Category Archives: 20th century American artists

Nancy Wilson… and more.

Posted on January 19, 2019 by Arvin da Brgha

Wilson, Nancy 20/2/1937<O>13/12/2018 Michael: This fragment was a third-level mature artisan – second life thereat. Nancy was in the passion mode with a goal of growth. An idealist, she was in the emotional part of intellectual centre. Body type was … Continue reading →

Posted in 18th Century Art, 18th Century Artists, 18th Century British Art, 18th Century British Artists, 20th Century African-American Art, 20th Century African-American Artists, 20th century American artists, 20th Century Art, 20th Century Artists, African-Americans, Africans, American Art, American Artists, Americans, Art, Artists, Astral plane habitué, Astral Projection in Dreams, Authors, Black American Art, Black Americans, Black Art, Black artists, Black creative artists, Books, channelling, Composers, Creative Genius, Diarists, Divas, Dream Shamanism, Dreams, Jazz, Longreads, Lucid dreams, Mature soul Artisans, Mature souls, Memoirs, Michael Overleaves, Michael Teachings, Modern African Art, Modern African Artists, Modern Art, Modern Artists, Music, Music Video, Musicians, OBEs, Past-life dreams, Photography, Pyramid, Reincarnation, Royalty, Shamanism, Singers, Spirituality, Stage performers, Statesmen, Visionaries, Vocalists, Writers | Tagged 14th Century Spain, 15th Century Canadian West Coast, 16 Century Italian Painter, 16th century, 16th Century Italy, 18th Century English Salon, 18th Century Harpsichord Music, 18th Century Music, 1992, 19th century, 1st Century, 350, 4th Century, 5th Century, 8th Century, 9th Century, AIDS, Antiques, Arvin da Brgha, Astral cord, Bally, Blue Note Jazz Club, Bohemians, Borneo, Boulevard Saint Laurent, Brasil, Brazil, Candelabras, Cave Painter, Chicago, China, Chinatown, Courtesan, Crete, Crossdressing, Espionage, Frans Bloem, Goal of acceptance, Greenwich Village, Griot, Harpsichord, Harpsichord Music, Harpsichord Recordings, Herbal Medicine, Hieroglyphs, Hippocrates, HM King George III, HM King George IV, Hookup, In Memoriam, Italy, Jazz club, Jazz singer, Kensington Market, Linguist, Manhattan Cabaret Singer, May 1992, Middle East, Montréal, Music library, Nancy Wilson, Napoleon Bonaparte, Needlepoint, New Orleans, New York City, Ontario Street, Painter, Palestine, Pod 129, Pod 414, Puppeteer, Regency, Sage souls, Saint Laurent, São Paulo, Shaman, Spadina Avenue, Spy, Talons Hauts, Tibet, Toronto, Trumpeter, Trust Fund Kids, University of Toronto, Vancouver, Venice, Vocalist, Wellesley Street East, Wellesley Street West, West Village, Whitney Houston, Yonge Street | Leave a comment

Sing it George!

Posted on January 10, 2019 by Arvin da Brgha

Benson, George 22/3/1943 Pittsburg, Pennsylvania Michael: This fragment is a fifth level mature artisan – second life thereat. George is in the power mode with a goal of growth. An idealist, he is in the moving part of intellectual centre. … Continue reading →

Posted in 20th Century African-American Art, 20th Century African-American Artists, 20th century American artists, 20th Century Art, 20th Century Artists, African Art, African Leaders, African-Americans, Africans, American Abstract Art, American Abstract artists, American Artists, Americans, Art, Artists, Award-winning artist, Be-Bop, Black American Art, Black Americans, Black Art, Black artists, Black creative artists, channelling, Composers, Contemporary African Art, Contemporary African Artists, Contemporary American artists, Contemporary art, Contemporary Artists, Contemporary Black Art, Contemporary Black Artists, Creative Genius, Dreams, Guitarists, Jazz, Magical Realism, Mature soul Artisans, Mature souls, Memoirs, Michael Overleaves, Michael Teachings, Music, Music Video, Musicians, Photography, Pianists, Reincarnation, Saxophonists, Shamanism, Singers, Songwriters, Spirituality, Stage performers, Statesmen, Video, Visionaries, Vocalese, Vocalists, Writers | Tagged 1994, Black high art, Blue Note, Blue Train, Cadre 1 Greater Cadre 7 Pod 414, Cadre mates, Entity Makes, George Benson, John Coltrane, Montreux Jazz Festival, Nat King Cole, Nat King Cole Trio, Natalie Cole, Pod 414, Pod Mates, Ready Now That You Are, Route 66 | Leave a comment

