This book is the first complete study in English of the work of the best-known Japanese composer of the twentieth century. It is also the first book in this language to offer an in-depth analysis of his music. T DEGREESD-oru Takemitsu's works are increasingly popular with Western audiences and Peter Burt attempts for the first time to shed light on the hitherto rather secretive world of his working methods, as well as place him in context as heir to the rich tradition of Japanese composition in the twentieth c

In our eagerness to reach our goals, we are often prone to overlook the jewels provided by the journey, which can be more valuable than the goal itself. It is here, in retrospect, journaling can turn a floodlight on the often rocky path we have traveled. Journaling can help us realize it is in overcoming adversities we develop the strength to reach for higher goals with unshakable confidence. In WORDS FROM WITHIN, Peter Burt has bared his soul to help others see how difficulties provide challenges which force us to tap into inner powers we were previously unaware we possessed.

In the darkness of the morning, a whistle in the pines drew me from my dreams, forcing me out of the comfort of bed, down to the dining room table to the paints and pencils left from the afternoon before. Dawn was winning over the stars to the East, blowing darkness westward, leaving an empty space for day to fill. The wind hurried past chasing the starlight, inviting me to come along. With my pen filling the emptiness of the page, my eyes traveled as far as the horizon, my soul sailed away, validating its journey with scratches across the page.

Most of us have far too few adventures in life. There are people who make their whole life an adventure, as if the new day is born for exploring. When Leslie Anne said two simple words, "Pelican Ballet," a new adventure began. In a split second, an invisible world opened to explore, changing our perspective forever. There will never be just a pelican again. With new eyes, we share a ballet of grace and love, supporting the pelican's mythological place as a giver of life. The Pelican has changed little in a million years. It was highly evolved from the beginning. To learn a new dance in life...

This collection of photos is a brief tour of a few dwellings in Arizona. They are all reachable in a single day from Phoenix, yet somehow the ease of our travel makes us deaf to the sheer magnitude of these accomplishments. I can never pass another wall of stones and not hear the sounds of construction. It will be a joy to hear the shouts of El Giza, the singing of Machupicchu, the cadence of the Great Wall of China, and the whispers of Easter Island. Archaeologists have facts and figures gleaned from rubble, yet I imagine the past as if yesterday; juniper fires baking chapatis, barking dogs,...