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Kermit the Frog – rainbow connection

Soul Music / 1979 / Pop, Soundtrack / 3.15 min / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Rainbow over the Taree, Taree Australia / LoadingBookmark

This classic song, sung by the main character of Jim Henson’s Muppets, opens the 1979 movie which features the Muppets. We hear the distinctive voice of Kermit the Frog…

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The Beach Boys – good vibrations

Mind Music / 1966 / Rock, Pop / 3.37 min / Photographer - Janet Zenari / Photograph - Vibrational Moth, Sydney Australia / LoadingBookmark

The song was composed and produced by Brian Wilson with lyrics by Mike Love and performed by The Beach Boys…

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Theodore Roosevelt – succeed

Mind Quote / Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States / 1858 - 1919 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Mountains of Pontresina, Switzerland / LoadingBookmark

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”

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Robert Zemeckis – forrest gump

Soul Movie / 1994 / Epic Romantic, Comedy, Drama / Set in United States / 142 min / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Desert Glory, Dubai UAE / LoadingBookmark

Forrest Gump revolves around the story of his life. Gump finds himself part of and influencing some defining moments in 20th Century history…

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Henry David Thoreau – thanksgiving

Soul Quote / Concord, Massachusetts, United States / 1817 -1862 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Yellow hibiscus at Rainbow, Rainbow Bay Australia / LoadingBookmark

“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite — only a sense of existence.”

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John Denver – calypso

Soul Music / 1975 / Folk, Country / 3.36 min / Photographer Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Sailing, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France / LoadingBookmark

John Denver wrote and performed Calypso as a tribute to Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his ship Calypso. John Denver was a singer, song-writer, actor, activist…

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Helen Keller – sunshine

Soul Quote / Tuscumbia, Alabama, United States / 1880-1968 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Sun on Rainbow, Rainbow Bay Australia / LoadingBookmark

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.”

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Ridley Scott – gladiator

Mind Movie / 2000 / Epic Historical Drama / Set in Rome / 155 min / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – The Colosseum, Rome Italy / LoadingBookmark

Gladiator is the story of a Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius who finds himself embroiled in aftermath of a betrayal of an ambitious emperor’s son. Through a series of…

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Franklin D. Roosevelt – tomorrow

Mind Quote / Hyde Park, New York, United States / 1882 - 1945 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Pebble beach, Kaikoura New Zealand / LoadingBookmark

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”

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The Elton John Band – philadelphia freedom

Mind Music / 1975 / Rock / 5.38 min / Photographer - Janet Zenari / Photograph – Sail & Flight, Cronulla Australia / LoadingBookmark

Philadelphia freedom was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin and was released as a single by the The Elton John Band. It reached number 1 in the US charts…

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Kool & the Gang – celebration

Mind Music / 1980 / Post Disco / 3.39 min / Photographer - Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph - Darling Harbour, Sydney Australia / LoadingBookmark

Celebration is a song written and performed by Kool and the Gang. Celebration appears on the album Celebrate. It held top position for two weeks on the Billboard 100 chart in 1981…

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T. S. Eliot – beginning

Mind Quote / St. Louis, Missouri, United States / 1888 – 1965 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Face Arthouse, Sydney Australia / LoadingBookmark

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning.”

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