Carpe Diem #1109 Siddharta's Journey by Guy Sweens

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Today I love to share a "reprise" of a piece of music which I used earlier here at CDHK. Maybe you remember it, maybe not. I created this episode back in August 2013. I will not full re-create that post, but I love to share the music video of this wonderful piece of music by Guy Sweens, a young Dutch composer of New Age and Fusion music.

Guy Sweens

You can find more about him at his own website www.guysweens.com or you can read the mentioned episode HERE again.

Guy Sweens is a composer similar with that other favorite of mine Karunesh Karunesh was by the way the one who brought me the music of Guy Sweens, but that you can read in that mentioned episode of CDHK.

Here is the music video of Siddharta's Journey by Guy Sweens (video made by Nick of London)

I hope this composition will inspire you to create haiku or tanka. I love to share a re-done cascading haiku, I turned it into a set of tanka:

in the light of dawn
the world looks mysterious
a new day begins
the sweet sounds of birds singing
in the light of dawn

walking the path
from richness to poverty
enlightened Buddha
reaching for the deep truth of life -
walk his path

© Chèvrefeuille

This episode is open for your submissions tonight at 7.00 PM (CET) and will remain open until January 1st at noon (CET). I will try to publish our new episode, Mists of Avalon by Adrian Von Ziegler, later on.

Carpe Diem #322, Buddha (provided by Patricia)

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Today we share (for the second time) haiku on Buddha (provided by Patricia) as we did earlier in one of our episodes of Carpe Diem's daily haiku meme. Of course it's not the intention to repeat prompts several times, but this prompt Buddha can be for sure a second time, because there are new contributors and of course Buddhism is part of haiku.

In our first month with musical prompts by Karunesh I shared a music-video by Guy Sweens, and I love to share that video again here, because it shows us the life of the Buddha, once known as Siddhartha Gauthama (an Indian prince).

Ah! Wonderful ... what a beautiful piece of music by Guy Sweens (a Dutch New Age Musician) I am proud that Guy is a fellow Dutchmen and I love his music very much.

on his journey
Buddha shows his compassion -
rustling leaves

A strong haiku I think, but that's not up to me to decide. This episode is a short one, but ... well ... there is more to come and to read here at our Haiku Kai.
Be inspired and share your haiku on Buddha with us all, with your haiku family, here at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.

This prompt will stay on 'til October 15th 11.59 AM (CET) and I will post our next episode, a new Special by Garry Gay, our featured haiku poet of this month, later on today around 7.00 PM (CET).
!! Buddha is open for your submissions at 7.00 PM (CET) !!

Carpe Diem Extra #2, Guy Sweens "Siddhartha's Journey"

Good day dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

As promised a Carpe Diem Extra episode about Guy Sweens "Siddhartha's Journey". A few days ago I used another video instead of the prepared episode "Siddhartha", because of don't having permission to use the music by Guy Sweens. As I have told you I have gotten the permission to use the music by Guy Sweens, so today, in this Extra edition of Carpe Diem, I love to share this music video with you all. But first I love to tell you something more about Guy Sweens, a Dutch Worldfusion and New Age artist.

Credits: Guy Sweens

Guy was born in the South-East of the Netherlands. He showed much interest in music as a child and was spending time listening to pop and classical music throughout his youth. His grandfather inspired Guy to play the piano and it was at this time he discovered how he enjoyed composing music by himself.
When Guy reached the age of 16, he found out about a rarely new technique in the pop music scene that was and still is very popular: (re)mixing of already existing records. By coincidence, Guy discovered the weekly broadcast remixes of world famous Dutch remixer/producer Ben Liebrand in 1986. Inspired by Liebrand's remixes, Guy started to make remixes himself. A room in front of his bedroom in his parents' house became his home-studio.
The remixing went on until the beginning of the 1990's. In 1993, Guy switched to a brand new and totally different musical style called New Age Music. The first New Age song Guy ever listened to was "Dawnlight" from Karunesh. 

(Dawnlight by Karunesh inspiration source of Guy Sweens)

 The year 2000 became a turning point in Guy's musical career. From now on he decided to concentrate only on composing New Age and World-Fusion Music. Guy preferred composing music in this genre, because it is more melodic, varied and everlasting than Dance music. New Age and World-Fusion gave him much more freedom to express himself without the obligation to constantly keeping up with new musical trends, which is always the case in the Dance scene.
Guy's most important inspirational sources are traditional Asian and Indian music, the moody style of Jazz, pop- and classical music, but also the Middle-Ages and the music of that time. All these musical styles have the ability to express all kinds of feelings.
Guy's music can best be defined as vibrant, passionate, spiritual and full of melodic warmth with gentle rhythm. It is a fusion of western and exotic styles with a clear Indian influence. In order to create these textures, Guy uses many different instruments from all over the world, combined with modern synthesis and technology.

In 2005 Guy became a professional artist, composer and producer. He won the MG Music New Talent Competition and signed a record deal with MG Music later that year. MG Music is a record company based in the UK and owned by highly acclaimed New Age and World-Fusion artist Medwyn Goodall and his wife Wendy. In Spring 2005, Guy released his first album with MG Music "Gaya of Wisdom". The track “Siddhartha’s Journey” is from this album. (Source: www.guysweens.com )

It's a wonderful story I think. As a young boy Guy dreamed about music, was music, and now he is a world famous musician of New Age music in the same category as Karunesh. I think with this Carpe Diem Extra episode I celebrate Guy's wonderful music between the wonderful music of Karunesh.


in the light of dawn
the world looks mysterious
a new day begins

a new day begins
the sweet sounds of birds singing
in the light of dawn


Well ... I couldn't help it. I had to write a haiku inspired on the music by Karunesh in this Extra episode, but I promised you "Siddhartha's Journey" by Guy Sweens. This track comes from the album "Gaya of Wisdom" which Guy released in Spring 2005. (Video made by Nick Of London)

It's a wonderful musical video I think an I think also that the Journey of Siddhartha, who became the Buddha, is a great source of inspiration. So lean back, enjoy the music, become one with the deep mystery of the Buddha and share your haiku with us all here on Carpe Diem.

walking the path
from richness to poverty
enlightned Buddha

enlightened Buddha
reaching for the deep truth of life -
walk his path

This Extra Carpe Diem episode will be open  for submissions 'till August 12th 11.59 AM (CET). So be inspired and share your haiku with us all here on Carpe Diem's daily haiku meme, the place to be if you like writing and sharing haiku with the world.

Namaste