Comments on The Hermitage: The One Two Bird And The Half Horse

You have such an unforgettable way with not only w...

2009-10-31T01:39:25.772Z

You have such an unforgettable way with not only words, but art as well. Never stop either (:

Rima, I ordered a copy last week from Cargo record...

2009-08-11T23:41:24.870+01:00

Rima, I ordered a copy last week from Cargo records and received it very quickly.

I have no words to express the voyages Tui's music has taken me on. I am transported through his sonic masterpiece and the incorporations of others voices and sounds...

Hauntingly beautiful on every level. Thank Tui for sharing such a gift with the universe.

Your video is music in itself, moving art on papers, to create such a vast sense of feeling... I stare at your cover drawings lit by the moon as I listen under the night sky...

I could go on and on, but I shall stop for now, and simply offer a sincere thank you to both of you really...

Warmly, Vanessa Valencia

Well done to you both, sincerely. True greatness a...

2009-08-06T19:41:01.122+01:00

Well done to you both, sincerely. True greatness and conviction abound. The music of oRLA wREN is sublimely enchanting. At times the softer side of Bjork and maybe faintly reminicent of some of Radiohead's work on Kid A, but at all times unique and original. I have purchased the CD from Cargo Records and am listening to it here while I type this note. Wonderful! And you Rima have such talant for words and pictures. It surely is a funny old world where talent like both of yours exists with such grace and beauty in relative obscurity and scant financial reward when a lot of the famous rich people in the world flaunt themselves around with very little talent or skill to warrant their status. Love your wonderful wooden wagon by the way. I am very impressed!

Ben

Wow, love your little video about the fish and the...

2009-08-02T06:24:00.027+01:00

Wow, love your little video about the fish and the doll. His music and your work go perfectly together. Thanks you oh so much for sharing.
Kat

Oh Rima. I have had this post open on my compute...

2009-07-30T20:50:21.476+01:00

Oh Rima.

I have had this post open on my computer for days, stunned and dazed and completely at a loss, looking for words that simply are not in my scope, words that could in some small way respond to words of such beauty and love and delight and pride.

The world you two have created, you bring alive with your words and pictures, and now sounds. And I am richer these last two years for finding this little peephole into it.

I am heartened. I am reassured. I am soothed.

For the world to have two like you, can only mean the sun is a little brighter, the green a little greener, and the air a little sweeter.

And all the more because you share it so generously.

Thank you. From my heart.
C x

That top picture could have been the cover to Slee...

2009-07-30T17:09:48.201+01:00

That top picture could have been the cover to Sleepy Hollow. It was chilly and beautiful!

~Aly

Dearest Rima! How I adore your little passage int...

2009-07-28T21:46:28.828+01:00

Dearest Rima! How I adore your little passage into a fairytale childhood... and Tui's version is completely enchanting... What dreams the 2 of you must create together in your 'castle on wheels'.
Mermaid kisses,
Ulla

I don't know tha I can comment, for words are not ...

2009-07-24T18:17:23.451+01:00

I don't know tha I can comment, for words are not enugh..for there is ebauty on this film. of drawing, of cinematography, and of souls taht have clealy wrapped around me as I watched through a tear or two

So incredibly beautiful, creative, imaginative, ev...

2009-07-23T11:06:17.351+01:00

So incredibly beautiful, creative, imaginative, evocative and clever. A visit to your hearth never fails to uplift and inspire : )

Hi Rima.Tried to email you but had difficulty find...

2009-07-21T22:33:08.803+01:00

Hi Rima.Tried to email you but had difficulty finding an address. Just wanted to say I came across some artwork I think you would like at http://www.felixgirard.com/

since you posted this poetic and swooning descript...

2009-07-21T01:55:53.865+01:00

since you posted this poetic and swooning description of orla wren, i have been shooing, pushing, begging, charming, herding, cajoling, and insisting to everyone i know and meet to gather at the place where tui stands, so that he may blow softly on his flute and lead us all, as the ethereal pied-piper he is, to the place where orla wren waits to pull us into her mysteries.

i am there, holding my breath, afraid that in letting it out just even one tiny fragment of sound will miss my ears.
i am there, though, absorbing every nuance and enchantment. the map was somewhere in the music, and i am there!! huzzah!

