To my old friends and new friends, if you happen to be here by accident. This is Blue AKA Sarah.
I love cups of nice coffee with nice music. I love creative minds. I appreciate arts. I enjoy cooking, reading, singing. I…I can tell you so much more about me. But to be honest, I really don't know where else to begin to write right now. So I am just going to share one my favorite singer with you. and that is "Eva Cassidy."
Eva was a wonderful artist as well as a musician.
Many are familiar with Eva Cassidy the singer, but may be unaware of Eva's earlier passion for art. She began scribbling and coloring daily by age three. Even then, her stick drawings were advanced for a child. A picture of Nipsy Russell dressed in a tuxedo, standing before a microphone, showed unusual detail and accuracy for a four-year-old.
Eva was quite taken with the subtle shades of light and shadow. We saw with "new" eyes, when, as a child, she brought the changing light to our attention.
Most of her work concerned nature, particularly trees, water, clouds, and faces. Her pictures in later years often contained her surrealistic "bubbles"--about which we have no explanation. Much of her skill came about from obeying the urge to forever doodle and sketch (most often in school). So, there were countless faces of teachers and classmates as well as the great outdoors and close-ups of miniscule flowers.
It was clear early on that music and art were her two passions. And that included beadwork, clay figures, and film animation.
Her favorite modes of travel--hiking and biking--were the means for searching out the distant beautiful places and music venues which provided the inspiration for her endless creativity.
Eva Marie Cassidy was born on February 2nd, 1963. Music was introduced to Eva at an early age by her father, Hugh - who surrounded her with the voices of Pete Seeger, Buffy St. Marie and Ray Charles. He taught Eva how to play the guitar and she learned to accompany herself and her siblings (Anette, Margret and Dan) in a family music group.
As a teenager, Eva sang with friends in several bands and groomed her musical talents and performance skills. By the early 1990s she was doing studio work, performing with her friends - and then recorded "The Other Side" with Chuck Brown. Eva's career turned a corner that would lead her to pursue more solo work. She developed a repertoire of "great" songs that inspired her, and would later be the reason we all remember her - not for songs she wrote, but for songs that she interpreted and made her own.
Eva's voice was recorded at many of her performances at local Annapolis and Washington DC venues, and at studio sessions - little did we all know that this was a miracle. Eva's young life was cut short on November 2, 1996, by cancer. She was surrounded by music her entire life - now she surrounds our lives with her music.
Here is one of her work, It is called "babysarah"
I fell in love with her voice the first time I heard she sing. It was the song "Fields of gold". The same song sing by one of my favorite male singer "Sting". Even though, I used to hear Sting sing it over and over but it was Eva, brought the song to a whole different level to me. Her voice sounded like an angel. Reminded me that I was once so passionate about music and singing. It was then I decided to start singing again. Not to the whole world but to myself in my own leisure. I know, I am happy again.
I guess we could always give ourselves many reasons about how we forgot our passions or how we don't have times for them in our busy life. But please do give yourself a break. Stop what you're doing. Once a while go out for a long walk, smell the flowers, sing along to your favorite songs. You might not find the gold in the fields but you 'll find some JOY in your life!
So, here's the song "Fields of Gold." Enjoy!
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