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    From Haiti to Guinee' on the Immamou: A Tale of Redemption
    From Haiti to Guinee' on the Immamou: A Tale of Redemption
    From Haiti to Guinee' on the Immamou: A Tale of Redemption
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    From Haiti to Guinee' on the Immamou: A Tale of Redemption

    By Robert Newport

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    This is a folk tale in which a youth, representing the spirit of Haiti, fails in his job of protecting his family from the ravages of a storm and earthquake. He is washed out to sea by a tsunami and meets the Lwa of the sea. By his generous reaction to the loa he is rescued, and is returned to his village, Petit Paradis. The tale is augmented with chants and poems. The numerous illustrations are photographs, taken by the author, of the loa as depicted in a sculptural piece, also by the author.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobert Newport
    Release dateJul 22, 2014
    ISBN9781311082510
    From Haiti to Guinee' on the Immamou: A Tale of Redemption
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    Robert Newport

    Art, and the study of painting, as a vehicle for probing into the relationship between natural world and the human psyche, is Dr. Robert Newport’s second career following thirty-one years as a psychiatrist. Thirty-one years, during which he developed and refined his powers of observation while delving deeply into the nature of consciousness, exploring its relationship to body, mind and spirit. And when not engrossed in his practice, he was exploring the natural world both as a backpacker and sailor. Doctor Robert comes from a family of sailors and explorers who arrived with the first settlers in this country in 1607. He was born in the Midwest mid-century, and has never been in the middle of anything since, with the exception of the profound beauty and drama of the landscape. A maverick in everything he has ever done, (he was said to have invented the term “holistic psychiatry”), he came to painting naturally, if not exactly willingly. Drama was his first love; he turned down an offer for the professional theater to go to medical school. With one successful children’s play to his credit, his reading of his muse’s call was to write for the stage; drawing his material from the human dramas he attended as a psychiatrist. As fate would have it, it fell to him to care for his ailing mother, a successful artist herself for 40 years. In an effort to find a way to have a meaningful relationship with her, he began to paint under her tutelage and later at the Otis College of Art and Design. He found not only that he loved painting, but that it gave him both the vehicle for communicating his experiences of encountering spirit in the natural world as well as the opportunity to continue to use his powers of observation in the further development of his craft. So as a painter and world traveler, he followed in his family footsteps, his sister and niece also being fine artists of some repute. Following his retirement from medicine, he obtained an Otis certificate in fine arts and has continued his studies with private teachers.

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      From Haiti to Guinee' on the Immamou - Robert Newport

      From Haiti to Guinee' on the Immamou

      a Haitian Tale of Redemption

      by

      Dr. Robert Newport

      Copyright 2014 Robert R Newport

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      License Notes

      Thank you for downloading this ebook. This book remains the copyrighted property of the author, and may not be redistributed to others for -commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this book, please encourage your friends to download their owncopy from their favorite authorized retailer. Thank you for your support.

      Please contact Dr. Robert at his studio via his website at http://www.doctorobertsart.com

      http://www.LA-artscapes.com

      or via email at theholodoc@gmail.com

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      From Haiti to Guinee on the Immamou:

      A journey over copper seas

      On a blue white boat

      Sail on Immamou,

      Sail on

      O’er stormy sea

      Of life and death

      Do not disturb

      My well earned rest.

      For on this journey

      The wicked dance

      Their dance of war

      The innocents cry

      Their tears of terror

      The angels sing their

      Heavenly balm

      And we sail on

      Towards home

      Sail on.

      ~~~~~~~~~~~

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