tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21548272.post9211086486861437334..comments2023-10-23T13:21:24.662-07:00Comments on Muata's Truth Telling: Missing My First LoveMUATA NOWEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10163803445038361728noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21548272.post-81600305191377663582008-07-16T17:01:00.000-07:002008-07-16T17:01:00.000-07:00Muata Responds to Freedome:Marvin was head of his ...Muata Responds to Freedome:<BR/><BR/>Marvin was head of his time. Clued-in. He knew What was Going On. Most people like him leave this disgusting earth early. <BR/><BR/>We (black folk) need to come together....I doubt it. We toooo farrr gone!<BR/><BR/>-MuataMUATA NOWEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10163803445038361728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21548272.post-92225949703703270752008-07-16T15:23:00.000-07:002008-07-16T15:23:00.000-07:00I know how you feel about missing an artist. I am...I know how you feel about missing an artist. I am so missing Marvin Gaye right about now. His conscious mind was taken away from us way to soon. His album “What’s Going On” is heavy rotation for me right now. He was just so conscious of the times and an did an excellent job articulating what was “Going On” at that time in history, which if you listen to the lyrics applies to today’s history too. <BR/><BR/>With Songs like…. What’s Going On, What’s Happening Brother, Flyin’ High (In The Friendly Sky), Save The Children, God Is Love, Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology), Right On, Wholy Holy, Inner City Blues ( Make Me Wanna Holla). These songs just take you there and guide the conscious mind that we as a black race have to come together, and we as a world has to come together too! TOGETHER…Believing in One Another! <BR/><BR/>I am so missing his conscious mind Right about now.Freedom In Christhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11986971253449193881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21548272.post-80785845232235596272008-07-14T21:58:00.000-07:002008-07-14T21:58:00.000-07:00Phyllis Hyman...one of the sweetest voices of all ...Phyllis Hyman...one of the sweetest voices of all time. <BR/><BR/>I had to respond to your comments regarding Phyllis b/c, not only am I great fan, but I also can identify with "that place," of pain, as I know many other can - I mean let's be honest - when do you blast Phyllis? Not on a summer day, rding through the park, with your windows down. It's usually when you're going through something, with the lights low, and a glass of "coping mechnism." <BR/><BR/>Phyllis had a pain buried so deep within her and you could hear it when she sang. Did she have happy/upbeat songs? Of course, but I know that she "cried out" way before the fateful day that we finally heard her pain. <BR/><BR/>Many men and women, are good at masking their pain - sometimes they take it as far as Phyllis did, sometimes they don't...sometimes they don't unmask the pain until it's too late.<BR/><BR/>I think that's what Phyllis was tired of...masking the pain.Wenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09171250955532046296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21548272.post-91636031828930874752008-07-14T19:22:00.000-07:002008-07-14T19:22:00.000-07:00Muata Responds to Freedom:Muata Responds to Freedo...Muata Responds to Freedom:<BR/><BR/>Muata Responds to Freedom:<BR/><BR/>She definitely was the TRUTH. She served a great purpose. <BR/><BR/>-MuataMUATA NOWEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10163803445038361728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21548272.post-73107303503605144502008-07-14T19:19:00.000-07:002008-07-14T19:19:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.MUATA NOWEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10163803445038361728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21548272.post-45044096683618876452008-07-14T19:17:00.000-07:002008-07-14T19:17:00.000-07:00Muata Responds to RG:when it is gone is when we no...Muata Responds to RG:<BR/><BR/>when it is gone is when we notice the impact. truly sad. <BR/><BR/>my gift that i pray i am giving/sharing is with the power of the pen. my writing. i pray i am inspiring and encouraging. at least making someone's day here and there. <BR/><BR/>what inspired this piece: depression. i typically get that way now and then. i am a cancer. we are complex creatures. but, no need to worry: this to shall pass. <BR/>just a season, rg. just a season.<BR/> <BR/>thanks for asking. <BR/><BR/>-MuataMUATA NOWEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10163803445038361728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21548272.post-52896334711631861562008-07-14T19:09:00.000-07:002008-07-14T19:09:00.000-07:00Muata Responds to Derrick:'Ending it all' for most...Muata Responds to Derrick:<BR/><BR/>'Ending it all' for most is a viable option, and for some I don't blame them. The emotion/psychological pain for some is unbearable. Hoping and praying and hoping and praying just does not cut it for these people. <BR/><BR/>If one (the suicidal person) believes in heaven, why not 'take oneself to a better place; a peace of peace?'<BR/><BR/>This is complex.