Cynthia Alexander
Words elude me whenever I try to put into words the woman-artist-poet-musician that is Cynthia Alexander. Her poetic, lyrical and multi-layered music-poem envelops me in a whirlwind of emotions. These emotions then break into “purple psychedellic” dusts, represented by these random thoughts:
a young Jessette, picking flowers in summertime
Black Dog, Rockstars and My Long-Haired Guy
“Hey, hey, mama, said the way you move
Gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove.
Oh, oh, child, way you shake that thing
Gonna make you burn, gonna make you sting.”
When I heard Aaron singing this line from Led Zeppelin’s Black Dog as we were descending from the steep slopes of Mt. Banahaw (a famous Mystic Mountain in the Philippines), I thought to myself, “Wow! This guy really sings like a rockstar. A fan of Led Zeppelin myself, I hardly meet guys close to my age who are into the “Classic Rock” genre and rare moments like these really makes my adrenaline going.
That year was in February 2004 and our mountaineering group, HAKAMS (Hakbang Kalikasan Mountaineering Society) have spend our 6th year anniversary on the summit of Mount Banahaw. We traversed the mountain through this difficult trail known as “Guisguis Trail”. All of us in the group were low on food and exhausted, and though 6 years [...]