Roy Hargrove 16/10/19692/11/2018

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Arvin da Brgha

Hargrove, Roy 16/10/1969<O>2/11/2018 Michael: This fragment was a fifth-level mature scholar – 2nd life thereat. Roy was in the perseveration mode with a goal of growth. Roy was a realist who was in the intellectual part of moving centre. Roy’s … Continue reading →

Posted in 20th Century African-American Art, 20th Century African-American Artists, 20th century American artists, 20th Century Art, 20th Century Artists, 21st Century African-American Artists, 21st Century American Artists, 21st Century Art, 21st Century Artists, 21st Century Black Artists, Abstract Art, Abstract Artists, African Art, African-Americans, Africans, American Artists, Art, Artists, Astral plane habitué, Be-Bop, Black American Art, Black Americans, Black Art, Black artists, Black creative artists, Blues, Bop, Composers, Contemporary American artists, Contemporary Artists, Contemporary Black Art, Contemporary Black Artists, Creative Genius, Diarists, Links, Mature souls, Michael Overleaves, Michael Teachings, Modern Art, Modern Artists, Music, Music Video, Musicians, Pianists, Reincarnation, Spirituality, Stage performers, Statesmen, Video, Visionaries, Writers | Tagged 1969, 2018, Arvin da Brgha, Autumn Leaves, Cadre mate, Dizzy Gillespie, Entity mate, France, French Riviera, HIp-Hop, In Memoriam, In Service to the Music, Jam Session, Jazz is a language, Jazz is improvisation, Jazz is the soul of a people, Kidney Disease, Merlin, Miles Davis, NuSoul, Paris, Pod 414, Pod mate, Roy Hargrove, Trumpet, Trumpeters | Leave a comment

An Awakened Dream Like No Other!

Posted on December 23, 2018 by Arvin da Brgha

On the final full day of this trip to London, it was also the 29th anniversary of Merlin’s passing. I had planned on visiting Spencer House, the Monday evening prior; however, the event which was a ticketed lecture had been … Continue reading →

Posted in 15th Century Art, 15th Century Artists, 15th Century Italian Art, 15th Century Italian Artists, 16th Century Art, 16th Century Artists, 16th Century Italian Art, 16th Century Italian Artists, 18th Century American Art, 18th Century American Artists, 18th Century Art, 18th Century Artists, 18th Century British Art, 18th Century British Artists, 18th Century Canadian Art, 20th Century American art, 20th century American artists, 20th Century Art, 20th Century Artists, 21st Century Art, 21st Century Artists, 21st Century Dutch Art, 21st Century Dutch Artists, Africans, American Artists, Americans, Architecture, Art, Art Collecting, Art Collection, Art Exhibition, Artists, Astral plane habitué, Authors, Award-winning artist, British Art, British Artists, Canadian art, Chakras, channelling, Cinema, Composers, Contemporary American Art, Contemporary American artists, Contemporary art, Contemporary Artists, Contemporary Dutch Artists, Creative Genius, Dance, Design, Diarists, Dreams, Dutch Artists, Film, Flying dreams, Longreads, Lucid dreams, Magical Realism, Mature soul Artisans, Mature souls, Memoirs, Michael Overleaves, Michael Teachings, Movie, Music, Musicians, Oil on canvas, Oil paintings, Painters, Painting, Photography, Portraiture, Reincarnation, Religious Art, Renaissance, Renaissance art, Renaissance Artists, Sculpture, Spirituality, Video, Visionaries, Visual Artists, Visual Arts, Writers | Tagged #rom, 1460, 1977, 2nd Earl Spencer, Age of Terror, Age of Western Terror, Anakin Skywalker, Andrea Mantegna, Ante Room, Anubis, Armistice Day, Arvin da Brgha, Aura, Autumn, Benjamin West, Botticelli, Britain, Buckingham Palace, Buddha, Burlington Arcade, Burlington House, C-3PO, Canada, Carol Ann Djanogly, Cattle, Chewbacca, Church of Rome, Citrine, Coffee Table Books, Columbian age, Concerts, Conquest, Costume, Countertenor, Coventry Street, Crystal ball, Crystals, Death Star, Dog-walking, Dogs, Duke of Brontë, Earls Spencer, Eccentricity, Ecclesiastic Art, England, Extinction, First Lord of the Admiralty, Fortnum & Mason, George Lucas, Georgian London, Georgian Society, Gig, Giovanni Bellini, Gliltterati, Great Room, Green Park, Green Park Station, Guided Tour, Han Solo, Harpsichordist, Harry Djanogly, Jerry Hall, Jim Henson, Joggers, Jogging, John Williams, King's Cross, Lady Spencer, Lando Calrissian, Leia Organa, Leicester Square, Leonardo da Vinci, Levitation, Library, Livestock, London, LucasFilms, Luke Skywalker, Merlin, Michelangelo, Money, Museum, Music, Music Room, National Gallery, National Gallery of Canada, National Portrait Gallery, Nelson's Column, New World, November 18, November 18 1989, November 18 2018, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ottawa, Palm Room, Piccadilly Circus, Piccadilly Street, Presentation at the Temple, Psychic Abilities, Quartz crystals, Queen's Gallery, R2-D2, Recitals, Romanov, Royal Academy, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Ontario Museum, Royalty, Rupert Murdoch, Russia, Sage souls, Saturn Return, Skywalker Saga, Slavery, Soirées, South Africa House, Spencer House, St. James Place, St. James Street, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Staged Plays, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg, Street Performers, The Death of General Wolfe, Tintoretto, Titian, Toronto, Trafalgar Square, Underground, United Kingdom, VAT, Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson, West Africans, Wim Heldens, Yoda, Zoot suit | Leave a comment

