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Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Its been a while since weve hit the road with nina,

and even longer since i wrote such a collective message..

you know, when your on the road there are so many things happening, and such little time on the internet,
that it would be impossible to write seperatly an email to each and every person i would like to..

so ill just give you all a short version of where im at..


SOOO --

a month ago Nina and i left Paris to join a van of 2 german friends going to the European Rainbow gathering in Ukraine..

and what a surprise!
the morning we had to leave i have discovered i lost my English passeport..

after a nerve wrecking day, we decided to try our chances and go to Ukraine with my Israeli passeport..

So then we left, and passed 2 wonderful weeks traveling to Ukraine and playing music on the streets to fund our voyage..

and when we got to the ukrainian border - surprise !
no es possible..

so we went back to the closest town in Hungaria ot try get a visa..
and in the mean time we met a sweet family, and we played them 2 songs..

and the woman loved - and shes in charge of the culture in Szekasfehervar (do not try to pronounce)
a city near Budapest..

and she invited us to come and play a concert there..

the next day we went to the Ukrainiane consulat in Niyergyhaza - not a recommended spot to visit :)

and there we realized that no ahi possibilidad to go to Ukraine!


so we decided to do this concert.. and we went took back the train

and the woman programmed us in a Festival! called Taliandorogt festival..

and we played one show

and the people loved us..


and there my friends --- everything opened up

connection here

connection there

connection everywhere :)




the next day Ilhaam Project (the name of our group)

was broadcasted live on Tilos radio in Budapest.

and in the next 2 weeks we gave 11 concerts in 14 days ! (whew!)


but even the wildest dreams fade away..
and we need to get back to France

so we hitchiked through Austria, and then two italian people took us and told us there is a street music festival not so far..

so we went there..

and so we are here - in Ferrara, Italia.

and the sun - molto hot

and the food - molto beno!


were good here..

till we hit the road again..


keep in touch my friends!

lotsa love to you all...
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Paris, Île-de-France, France

It's already 10 o'clock in the morning..
Nina just left - I'd like to cook for her for when she returns.
The house is a big mess - I want to tidy it.
The fridge is empty - should go do some shopping.
I wanted to record some music this morning..


               ..but suddenly - inspiration.


I looked out of the window of the tiny kitchen, and i saw bellow the workers rebuilding the road.


I felt so lucky - there are so many men and women who do things they don't like to make money.. 


I feel grateful for my life right now,
it's a precious feeling.
and i thought of all the people I love and i wanted to share this..




It seems like the most important thing - to be satisfied and appreciate where i am NOW.




Yesterday we had our 6th concert with Nina.
We weren't payed, and most of the time some of the people were talking..
but it was great.  It's great to make music and get some money afterwards. 
-yes, we pass the hat and the people give how they feel like..
no,  were not rich yet, but we are here, alive - doing our thing.


OUR thing.
its wonderful to share my life with my beloved angel.
Nina.


The winter was a harsh one for us in our miniature studio on the 7th floor somewhere in the south of paris.


We went through some big challenges - but we overcame them all, and it seems like the coming spring is happening in my heart also.
I feel anew vast waves of love towards the world, and foremost - towards Nina, which was there for me when I needed help, who listened to me when I cried my past sorrows amidst the darkest nights.  
Who is still here by my side despite the good, despite the bad.


Yes, I am lucky.


I also feel so grateful towards Michel, Nina's father.
A great, generous man - who inspires me by the way he is.


It is he who pays for us our little piece of heaven in the middle of hell.
It is he who is supporting us to grow our feathers, so one day we would spread our wings and fly..


fly high, far away beyond the gray clouds of smoke.. 
       ...to a place were the noise is but a distant memory.. 
                    ..where all our wildest dreams of today are simple realities we live daily..


Yes, for sure I dream.


I dream far, i dream deep, I dream to be alive..


There are so many projects, so many ideas, such little time..


---but a voice in me says now : 'Omri, Tranquilo - you'll get there, just enjoy where you are, it's your only chance to do so.'




