Seabird she flies .... thoughts on a life and death
| Life & death | Seabird | Tibet | A song .... Ariane Lewis, Tin Shed Cafe, Thirroul, 10/03. A song can change your life, even if only for a short moment ..... One such song is Phantasmagoria in Two which I first heard one cold, dark and misty night, around the turn of the new millennium. It was introduced to me by a friend, Ariane Lewis. She is no longer with this world, having passed on at the age of 27, on 27 April 2007. I came to call her Ari or 'Rain . We had met by chance and prior to this night had communicated through email on all sorts of matters - politics, the local scene, earth and sky, Indigenous issues, and writing. The emails became lyrical, poetic, and full of emotion. A connection slowly developed as we both exchanged words and thoughts. We would meet up on occasion, but most of the contact was online or on phone. For some reason we did a lot of that - my marriage had fallen apart, and she was full of life, energy and activity. She had so mu...