Now there was a night in the theatre.

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Arvin da Brgha

Whilst Lucian Mann-Chomedy took in the pre-opera lecture, I sat on a bench in the middle of University Avenue, enjoying a rather exquisite four-cheese macaroni and cheese baked to perfection as I read a very good biography of Tudor matriarch, … Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Century Russian Artists, 20th century American artists, 20th Century Art, 20th Century Artists, American Artists, Americans, Award-winning artist, Black artists, Black creative artists, Black Russian Artists, Books, Canadian artists, Choreography, Composers, Creative Genius, Dance, Dancers, Design, Divas, Dreams, Gay Artists, Literature, Michael Overleaves, Michael Teachings, Music, Musicians, Opera, Opera diva, Reincarnation, Russian Artists, Russian Composers, Russian Writers, Set Design, Singers, Spirituality, Stage performers, Visionaries, Visual Artists, Writers | Tagged A Night at the Opera, A Night at the Theatre, Alexander Pushkin, Antinous, Arias, Art is Everything, Ball, Cadre mates, Canadian Opera Company, COC, Emperor Hadrian, Entity Males, Eugene Onegin, Four Seasons Centre, Gay HIstory, Hadrian, Homoeroticism, Inspiration, Instagram, Margaret Beaufort, Metropolitan Opera, Michael levin, Piotr Tchaikovsky, Queen Street West, Roman empire, Scholar souls, Tudor, Uber, University Avenue | Leave a comment

Aretha!

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Arvin da Brgha

Sweet sweet sweet and blissful dream, dear sweet sweet sweet Aretha! _____________________________________________ Franklin, Aretha 25/3/1942<O>16/8/2018 Michael: This fragment is a fifth-level mature artisan — third life thereat. Aretha is in the power mode with a goal of dominance. An idealist, … Continue reading →

Posted in 20th Century African-American Art, 20th Century African-American Artists, 20th Century American art, 20th century American artists, American Art, American Artists, Art, Black American Art, Black Americans, Black Art, Black artists, Black creative artists, Blues, Creative Genius, Divas, Mature soul Artisans, Mature souls, Michael Overleaves, Michael Teachings, Music, Musicians, Photography, Singers, Stage performers, Visionaries | Tagged #Aretha, #ArethaFranklin, #QueenofSoul, #RESPECT, #Sing, #SoulMusic, #SoulSinger | Leave a comment

Going Live!

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Arvin da Brgha

The second volume of Human Civilisation’s first Dream Memoirs are dropping. Please do get your copies. I will also be hosting a launch/art collection event with open bar at my place over the holidays. Will keep you posted. This is … Continue reading →

Posted in 20th Century American art, 20th century American artists, 20th Century Art, 20th Century Artists, 20th century Canadian art, 20th century Canadian artists, Actors, African-Americans, American Artists, Americans, Archetypes in dreams, Art, Art Collecting, Art Collection, Artists, Astral plane habitué, Astral Projection in Dreams, Authors, Award-winning artist, Black American Art, Black Americans, Black Art, Black artists, Black creative artists, Books, Canadian art, Canadian artists, Chakras, channelling, Creative Genius, Crystals, Dance, Dance dreams, Dancers, Diarists, Dreams, Dreams of famous persons, Dreams of Merlin, Dreams of Task Companion, Essence Contact in Dreams, Film, First Nations Artists, Flying dreams, Gay Artists, Jazz, Literature, Magical Realism, Mature souls, Memoirs, Michael Overleaves, Michael Teachings, Music, Musicians, OBEs, OBEs in dreams, Old souls, Out-of-Body Experiences, Painters, Past-life dreams, Pianists, Printmakers, Reincarnation, Shamanism, Singers, Songwriters, Spirituality, Stage performers, Visionaries, Visual Artists, West Indian Artists, Writers, Young souls | Tagged A Six Volume Michael Overleaves Appendix, Arvin, Arvin da Brgha, Carlos Castaneda, Dave Brubeck, Dick Cavett, Dream Memoirs, Fernando Bujones, George Balanchine, George Benson, Her Majesty, Liona Boyd, Memoirs, Merlin, Merlin and Arvin: A Shamanic Dream Odyssey, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Odyssey, Pierre Berton, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Robert Bateman, William F. Buckley Jr. | Leave a comment

Four Standing Figures.