So I send this message of love, hope and faith
to all the people who have touched my heart,


Hoping all is well for you also,
and we will meet at somewhere on the road soon.


Omri.
p.s.-
we finally got a myspace address, the recordings not extraordinarybut its a good start..
check it out: www.myspace.com/ilhaamproject
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Paris, Île-de-France, France

The word has come from the north.


A Gathering of Druids, Elves & pixies in a castle somewhere near Hanover, in the Germanic lands.



I had no doubt,
I must be there.


For too long I have watched the gray melted rock beneath, the gray buildings surrounding, the metal horses buzzing around in their frenzy - and above, to make things worse - the sky, all so gray, hovering above like an ominous sign.


I had to leave, and so did my lucky fairy friend.
So we left..


We got to Germany quite late, and our only chance to get before dark was to take the Giant crawling dragon (Train).


We got on to it, and there, a sorceress in the service of the forces of darkness checked the tickets of all the passengers in the belly of the dragon.


My first reaction was the courageous one:
To hide in the toilet.


But then, A stupid yet noble voice in my head told me to turn around and face the sorceress.
Honestly, like a man.


But the sorceress didnt listen, and she threw us of the Giant crawling dragon train.


Leaving us in the middle of nowhere, 
with no place to sleep,
And so many degrees below zero that you could almost have trouble to count them on 2 hands..




What shall we do?


Me, being the more wise and brave one - i chose the best way to deal with such a situation.
---I panicked.  And started writing Emails like crazy to all my few friends in the area (to all my "good" friends in Cologne.. Thank you! :)
My eyes became blue, and my fingers became red, till i lost all hope.


But then,
My beloved lucky Fairy Nina didnt lose hope and she asked some angel disguised as a woman if we could sleep at her place.
..And she agreed!!




Not only she agreed, but she took us to her place and treated us like kings..
well, more like queens,
well, more like she treated Nina like a queen, and me as her pet-monkey-man-friend.


(She had certain ideas that woman are better than men or something Pppppfffff... :))


No, Im exaggerating, She made us a nice romantic meal, with wonderful food, and candle all around and her best friend which is a bird watched closely if we behaved.


--This woman named Tatjana was for me at that moment the incarnation of the god almighty on earth, and i was so inspired by her generosity that i decided within myself that i would like to be more like her, so helping and giving..




Anyhow, the next morning we started chasing metal-horses (Hitchiking),
And we hoped getting before nightfall to the magical gathering..


For at that night a great ritual would take place, a strange one in which the people countdown till midnight, and when it arrives they all cry out terrible howls of pain,
and then they hug each other and drink alcoholic liquids and light fire sticks which explode into the sky.




It worked well, and we got there, not so long before the mysterious ritual commenced.


But then - another insanity took place.
for some unknown reason, me and Nina have agreed to join this crazy Shamanic ritual in which we were obliged to run naked in -9 degrees to a small round hut, in which we would cook for 5 hours..


Some call it : "The sweat lodge"


But it was nice...


A bit cold,  but nice.




Anyhow, 
Listen closely my good friends, for the next part of the adventure begins..
 
For Nina has become friends with an old Druid, 
A master of drums, and the rhythms of the earth and the soul (a drummer),
Named Joerg.
And a Magician, an Elven Shape-shifter..A Pianist, story-teller, Didjeridooist, Trapizit --- and many more things which i have no idea of probably.
Named Julian.


And Joerg loved us 3 and invited us to his place in which he has a laboratory for the exploration of sound and matter(a music studio).



and we made music!
wonderful, free, improvised music...


I hope i can put a sample on the net for you to hear.


And then,
we leaved.


Promising our new incredible friend we shall return,
and create more magic in his wonderous laboratory of sound and matter.




And then, riding upon a metal horse, came two strange beings,
one, was a white witch, a healer and an expert in the wisdom of the plants- named Insa.
And the other, A Giant, a great traveller and warrior of love - Named Thomas.
    
Both have come from a far away land, known to few, feared by many.. (??!?)


