I really sing songs that move me. I'm not in show business. I'm in the communications business. That's what it's for me. I opened the Woodstock Festival even though I was supposed to be fifth. I said, 'What am I doing here? No, no, not me, not first!' I had to go on stage because there was no one else to go on first - the concert was already two-and-a-half hours late. My mother's family came from the British West Indies. And my father's family came from, well, my father's father came from the Montana/South Dakota area. They were Blackfoot Indian. Music is the major form of communication. It's the commonest vibration, the people's news broadcast, especially for kids. Many times, people have come up to me after singing some songs, and they'd say, 'Richie, do you know what you did?' And I'd say, 'What?' And they'd go, 'I wrote these songs down for you to sing, and you sang them all in a row.' But that's the kind of communication that happens, you know. - Richie Havens, born on this day in 1941 (Jan. 21, 1941 – April 22, 2013) #richiehavens #joanbaez #buffiestmarie Lumonics is a performance space, gallery, sculpture studio, and art school based in Denver. It is among the first and longest-running light art studios in the US, beginning in 1967. _____ Visit our #LumonicsGallery Instagram page, devoted to Lumonics art ____ Lumonics Mind Spa: Light Intersection at Understudy Gallery in the Denver Theater District from November 29 to January 30 #understudy_gallery ______ Lumonics was named one of ten Denver recipients of the #MeowWolf DIY Grant in 2019, used to further the Lumonics School of Light Art. Instructor Marc Billard, co-director of Lumonics, passes on knowledge to the next generation of light artists and anyone wanting to stimulate his/her creativity. 1-session and 4-session classes begin every Saturday. Vocational education classes are also offered. ______ #lumonics #artschool #lumonicsschooloflightart #artwork #denverart #light #lightsculpture #lightart #dorothytanner #sculpture #denverart #makeart #workshops #artclasses #denverartist #imaginationarts #workshop #creativity #instagramartists (at Lumonics School of Light Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKVGfCrlsXa/?igshid=18y18mkmxuw4m