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Arvin da Brgha

Four Standing Figures Lithograph 12.5 x 15 in 11/50 ©1978 Henry Moore Provenance: Collection of Arvin da Brgha Let there be art. Let there be love. Back in 1982, Merlin and I were holding up at the Trockadero loft — … Continue reading →

Posted in 20th Century American art, 20th century American artists, 20th Century Art, 20th Century Artists, 20th Century British Art, 20th Century British artists, 20th century Canadian art, 20th century Canadian artists, American Art, American Artists, Americans, Art, Art Collecting, Art Collection, Artists, Authors, Award-winning artist, Black artists, Black creative artists, British Art, British Artists, Canadian art, Canadian artists, channelling, Creative Genius, Dance, Dancers, Design, Diarists, Drawing, Dreams, Film, Gay Artists, Lithography, Mature soul Artisans, Mature souls, Memoirs, Michael Overleaves, Michael Teachings, Movie, Old souls, Painters, Printmaking, Private Art Collection, Sculptor, Sculpture, Spirituality, Visionaries, Visual Artists, Visual Arts, West Indian Artists, Writers | Tagged 1978, 1982, 1983, AIDS, Art Gallery of Ontario, Artisan Cast Scholar, Arvin, Cadre mates, CBC, Chelsea, Cinema, Creator, Dance Rehearsals, Dark Crystal, Director, Entity mates, Episodic Television, Essence Bonds, Four Standing Figures, Fraggle Rock, Henry Moore, Hotel Chelsea, Jim Henson, Mature Soul Artisan, Mature Soul Scholar, Members of Pod 414, Merlin, Nanette Bearden, Nanette Bearden Dance Company, Natch Taylor, New York City, Pod 414, Producer, Rehearsals, Sex with Task Companion, Sixth Avenue, Task companion, Television, Theatre, Trockadero Loft, Validating Essence Bonds, Willam Zammy Zamora | Leave a comment

Three Sketches of Fraggle Rock

Posted on September 9, 2017 by Arvin da Brgha

Back in late 1982, a couple of evenings after rehearsals, I made it home to the Trockadero loft which Merlin had sublet in Chelsea — across the street was a massive green-painted block long edifice at 645 Sixth Avenue — … Continue reading →

Posted in 20th Century American art, 20th century American artists, 20th Century Art, 20th Century Artists, 20th century Canadian art, 20th century Canadian artists, Actors, American Art, American Artists, Americans, Art, Artists, Astral plane habitué, Authors, Award-winning artist, Books, Canadian art, Canadian artists, channelling, Creative Genius, Design, Dream Shamanism, Dreams, Illustration, Mature soul Artisans, Mature souls, Michael Overleaves, Michael Teachings, Old souls, Reincarnation, Shamanism, Spirituality, Visionaries, Visual Artists, Visual Arts, Writers | Tagged 1982, 1983, Amazon, Appendices, Appendix, Book Launch, Books Online, Brainstorming, Cadre mates, CBC, Chelsea, David Tipe, Detail, Diarist, Fraggle Rock, Henson Productions, Jim Henson, Manhattan, Memoirs, Muppets, NYC, Pod 414, Published, Puppetry, Scholar souls, Set Design, Sketches, Sketching, Sxith Avenue, Syndicated TV Shows, Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, Toronto Theatre, Trockadero Ballet, Trockadero Loft, Urjo Kareda | Leave a comment

Do it!

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Arvin da Brgha

The one… the only… Elvis! #yeahyeahyeah! Thanks for having taken us higher! Love is All! Elvis 8/1/1935<O>16/8/1977 ______________________________________________________________ ©2013-2019 Arvin da Braga. All Rights Reserved.

Posted in 20th Century American art, 20th century American artists, 20th Century Art, 20th Century Artists, Actors, American Art, American Artists, Americans, Art, Artists, Award-winning artist, Blues, channelling, Dreams, Dreams of famous persons, Michael Teachings, Music, Music Video, Musicians, Singers, Songwriters, Stage performers, Video, Writers, Young souls | Tagged 1935, 1977, 40th anniversary, Can't Help Falling In Love With You, Elvis, Elvis Presley, Entity mate, Graceland, Hawaii, Live TV Concert, Memphis, Pod 414, Priscilla Presley, Sage souls, Task companion, The King, yeahyeahyeah | Leave a comment