This land is known as Friesland.. in the far north eastern corner of the Germanic Lands..
The land in which a strange natural phenomenon takes place, THE MOOR.


The moor is the swamps which never rot, for they are based on salty water beneath the earth, and from this salty water grows a very special form of life, semi-plant semi-earth..
And this organizm grows and grows till it reaches the sunlight and there it stops.


There are many spots in the Moor which are too soft to support the weight of man, and if an unfortunate soul steps there, he will fall beneath the earth, swallowed by the sea-dragons.


So, naturally most men fear the entering the Moor, and it has become the playground of Pixies, fairies and unicorns.


Most men, and all giants - except Thomas, the Warrior of the marshland, dont dare to enter the Moor.
For Thomas has grown in the Moor and knows it like the back of his hand (or maybe the front of his feet.. for he always goes there barefooted to feel the ground is strong enough to support a giant).


and Thomas and Insa took has to Friesland, and Insa took us all to her magical hut in which we calmed down and discovered this amazing land where the people are generous, and they drink 5 times a day black tea with cream, and they speak a language between English and Dutch..


We wanted to leave in 2 days,
but we stayed for 5..


We visited the ancient ancestor of Nina (Her Grandmother), which she hasnt seen for 200 years,
we saw the museum of ancient magical artifacts,
and we walked on a frozen lake..


And then we had a lot of luck and to get back, we met another angel disguised as a spanish truck driver named Santiago Daniel who took us all the way from Amsterdam to Paris.


Wow...


Thats it, for now my friends,
keep the magic alive,
keep the stories alive.
keep the fire burning.

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Groningen, Netherlands


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Paris, Île-de-France, France

Ive been another victim of society,
was trying to escape from this reality,
but now i feel good, i wanna do right...
Just wanna be me.

---------------------------------------------

So much has happened lately,
I went into some kind of routine,
With many "Randevous" every week (randevous=Meeting in french)
And I have decided one monthly Randevous to my schedule.

This one is - with the computer.. errr...
I mean with you - anyone who is reading this letter
This means - anyone who is special to me,
and has touched my life in one way or another since the last 3 years.

So - in order to not lose these special connections,
and also to organize what's going on i n my life, and in my mind
I have decided to send such a collective mail...
I realize how these connections we share are precious
and WILL serve later in the future for us all to unite and..
Save the world. (to say things really simply:)

SOOOoooo
Where am I, Who Is I, What Is this I doing?

Right now 1/12/2008
Im sitting im in Nina's Parents house in Hadricourt
(for those of you who dont know.. Nina is the love of my life, and the person with which i am grateful to share the past year and a half of my life)

AND - The house is empty..

BECAUSE - Ninas Lebanese Grand mother passed away in the ripe age of 95 a week ago.

And Nina and all here family flew away on a magic carpet with metallic wings to Lebanon.

So I take care of the house
and the two dogs,
and the 5 cats,
And the Turtle. (who doesnt seem to be moving, or eating.. I hope he's OK : / )

...AND ...ME!
This part of the deal I do the worst -
Im eating garbage, the room is in a mess, and i cant seem to move my butt and make anything useful..

But its OK, im writing this hilarious letter, and its amusing me for an hour or two.

Now...

ZOOM OUT - larger view

Nina and I will have our FIRST concert (payed!)
this Friday..
Im all excited - we organized some mics and amps from friends..
I hope itll work out.

AND --- Im starting to go crazy from having a regular job, and being i n regular place..
I think I have to travel a bit..
I dunno..

I could now ask some friends where their at..

Margaux, How you doing sis.. have you moved to Finland already..? Or travelling again?
Send me your news.. I send you a big kiss.

Pablo - And you ? Still that German song project? Im thinking of coming to visit you..
Its time after 2 years no?

Rakefet - its wonderful to get such a long letter from you, Your art project sounds fascinating.. I cant believe your so old already.. Whats even scarier, is that Im even OLDER... anyhow keep sending me news

Boyan my big brother, You still in that magical squat in Holland? we met some rainbow connections who told us its cool there.. What your up to? I might be haeding your way soon... Beware !

