Shield of Beauty April 27, 2012
Posted by Mark Folse in Jazz, music, quotes, The Odd, Toulouse Street.Tags: Shield of Beauty, Sun Ra
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“. . . I am going to put a shield of beauty
over the face of the earth to protect us.”– Sun Rha
Odd Bits of Life in New Orleans
Toulouse Street, 70119 United States Minor Outlying Islands
Tags: Shield of Beauty, Sun Ra
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