Lyrical Tuesday From Jane Hall: Paris

JaneSHall_300x-186x300LimageLyrical Tuesday is dedicated to Paris. I have selected 5 of literally hundreds of songs inspired by Paris and Parisians. Some of them are written and performed by Americans, others by French artists. One instrumental for reflective moments, and others for their melodies and lyrics. All are filled with love, about love, and prove that music is the glue that holds us together. Paris will always be a place for lovers.

https://youtu.be/K764er7D20s April in Paris – Ella and Louis

https://youtu.be/UmALxQ9T4M0 Modern Jazz European Concert (includes Django, La Ronde, and Vendome)

https://youtu.be/LACZU05vmbk Under Paris Skies Yves Montand Sous le Ciel de Paris lyrics: Jean Drejac

https://youtu.be/0feNVUwQA8U La Vie en Rose Edith Piaf (voice and lyrics)

https://youtu.be/Sk7_HY9svAw Ne Me quitte pas – Jacques Brel (voice and lyrics)

Ne me quitte pas.
Il faut oublier,
Tout peut s’oublier,
Qui s’enfuit déjà.
Oublier le temps
Des malentendus
Et le temps perdu
À savoir comment.
Oublier ces heures
Qui tuaient parfois
À coups de pourquoi
Le cœur du bonheur.
Ne me quitte pas,
Ne me quitte pas,
Ne me quitte pas,
Ne me quitte pas.

Moi, je t’offrirai
Des perles de pluie
Venues de pays
Où il ne pleut pas.
Je creuserai la terre
Jusqu’après ma mort
Pour couvrir ton corps
D’or et de lumière.
Je ferai un domaine
Où l’amour sera roi,
Où l’amour sera loi,
Où tu seras reine.
Ne me quitte pas,
Ne me quitte pas,
Ne me quitte pas,
Ne me quitte pas.
Ne me quitte pas.

Je t’inventerai
Des mots insensés
Que tu comprendras.
Je te parlerai
De ces amants-là
Qui ont vu deux fois
Leurs cœurs s’embraser.
Je te raconterai
L’histoire de ce roi
Mort de n’avoir pas
Pu te rencontrer.
Ne me quitte pas,
Ne me quitte pas,
Ne me quitte pas,
Ne me quitte pas.

On a vu souvent
Rejaillir le feu
De l’ancien volcan
Qu’on croyait trop vieux.
Il est, paraît-il,
Des terres brûlées
Donnant plus de blé
Qu’un meilleur avril.
Et quand vient le soir,
Pour qu’un ciel flamboie,
Le rouge et le noir
Ne s’épousent-ils pas ?
Ne me quitte pas,
Ne me quitte pas,
Ne me quitte pas,
Ne me quitte pas.

Ne me quitte pas.
Je ne veux plus pleurer,
Je ne veux plus parler.
Je me cacherai là
À te regarder,
Danser et sourire
Et à t’écouter
Chanter et puis rire.
Laisse-moi devenir
L’ombre de ton ombre,
L’ombre de ta main,
L’ombre de ton chien.
Ne me quitte pas,
Ne me quitte pas,
Ne me quitte pas,
Ne me quitte pas.

Don’t leave me
You have to forget
Everything can be forgotten
That is flying away already
Forget the time
The misunderstandings
And the time that was lost
Trying to understand how
These hours can be forgotten
Those that are killing sometimes
With whys that hurt like punches
The heart of happiness
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me

I will offer you
Pearls made of rain
Coming from countries
Where it never rains
I will work the earth
Until I die
To cover your body
With gold and light
I will create a kingdom for you
Where love will be the king
Where love will be the law
Where you will be the queen
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me

I will invent for you
Meaningless words
That you will understand
I will speak to you
Of these lovers
That we’ve seen twice
Their hearts embracing each other
I will tell you
The story of this king
Who died of not being able
To get to know you
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me

We have often seen
Fire flowing again
From an ancient vulcano
That we considered to be too old
It seems like
Burned earth
Produces more wheat
Than a warm month of april
And when the night comes
And the sky is on fire
The black and the red
Won’t go together
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me

Don’t leave me
I won’t cry anymore
I won’t speak anymore
I will hide right there
To see you
Dancing ad smiling
And to listen to you
Sing and then laugh
Let me become
The shadow of yor shadow
The shadowof you hand
The shadow of your dog
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me

The Fee in Clinical Practice: Its Ramifications for Therapist and Patient with Barbara Stimmel at MITPP

THE METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH and THE METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE FOR TRAINING IN PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY invite you to
A CLINICAL WORKSHOP
THE FEE IN CLINICAL PRACTICE: ITS RAMIFICATIONS FOR THERAPIST AND PATIENT
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2015
Presenter: Barbara Stimmel, Ph.D.

This workshop will focus on the very complicated, yet predictable, importance of the fee. Money, in all its real, and psychically real, meanings has ongoing and changing impacts upon the therapeutic couple. We will review some of the literature and then look at the fee in its practical and psychic force. Participants are invited to bring a vexing or Continue reading The Fee in Clinical Practice: Its Ramifications for Therapist and Patient with Barbara Stimmel at MITPP

Is Daddy Always Right? When Decision-Making Norms Seem So Arbitrary with Mohan Sikka at IPTAR

L.J.Gould Center for Systems-Psychoanalytic Studies
SAVE THE DATE: Monthly Systems-PsychoanalyticCase Conference
Wednesday, December 9, 2015, 11:30am-1:00pm
IPTAR West Conference room: 140 West 97th Street – NYC
Mohan Sikka CPCC, CGT
Is Daddy Always Right?
When Decision-Making Norms Seem So Arbitrary
Drawing on systems consultations with non-profits, Mohan will explore:
a) the impact of distorted accountability mechanisms
b) how over-reliance on charismatic and narcissistic leaders maintains stress and anxiety within these systems, and
c) the costs and benefits of intervening to “make changes” in such contexts.
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