newport+soul pics

[wen]

http://web.mac.com/xxriko/KiteSite/Albums/Pages/newport.html

http://web.mac.com/xxriko/KiteSite/Albums/Pages/soul.html

[quaa714]

http://web.mac.com/xxriko/KiteSite/Albums/Pages/newport.html

http://web.mac.com/xxriko/KiteSite/Albums/Pages/soul.html

Great pics from Newport!

Very jealous. Big fan of Brenton Point and so many familair faces and friends in your Rev pics.

Looks like a great time was had by all that attended the non event.

[Litsong]

http://web.mac.com/xxriko/KiteSite/Albums/Pages/newport.html

http://web.mac.com/xxriko/KiteSite/Albums/Pages/soul.html

Great pics from Newport!

Very jealous. Big fan of Brenton Point and so many familair faces and friends in your Rev pics.

Looks like a great time was had by all that attended the non event.

indeed, that was two solid wonderful days full of amazing moment in different tunes.

It's what we call "family". yeah, wonderful indeed.

oh, one of the God winks for me that day was

when all left and we were packing up before the rain, two people walked by kitt kite's tent.

I blinked my eyes twice in flabbguested (pardon me of my spelling)

a dear friend i had lost contact since almost 15 years ago appeared with his wife.

i met him when we were in 16 and 17, he was to me like a younger brother since then.

He was there by the god wink for sure (not even saw the kites in the air!)

I had searched for him but in vain for many times.

the last moments of our encounter wasn't very uplifting, i was not at my best so

for all the maturity i had gained since then, i really wished that i could have another chance to see him.

so you can imagine when god sent him over (literally walking toward me as a total stranger in his mind before he came to see the light! he thought i was trying to sell him kites when i looked at him with curiosity), how the grace ended my day and my longing to find him all together after a wonderful weekend on the kite field.

better yet, i have planted the seeds in him about kite flying (well, he watched us packing and talking about kite stuff long enough to get interested), he will see us in BASKC!

I am sure it's very possible he will join us for some fun in the air before long. (ah, at least he got a single line from Kitt so he can use his old kite).

BTW, we were both from Taiwan, and to find each other here after 15 years, go figure.

oh, the funny thing is---

i had been talking to Archie and Dennis about the question

"what have you LOST and FOUND on the kite field" just before this reunion happened.

I wasn't quite prepared for my new answer, but, loving it.

the best thing is, All those wonderful winks took place in such a seamless weaving on the weekend i melt away my old stumbling blocks and started really flying from the core of my being. I felt like awakened now more then every about what flying means to me.

[John Barresi]

Brilliant, thank you for sharing that Litsong.

[Litsong]

Brilliant, thank you for sharing that Litsong.

dear jb glad that you liked the story.

just to make things even more XXX (do we have a better word for CREEPY?)

let me tell another bits of the the big picture...

so Saturday night after flying B.P.park newport,

wen and i went to sea view inn to hear Dennis play guitar (with Dugg Coats who didn't show up till much much later)

because i've always wanted to hear him play in person and Wen just want to hang out with the cool guys

so that night Denis was practicing for his gig pieces and explaining to us about the stories of the songs..

after an amazing Sunday full of fun and amazement, i came back to the computer, and found that our kite friend Albert posted a video on his forum www.8pluskites.com

he wrote

"still the very best among all the legendary flight video shorts

after all these years,

worth the refreshing of your memory"

i watched it for the first time and was again amazed by the God winks

see, combining my wish to hear Dennis play(since years) and watching a video our kite buddy just posted from Taiwan

on the kite forum back home, and the timing...

we get the wish came true to hear those songs played in our close encounter to be a night to remember (although we heard it from the CD many many times)

and see the beautiful soul flight short film with that music coming around a circle through time and space

connecting beautiful souls in an weaving that shows the amazing grace of the higher force.

i won't even mention many other bits of the big picture

but i think you get the idea, right?

so it is--

sheer joy of being here and now and

i am grateful for all that is

it is beyond my imagination and i can only

say

trust and know that god has something mighty powerful

and i am very happy to share my bits

yes, john, i still remember what you said in She-men international kite festival....

when i said "isn't life wonderful and beautiful ....

you said" yes" and asked me

"you know what is more important?"

"share it".

love, all around

L.

[John Barresi]

[Merlion]

There is a online kite shop down in Australia, called BrisKites. On their Flying Wings page are some impressive pics of the FW Soul. I think the site address is briskites.com.au for those interested in Soul pics