In the text that accompanies these fourteen songs, Arthur Geddes discusses the life and work of Tagore, the sources from which the poet took his inspiration, and the translator’s own efforts in trying not only to faithfully translate Tagore’s words but to convey the imagery, rhythms and verse forms of the originals.
    The songs are presented in modern musical notation for singers and instrumentalists, divided into three sections:

–  five songs from the song-drama ‘Raja’ (‘The King of the Dark Chamber’)
–  seven songs of prayer, resolution and mourning
–  two songs of youth and Santiniketan

The key moments in the life of St Francis illustrated with beautiful paintings and woodcarvings

Free to be Human shows how the 'filter' system described by Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman distorts our understanding of many personal, ethical and spiritual issues, ensuring that we remain passive, conformist, confused and uninformed¥and willing to accept the irrational values of corporate consumerism.

This anthology of poetry which celebrates fields, compiled by Common Ground, forms part of Common Groundås campaign to encourage greater awareness and celebration of the field¥a commonplace but much undervalued part of our countryside which demonstrates the relationship between nature and culture over thousands of years.