Blue Wolf Reviews

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  • Today, Tomorrow, Forever Being Rohingya

    Today, Tomorrow, Forever Being Rohingya

    Born of a project launched by Westwords in 2021 the beautiful, heartbreaking anthology full of sadness, joy and hope Today, Tomorrow, Forever Being Rohingya has been created by four young people, all immigrants, all having faced racism, hardship, dispossession from their homeland, family and friends.

    Coming to a country which while safe from many of the horrors already faced in their young lives, also became a strange and frightening place; a place they needed to confront, find a way to live and be accepted and build a life not just for themselves but also for their families. Something that has not always been easy. Today, Tomorrow, Forever Being Rohingya tells their and many others stories.

    Pan Sandar Myint, Khin Maung Thein, (Abdullah) Maung Maung Hla and AS Junike share their journey through the healing words of their poetry, setting in words and pictures the depth of feelings as they tell their stories and those of their people as they struggle for the right to live their lives freely and without boundaries.

    Each verse or collection is accompanied by photographs taken by Abdullah as he documented the lives of Rohingya refugees in the Camp, not only capturing what was now and then, but also offering hope for the future as, through his sensitive and skillful photography he has created a timeless picture of the strength of the human spirit.

    Each of the young men and women have in simple, spare phrases and words captured not just their feelings but the spirit of their people, their love of country, religion and culture; their hope and fear as they rebuild their lives in a country far from their homeland.

    Westwords with the guidance of poet Ali Whitelock have woven together two art forms to create a timeless, beautiful and healing work that reaches out, offering answers to unasked questions, slices of a life that is different, which people can find confrontational and in doing so have structured a beautiful, permanent offering of great emotional and physical beauty.

    Today, Tomorrow, Forever Being Rohingya; crossing borders, confronting change, exercising resilience, filled with love.

  • Tomorrow Girl

    Tomorrow Girl

    For those children that were born to run and rush through life, Tomorrow Girl is a steadying story. Learning to slow down and appreciate the things around you can be hard for children with energy and curiosity. However, if they meet someone who can show them the benefits of contemplation, these children can have the best of both worlds.

    “Tomorrow”, is a young girl who has always rushed through life. While at Kindy, she meets a girl called “Yesterday,” who is worried about playing in the sand pit because of what happened yesterday. There is also a boy at Kindy. He sees the most marvellous cloud patterns while lying in the grass. He also sits in a tree and enjoys looking at nature. His name is “Today,” and he begins to show “Tomorrow” what she is missing by rushing about.

    This is an attractively illustrated Picture Book, with soft water colour drawings and a small amount of text on each page. The names of the children and their matching personalities could lead to interesting discussions about each person’s natural behaviour and how we can all slow down a little and observe life around us.

    Tomorrow Girl is an interesting way to focus on being in the moment and appreciating people and places around you. The story and illustrations are calming and enjoyable.

  • Forever Skills: The 12 Skills to Futureproof Yourself, Your Team and Your Kids

    Forever Skills: The 12 Skills to Futureproof Yourself, Your Team and Your Kids

    Forever Skills is a book about change, change that is positive, will last and also challenges the accepted norms of change being the only constant in life, and if this is so, being able to develop the skills to future proof in a constantly shifting paradigm.

    As society appears to live in an environment of fear, an environment which breeds nothing good, Flanagan and Gregory have set out to change the balance to one of calm, researching, presenting and coaching ideas that will offer fresh new perspectives, along with techniques to help accept ‘the inevitability of change’ with equanimity.

    They have selected twelve skills which are considered vital to this new world in which business is conducted, one that appears to unpredictable, beginning with the three spheres of change: what’s changing, what’s unchanging and what needs to change!

    Also addressing the fundamentals of fear, new opportunity and rethinking areas, they expound upon the Three Key Areas of Forever Skills, which is what this is all about – forever skills.

    Overall, there is nothing new in the book as far as the structure of the business environment goes, which is now one of a rapidly changing global forum. The new, refreshing information is how, in world that is presenting what appears to be new challenges daily, as business drives ever harder to succeed at all cost, how to adapt, how to come on top and how to develop the skills that will be forever skills, that will last; skills that have been entrenched since humans had to learn to survive in what, centuries ago, even then, was an ever changing world.

    Refreshing, forth right, and inspiring this is a book that will breath a breath of sanity and hope into the workplace of today’s world, as well as offer blocks on which to build a successful future; skills that are transportable, realistic, with the added bonus of also applying to everyday life.

    If you are lost in the maze of career confusion, wondering where the world and everyone in it are heading, Forever Skills can help make sense of the changing world by establishing some hard and fast rules that will become Forever Skills, skills to success in both your business and personal life, skills that have been lurking somewhere inside just waiting to be re-discovered and shown the light of day once again.

  • Dreams for a Better Tomorrow

    Dreams for a Better Tomorrow

    Alejandro Santoyo describes himself as a bit of dreamer, who through his music, hopes to encourage a better tomorrow in a world filled with distress and worry. He hopes through the gift of music, to generate a feeling of well-being and love, as well as the spirit of acceptance and kindness.

    In his latest massive body of work Dreams for a Better Tomorrow, the music reaches out with a delicious beauty that captivates, beginning with the all-encompassing soundscape Legends of Love, a rich orchestral piece which commences the dream, as it is based loosely on the romance of Romeo and Juliette, a Shakespearian play in which love does eventually triumph.

    As the work unfolds the tracks deliver an interesting and very enjoyable journey through the emotions, all the while maintaining a complex simplicity, which touches the emotions softly and gently. This is particularly noticeable in Nenita, a solo hymn in tribute to women everywhere.

    But, returning to the earlier tracks there is a delightful triplet of Amore, Hope and then Awaken which can all so very easily be translated into a life event. Amore, a gentle solo piano piece is all about falling in love. Hope is there that the love will grow, and is presented with a vigorous and joyful piece which then grows into Awakening, when the scope of love shows what can be achieved. A lovely element of electronic is introduced in this piece which expands into a catchy, up-tempo piece showcasing another element of Santoyo’s vast talent.

    The March of Time arrives with the beat of the drum, the sombre notes of the piano and then morphs into a fully-fledged, rich bodied string orchestra piece created to portray the ‘inescapability of time’. Deep, brooding and intriguing this is a piece that demands to be taken seriously and at only 3:56 long, does exactly that!

    Almost hesitance is Happenstance, a light, catchy and romantic piece followed by Just Us, which helps set the scene to the finale, which the final piece The Miracle of Love, most certainly is, with all the drama and excitement that announces the end of the entertainment.

    The Miracle of Love is a symphony with an evocative, haunting beauty that draws together all the elements of the previous tracks in a rich and glorious celebration of the power of life, love and music with which to create positive change in the world of today.

    A sumptuous, gloriously beautiful album of love, joy, healing and hope.