And TOMTOM very long time very not see or speak...
Where are you on this Earth? still near Stuttgart? We might be not so far to meet and make some music together..

And Mounzer, your still in Jordan, or maybe there is possiblity we finally re-meet and you can teach me your method.. Im in the process of building my own method actually... Id really appreciate some news from you...

And Tal, my good good mate, how are things advancing? with Shimrit, and with lady music..
Where are you at? Send me a piece , and I promise to send one also

oh....

I think ill just stop here and invite each and avery one of you to write such a long collective letter, telling whats going on in our hearts, and in our lives...
to me - this is a measure of genearosity,
Sharing Oneself with others.

So I send you all a big collective hug - a cosmic hug!

hope to hear from you,
Omri Berkoviccianni.
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Mitzpe Ramon, Israel

Where am I,

Who am I,

What am I doing?

This is a question I find essential to ask every once in a while, and I write this journal not only to fill in my friends of what I'm up to, but also to take a pause - breath and observe my state at this point in time.

Well..
After the atomic explosion of the circus tour I was feeling I need some stability - It was getting too much for me after a year and a half on the move.
Even returning to Israel I didn't find my place...

Oh, and something I might have not mentioned perhaps for the for of hurting my beloved Dana, is the breath of new, fresh air into my life in the form of Nina. Nina Nassif.

Isn't that a beautiful name?
Yeah, her father is a Lebanese who fled to France due to the war in 82'. (A war, I, surprisingly, hadn't studied about in school...)
She's a dancer, she sings like an angel and makes the best Lebanese Taboule salad (Tons of Parsley, Tomatoes, a bucket of good olive oil, some Burgul, onions and Lemon juice - Chop everything to super tiny bits... )

We met in the circus.

She was the Princess,
I was the... &a mp;a mp;n bsp; &a mp;a mp;n bsp; Frog. :\

So - I want to correct my statement from before:
"WE were feeling WE need some stability"

I try to no longer think in terms of ME and I, but more US and WE.

It feels good.

Anyhow, so we wanted a home, together.
And we didn't find one.

Till we imagined it.. we just closed our eyes - and spoke of how our home should be like.

A quiet place,
In the desert,
Where work and life merge to one,
Where we don't need to think of time or money,
Where we can dedicate ourselves to our... selves
And to our art.

And to our love.


And this place simply happened.

So here we are:
SUKKA BAMIDBAR

Which, in free translation means: a hut in the desert.


Its in the middle of nowhere.
And nowhere is so full, and beautiful.

The desert is where it all starts,
Where mother earth shows her bare body
- naked, open for all creation to begin..

And she sings her song her, amidst those barren hills
The song of silence.
A silence so deep it penetrates through all you believe, all you think
And shows you the simple truth of what you are, and what there is.

And that is so much better,
Its why I breath.

To listen to this silence, and to feel how far I am from it, and to swear that I will dedicate myself to come back home, to the mother - to our mother.

No pressure, no frustration - for she is always there, laying down, whispering her naked beauty - so lustfull, almost erotic.

Here.

In the desert.



I am happy now,
I am growing here,
We are learning together, Nina and I - of love, of sharing, of dedication and responsibility - for each other and to ourselves.


Hand in hand
We love,
We fight,
We sing,
We scream,
We dream,
We breath

TOGETHER.


Thank you so much for each and every one of you incredible souls for touching my life with the delicate shade of your special colour, for singing your special melody into the concerto of life.

Till we interact again,
Whether it be by mail, phone, letter , dream - or intercosmic mind reading..

OmRI.
L' homme qui rit :)

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Binyamina, Israel

Im living inside a dream.


Ive always wanted to do this
in some far corner of my heart this vision was waiting.

It was so much to ask for, i kept it away
from others - and from myself.


Imagine a circus,
a travelling circus.

Imagine this circus creates a story,
a story with a message - about society, reality and truth.

Imagine this story being conveyes by dance, music, circus and theater.

Imagine this circus is given for free for all to see,
imagine its aim is to bring joy to those who have troubled lives.

