Army advances into the forest.

     This specific species of  Nightengale whose Song so enthralled Respigi, was forced into extinction soon after the debut of "Pines of Rome ;" terribly grieving Respigi, a devout birder who devoured Nature's infinite Songs in order to integrate them into his compositions.  

     In today's concert performances, orchestras integrate a tape of the incomparable irreplaceable Song of this last Nightengale.

     Listeners often weep.

Ottorino Respigi photograph, Courtesy of WikiPedia.

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