The Secret Lives of Plants

The Secret Life Of Plants is a rare 1979 documentary directed by Walon Green based on a book of the same name written by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird. It is described as “A fascinating account of the physical, emotional, and spiritual relations between plants and man.”

The movie also features the deep insightful knowledge of the African Dogon Tribe about the nature of the Universe … They share sacred knowledge about Po Tolo, Sirius’s companion star invisible to the naked eye. This is proven by modern astrology today … Sirius does have an orbiting companion star invisible to the naked eye and the Dogon Tribe have known this for thousands of years without any astronomical equipment. The Dogon Tribe have known to have had an extraterrestrial contact with beings from Sirius and they shared much knowledge with them about the universe … and the unity of all creation.

The movie shows us that plants too are sentient and respond to human emotions, despite their lack of a nervous system and a brain. This sentience is observed primarily through changes in the plant’s conductivity, as through a polygraph, as pioneered by Cleve Backster.

Stevie Wonder’s Journey Through “The Secret Life of Plants” is an album by Stevie Wonder, originally released on the Tamla Motown label on October 30, 1979. It is the soundtrack to the documentary The Secret Life of Plants.

Coming after Stevie Wonder’s 1976 Grammy Award-winning Songs in the Key of Life, Journey through the Secret Life of Plants was panned by most critics and was confusing to many fans, who didn’t know what to make of the conceptual, mostly instrumental double album. Even so, such was Wonder’s commercial appeal at the time that Journeywent all way up to number four in the Rock and R&B Billboard charts in 1979, with the single Send One Your Love also reaching number four. It is now considered by many to be a classic in its own right. It is also considered, in many listeners’s minds, to be one of the earliest New Age albums of all time, mainly in part because of the nature and instrumental songs on the album.

The album cover contained some braille, and when you unsealed and opened it, you smelled a flowery perfume.

Journey Through “The Secret Life of Plants” contained unusual synthesizer combinations including the first use of a digital sampling synthesizer, the Computer Music Melodian, used in virtually every track of the album. Journey is also notable for being an earlydigital recording, released three months after Ry Cooder‘s Bop till You Drop, generally believed to be the first digitally recorded popular music album. Stevie Wonder was an early adherent of the technology and used it for all his subsequent recordings.

The film made heavy use of time-lapse photography (where you can see plants grow in a few seconds, creepers reaching out to other plants and tugging on them, mushrooms and flowers popping open, etc.), certainly in order to portray them as animate beings. When the film was released, such images were a novelty to the general public.

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U.S. Military Strike On Iran Likely, Ex-CIA Chief Says

WASHINGTON — A former CIA director says military action against Iran now seems more likely because no matter what the U.S. does diplomatically, Tehran keeps pushing ahead with its suspected nuclear program.

Michael Hayden, a CIA chief under President George W. Bush, says that during his tenure a strike was “way down the list” of options. But he tells CNN’s “State of the Union” that such action now “seems inexorable.”

He predicts Iran will build its program to the point where it’s just below having an actual weapon. Hayden says that would be as destabilizing to the region as the real thing.

U.S. officials have said military action remains an option if sanctions fail to deter Iran.

Iran says its nuclear work is for peaceful purposes such as power generation.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.

WASHINGTON (AP) – A former CIA director says military action against Iran now seems more likely because no matter what the U.S. does diplomatically, Tehran keeps pushing ahead with its suspected nuclear program.

Michael Hayden, a CIA chief under President George W. Bush, says that during his tenure a strike was “way down the list” of options. But he tells CNN’s “State of the Union” that such action now “seems inexorable.”

He predicts Iran will build its program to the point where it’s just below having an actual weapon. Hayden says that would be as destabilizing to the region as the real thing.

U.S. officials have said military action remains an option if sanctions fail to deter Iran.

Iran says its nuclear work is for peaceful purposes such as power generation.

BrownBook North Africa

Having witnessed the success enjoyed by South Africa and their excellent hosting of this year’s World Cup, it’s nice to see some of the countries from the remainder of the continent thriving. Issue 22 of brownbook concentrates on urban life of Northern Africa; the latest edition features content from a host emerging urban scenes, rising up from Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. Also included is an interview with Jean Touitou who was born in Tunisia. For all those interested, subscription is available here.

interview after the jump

The WAVE

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3. A  global connecting force of Knowledge Wisdom And Understanding. Simular to the connect of all lands by the 7 oceans
4. A rising trend that involves large numbers of individuals

Andre for Louis Vuitton St. Tropez Portfolio

Popular Parisian artist Andre recently created a new postcard portfolio for Louis Vuitton St. Tropez. The limited edition creation features the artist’s unique artwork in a vibrant array of colors. Only 30 sets were produced, each numbered and signed by Andre himself. They are now available through Louis Vuitton St. Tropez as well as the label’s Paris, London, Hong Kong, and Taipei stores.

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