GREGORY ORMSON

Tag: I-can’t-breathe

  • WE STILL STAND

      “We still stand.” An Agnostis/Ormson collaboration dedicated to ongoing and growing movement for change driven, in part, by the activism of #MMIWRiders and #mmiwg #rideformmiw #NoMoreStolenSisters keyboard, composition, photos and video randy anagnostis. lyric, background sounds, and vocal gregory ormson Original song, “Indigenous Souls.”

  • Talking Story and Riding the Medicine Wheel #rideformmiw

      Truer than ever before, much of the world was asleep in their screens during 2020. Television, cell phones, and computers offered connections during the worst of the world-wide pandemic, but connections sans touch. Such connections seem void of what I’d call true encounter. An incarnated connection is more real for it’s in the flesh…

  • Lightning Bolts and Scars

    Music spoken word by Gregory Ormson, Russell Thorburn, Darrell Syria. Lightning Bolts and Scars – New Plains Student Publishing (newplainsreview.com)

  • YOUR DIRTY LITTLE LIES

    “Your Dirty Little Lies,” is dedicated to us for putting up with the dirty little of the politicians; this protest music and word piece emotes that story. An Anagnostis/ Ormson piece recorded in Mesa, AZ.  

  • Ode for Humanity

    In describing Welsh poet and prose writer Dylan Thomas’ 1947 poem, “Do not go gentle into that good night,” Denise Levertov wrote, “it is a rapturous ode to the unassailable tenacity of the human spirit.” Here, Randy Anagnostis and I create an interpretation for today with a few lines from Thomas’ poem. http://https://www.dropbox.com/s/m249adgr4kwv5xx/%27Shape%20Of%20Hope%27%20part%20one%20~%20by%20Gregory%20Ormson%20and%20Randy%20Anagnostis.mp4?dl=0

  • Sickness Givers and the Shape of Hope: a three part spoken word and music series on life and human existence during the pandemic by Randy Anagnostis and Gregory Ormson

    Sickness Givers and the Shape of Hope part I. 2:22 (Navajo) Sickness Givers and the Shape of Hope  part II. 3:01 (India) Sickness Givers and the Shape of Hope part III. 7:01 (Earth)

  • THE LANTERN from UW La Crosse, on yoga and leather

    BALANCED BIKERS: YOGA + HARLEYS = BIKING, BODY BENEFITS This isn’t your ordinary biker gang. Technically, it’s not a gang at all — just a community of denim-clad Harley enthusiasts who love to roar down an open road, and then unwind with some deep breathing and meditative poses. “Learning to breathe, be calm, work on…

  • The Crumbling Temple and Rotting Mall is US

    And what is the state of the state? For starters, a Pandemic killing millions worldwide;  Armed insurrection at US Capitol; President calling to overturn Democratic election; Giant problems rolling out vaccine; Economy for average Americans failing; A crumbling infrastructure (dams, bridges, highways, small towns), across the country; Planetary overconsumption and stressed resources (water, food, land);…

  • Babba, Gaia, Prana

    Recorded with Audacity, Gregory Ormson lyrics and Washburn D-Series DADGAD guitar, played through Boss Acoustic Singer Pro Amp; keyboard by Randy Anagnostis on Yamaha PB125 with Focus Scarlet Gen 3 Audio Interface. One of several Anagnostis/Ormson original song collaborative pieces. VIDEO link                      https://youtu.be/NfClYOCX3xA

  • YOGA, a Melody in Motion

    Yogis embody asana and rejoice in the periphery turned central. Their melody in motion forms a new identity through the habit of engagement with particularity and universality. In every moment, yogis come to know they are a beautiful grey, a crush of salt and pepper. Surrendering to moments that bend and shape, yogis open as…