Imagine the circus is created to heal old wounds between old enemies,
that it has come to create a bridge of communciation where the language didnt succeed..


This i my life right now.

I have joined a circus - Dahka Circus.
Circus for peace.

Im living with a group of 20 incredible people and were creating a show - an amazing show which we will deliver to the people in 2 weeks time.

My life is good now,
The path is smiling,
the love is shining.


Jah love,

Omri.
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Binyamina, Israel

Phew.

That was intense.


Im feeling the fullest and emptiest I have ever felt in my life.


I havent been in much contact with nobody for the past 2 months, not for lack of love or will, but for the lack of physical time-space.

A crazy crazy journey in which I had to concentrate every little bit of spare energy i had to take care of myself and the situation around me.

well - so i think ill try to put a shadow of this experience into words:

I have joined the circus - its a circus dedicated to spread joy and communication traversing cultural, lingual and political borders.
Its a circus for peace.

Its named "Dahka" which means Joke in Arabic and in Hebrew slang.

This crazy project does sound like a joke.
But this joke works..

Well, the whole story started for me personally back in Bosnia 3-4 months ago when a bunch of clown-like people walked through the circle and announced that their looking for artists to create together a circus for peace..

I was there,
thinking : 'Nah, this isnt for me, im not good enough..'
And then my beloved Dana tugged my arm saying this is exactly what you were looking for no? -c'mon go!

So i went there, and decided to go back to the place i feared most - Israel.

I came back and we spent a month trying to create a show from scratch : A bunch of hippies with practically no experience and no budget whatsoever messing around and daydreaming in some remote Pecan field.

The odds were slim.

And out of that fusion of hearts, souls, dreams and aspirations a baby was born.

Named "The Orange Tree" - and that was our show.

Our beloved special child.

I wish all of my friends all over the world could see it, because it is truly magical - no words can describe.. and suitably so, there are practically no words used in the show..

You may view some photos to get the idea, and there might be (Inshalla) a video of it, but it aint the same..


So after this month we all packed our entire camp, including our 7 meter high dome tent - and embark on a quest crossing Israel from North to South..

It was amazing -- 20 shows within 30 days in Acco, Nazareth, Kfar Haruv, Tiberias, Givat Olga, Jerusalem, Hura, Mitspe Ramon and Ein Gedi.

On the way a big reporter made a big article on us in the biggest newspaper in Israel..
What incited a wave of press thoughout the world all wanting a piece of the action.

We all remained a bunch of broke hippies volounteering on some bizzare project to save the world - amused by the whole situation surrounding us.

The journey continued but this time with fire in our asses pushing us forwards towards a brighter tommorow..

And finally, Yesterday - it ended.
At least for a week.


I am Exausted.


Im in my Mama and Dada's place just trying to do nothing (which is more difficult than seems), and available to Emails and stuff from anybody..

hoping to hear news...

Chapakaw!
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Jerusalem, Israel

I cant tell so much about my life right now,
because my life right now is the circus..

And guess what?

theres a site with photos!

http://www.dahkacircus.org/pics.htm

and thats all folks!
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Binyamina, Israel

A dream i had last night which was very simple and very powerful:

I was on a train with my grandparents, and they were both chattering and arguing and saying i should get fatter, and i took a walk in the train and suddenly the cart in which i was disconneted from the train with me alone in it..

and then i stepped out, and the train stopped for a moment, and i wanted to join them.. but then wwoooossshhhh - the train zoomed of very quickly, and i was in some unknown place in the night, so i climbed some stairs of these luxury hotel rooms, but i realized im poor, and i was thinking this is unfair.

And then i heard voices, and it was like a Rainbow situation and it was Dana and Andreas, two good friends - coming closer and singing together..
And then i came to Andreas and we were like best friends, and he gave me a huge bear hug..

And then a picture in the room were i was sleeping crashed down and pulled me out of the dream.


This Train in the dream, is the train of society, zooming on to some unknown destination.
And i broke off from society to find love with my brothers and sisters..