<BR/><BR/>I selfishly miss Phyllis Hyman - but it is almost like her purpose was fulfilled. At least for me. <BR/><BR/>-MuataMUATA NOWEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10163803445038361728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21548272.post-71097544575207150732008-07-14T17:42:00.000-07:002008-07-14T17:42:00.000-07:00Reader Response:Boy you know my mama didn’t let me...Reader Response:<BR/><BR/>Boy you know my mama didn’t let me listen to “secular” music when I was growing up. I think I must have missed out on Phyllis’s heyday but I enjoyed the song. Thanks for sharing.<BR/> <BR/>You are such a Cancer ((chuckling)) to my Capricorn. Sadly, I must admit that I struggle to relate as I can’t recall ever being as prof oundly impacted by the musician as you seem to be with Phyllis. But I hear you. I mean, there are some songs that no one but the original artist can “sang”. Whatever the “it” is that they have – that “it” just can’t be duplicated or replicated. Isn’t that beautiful how we all have a unique gift to the world that is ours alone to give? Sad that we don’t know how special it is until it is gone. <BR/> <BR/>It is always hard to read blogs and not wonder what inspired it. Oh how I always wished to be the fly on the wall in the brain of the blogger. Guess I am just nosey that way. ((hint hint – hoping you will tell what or who inspired this one)). <BR/> <BR/>-RGMUATA NOWEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10163803445038361728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21548272.post-5704136610012664792008-07-14T13:39:00.000-07:002008-07-14T13:39:00.000-07:00Reader Response:well written...i love to read thos...Reader Response:<BR/><BR/>well written...i love to read those pieces that show your inner soul.....its how I know Muata....hope you aren't struggling too much with things...you sound like you are! <BR/><BR/>-TKMUATA NOWEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10163803445038361728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21548272.post-29742538158081067102008-07-14T11:42:00.000-07:002008-07-14T11:42:00.000-07:00Reader Response:That’s actually a really nice blog...Reader Response:<BR/><BR/>That’s actually a really nice blog that you wrote. I have one question and one comment for you.<BR/> <BR/>Why were you up at 3 am in the morning writing? <BR/><BR/>I thought I was your first true love. Now, I am so sad to found out that I was not. I am crying!!! LOL – Smile<BR/> <BR/>I am just joking. However, this is really a nice piece that you wrote. Keep up the good work.<BR/> <BR/>Peace for now and love always – your girl,<BR/> <BR/>-AGMUATA NOWEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10163803445038361728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21548272.post-7538922602379352582008-07-14T11:39:00.000-07:002008-07-14T11:39:00.000-07:00Reader Response:I liked her as well.............sh...Reader Response:<BR/><BR/>I liked her as well.............she was a pretty woman. I thought it was sad, that she was in that much pain to take her own life. <BR/><BR/>-MMMUATA NOWEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10163803445038361728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21548272.post-32198235855877229322008-07-14T11:01:00.000-07:002008-07-14T11:01:00.000-07:00Deep.Excellent piece! Well written. You did a gr...Deep.<BR/><BR/>Excellent piece! Well written. You did a great job taking me there with you.<BR/><BR/>Talk about some good music Phyllis Hyman was nothing but the truth!!Freedom In Christhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11986971253449193881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21548272.post-34318535556447616952008-07-14T09:29:00.000-07:002008-07-14T09:29:00.000-07:00Thanks for sharing this with me (and others). I to...Thanks for sharing this with me (and others). I too remember the place and time when I heard the news of her departure from this earth. I remember being sad that one of my favorite artists is gone. I also remember being angry that she decided to take her own life. I was selfishly thinking of how much I'm going to miss her beautiful spirit and her heaven sent voice. There have many times (and I sincerely mean MANY) since then that I've thought about what she must've gone through to come to such a decision. What must've it been like in her world that the public couldn't see and didn't know. I wondered what her loved ones must've felt when they heard the news. I (we) may never know all the answers but I cherish the time she did spend here on earth. Although I wish she had not decided to say good bye to us, I don't condemn her, I cherish her memory. Life can come at you at all kinds of ways and I for one have had suicidal thoughts before. I think that most people have thought at least once, "What if I just end it all?" I have never once thought of seriously acting on it but I have thought if it would be easier. I wish that Phyllis had not acted on it but stayed strong and weathered the storm. Life isn't always going to be easy, Hell, usually its the exact opposite. But holding on if nothing else but to experience those moments that make it all worth while, like listening to this heavenly voice, is what keeps me sane.<BR/>Again,<BR/>Thanks!<BR/>DerrickDerrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09168893071005846860noreply@blogger.com