I found a couple songs I liked this morning and felt they were a fitting way to express my gratitude for the new day.  It's gray, wet and chilly out there this morning but it is yet lovely and I am grateful to see it.  I was trying to think of something witty to write about, a poem, short story but found myself knocking on a door that doesn't want to open yet this morning.  So I'll just say "thanks for this new day." 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VqoxOcEqpk - Cherokee Morning Song - Walela (A beautiful Native American song)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_baloCb-nM&feature=related - Chant to the sun

BEIJING – Zhang Bingjian’s art studio in the northern suburb of Beijing looks like a simple one. Spiral stairs lead to a small penthouse where he stores his books and makes tea for guests, a big wooden desk sits downstairs, and a huge map of China hangs on the wall.

But something catches your attention when you walk in: Dozens of huge portraits on the wall, all in bright pink, all of Chinese government officials convicted of corruption charges.

Most of the officials are in prison, some have been executed, and others have been sentenced to “death with reprieve” – which in China means a life sentence.

Zhang came up with the idea of creating his “hall of shame” as early as March 2009, during China’s National People’s Congress, the annual meeting of Communist Party officials. It was then that he learned that 3,000 officials had been convicted for corruption in the previous year alone.

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