I was trying to change the world,
I was looking at all its ugliness,
I was missing all its beauty.

Its perfect beauty just the way it is.

I was thinking of a piece of advice somebody once gave me concerning my brother.

If you have a loved one,
and it seems to you this loved one is lost and confused and unhappy..
What can you do to help him/her ?

If you come to them and start telling them their way of life is wrong and they should do this and that, if you tell them how dangerous it is what they are doing..

How will they feel? Worse.

If you love them just the way they are, and believe in them, believe in their power to find their way, their OWN way.
And you give them love whatever they do, and if they ask for help - you are always there.

THAT is the best i can do for my loved ones.
And my best friend is THIS WORLD.

So I dont need to think of world hunger, and of war, and of ecological Holocausts..
That only make me sad.
Very sad.

But if i have faith, if i believe in healing - with all my heart.
If i trust this world and my fellow brothers and sisters of mankind to find their way.

THAT is healing.
I have spoken to people and noticed everybodys cynical and hopless, nobody believes there is a chance for healing.
So nobody does nothing for it.

But faith is like a contagious desease, the more i have it and share it with my brothers and sisters - the more it grows within them.

Faith is joy, faith is laughter,
faith is love, unconditional love in every situation.
Every situation.

So this new vision i received thanks to the power of Vipassana, instead of it being a constructive and joyful force in my life, became a source for more aversion towards the injustices of the world and for more desire and attachment towards a vision of "A perfect world" in which everything goes MY way.

But im not god, i dont know what is right and what is wrong, ill just believe.
And whenever this world calls for help - Ill be there.

And whenever, wherever you are in trouble - Im there for you.

Dont forget this.


I was walking around Tel Aviv today...
I was SOooo not centered, sooo not peaceful.

But i didnt care!

I was making stupid songs and smiling at people, loving the noise, loving the pollution, loving the sweat, the confusion...
Just the way it is.


My wisdom tooth was FINALLY removed today, after 3 years of pain.
Actually its starting to really hurt right now, but its OK, Im accepting..

And this "Wisdom" tooth symbolizes too me, my so called "wisdom"
I have been so heavy lately, thinking too much, analyzing, not laughing..
I think i really laughed for the first time with my brother the other day - he ALWAYS makes me laugh, hes just crazy..


Im happy i can write you, sing you my heart song..

I actually wrote a song (i hope ill find soon a way to record and send you stuff..)

but here are the lyrics:

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Mummy doesn't listen,
shes in her books and T.V.
She doesn't even hear
when daddy beats the crap out of me

And mummy has a golden heart
but she lets everybody break it
She just wants to be good, have a little life
like her little son dreams

And mummy she's a muse,
mummy she a goddess.
But mummy is a bit confused right now,
she doesn't even know this...

Step into you power woman!Don't let them kill you that way. For so long, they told usThat Blood upon blood,
gold upon gold,
Oil upon oil We will win..
So step into you power woman!
Just show us the way,
show us the way,
show us the way to be..

Mummy starts to listen,
Sometime it takes some pain,
to pull away the arrow again.

And dear sister she's still asleep,
"Don't talk about the past it hurts too deep."
When i was a child was afraid to weep,

"Be a man" they told me
And what is a man anyway?
But he who gives his little self
to her..

And sister she's a muse,
sister she a goddess.
But sister is a bit confused right now,
I think she must have forgot this...

Step into you power woman!
Don't let them cheat you that way.
Cant you, see that The light that you shine,
the more it is bright,
you give us the right - to shine too..

So step into you power woman! When you show us the way,
show us the way,
show us the way - we will follow..


...And the wicked, wont stay for too long, |
wont be singing their song &a mp;n bsp; | X3
of fear..
Of hate..
of greed...

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Well, this is it.

This song is dedicated to all women on earth.

may they learn to see their true beauty,
may they see their immense power to lead this world to a new age in which man AND woman rule their spirit, and merge back into the ancient sacred unity in which the sun and the moon are equal.
May all my beloved sisters step into their power.

Amen.

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