I've never, ever encountered people like you guys ...

2009-07-20T15:28:12.978+01:00

I've never, ever encountered people like you guys in my life. It seems like some parallel universe with so much beauty, love and peace...devoid of all of a human's ugly traits. How could you have built this cocoon within this chaotic world??!!? It baffles me!

Your sketches for Tui's album are so whimsical, light and floating, yet so grounded. I love the melancholic expressions and the delicate hands and feet. The pictures are a window to your soul. You guys...never cease to amaze me!

moved to silence... so grateful that i've been so ...

2009-07-19T04:11:36.703+01:00

moved to silence...
so grateful that i've been so lucky to know of you both through this little screen of mine.
joy to both of you-

I've spent the last hour or so listening, and watc...

2009-07-17T18:17:56.592+01:00

I've spent the last hour or so listening, and watching...Delicate and exquisite. You have every reason to be proud of Tui, and he of you...

Thank you both for sharing your gifts. :)

~ Carolee

Lovely music, lovely videos. Just a big of sadness...

2009-07-16T22:45:22.839+01:00

Lovely music, lovely videos. Just a big of sadness and longing. Like when you see a beautiful tree in the spring and it makes you feel like you've been with that tree in a better place. I think I am one of those people for whom this music was made. Thank you.

You and Tui make such marks ... thank you both for...

2009-07-16T15:54:30.741+01:00

You and Tui make such marks ... thank you both for your examples, your sensibilities gentle and sensitivities healing tonic to the rush to be heard.

Aloha, Mokihana

oh my...just wonderful...thank you...

2009-07-16T05:53:38.276+01:00

oh my...just wonderful...thank you...

Beautiful Post Rima~ You and Tui weave magic toge...

2009-07-15T22:40:19.959+01:00

Beautiful Post Rima~

You and Tui weave magic together.

Deeply inspiring.

very amazing video! i like your stop motion animat...

2009-07-15T12:31:16.850+01:00

very amazing video! i like your stop motion animation!

I absolutely love Orla Wren, such beautiful music!...

2009-07-13T21:57:26.046+01:00

I absolutely love Orla Wren, such beautiful music! Your animation is stunning, gorgeous pencil-work, it must have taken a very very long time, and how splendid to collaborate with a loved one :)

Congratulations to both of you. It must be such a ...

2009-07-13T11:30:51.505+01:00

Congratulations to both of you. It must be such a relief for the music to be finally out there with the videos. The fish one Rima is a gorgeous story.

Thank you very much you both - Tui and Rima - for ...

2009-07-12T16:30:46.616+01:00

Thank you very much you both - Tui and Rima - for sharing so wonderful and gentle art. It seems to me that couldn`t be more connected, such wonderful and perfect harmony between your drawings and Tui`s music.
I wish you both all the best.

Absolutely a stunning post. The description was al...

2009-07-12T14:41:39.024+01:00

Absolutely a stunning post. The description was almost as lyrical as the music.

the fish and the doll is such beautiful work. i fe...

2009-07-12T11:02:06.249+01:00

the fish and the doll is such beautiful work. i feel lucky to have seen it; thankyou!

Hello Rima and Tui, My friend Laughing Wolf told m...

2009-07-11T20:49:39.373+01:00

Hello Rima and Tui,
My friend Laughing Wolf told me about your blog this morning after we'd been talking about Miyazaki's English countryside inspirations and I've been here for an hour's worth of sheer delight and amazement. Your horsebox house on wheels is magnificent as was the attic you left just last December. Unfortunately the music and video didn't download properly to my old favorite computer so I'll have to come back later with the newer one.
Essentially, I'm still British even though I've spent most of my life in Canada and the US. I'm also an artist whose main early influences were the 19th century illustrators. I once had to be dragged out of a rare exhibition of Edmund Dulac's original paintings.
Your work is wonderful as is your vision - both of you. I will return.