Elvis - A Lighted Candle

[Elvis'SweetSweetSpirit]

Thanks Zey for the gorgoeus photo I love it!
MaryInTheMorning & Fairytale we both are so right about that!
He was such a beautiful man inside and out he had so much love to give and he still is giving to all of us each and everyday!!

[Amanda Viola]

From ELC and Maia's article "Elvis the Archetype" (which most be read and re-read, for it's amazingly splendid and inspiring):

Photographer Sean Shaver in his book, ‘Elvis In Focus’ comments on Elvis’ face thusly:

"His skin glowed, and his eyes had a shine to them that I had never seen before or since in any person’s eyes. I was never able to get a photograph of him that did him justice. I have never had anyone who ever saw him in person tell me they thought the real Elvis had been caught on film.....Here was perfection in the male face. Adding to his looks was the fact that he never took himself seriously. He joked about how he looked....He was like something out of a dream....When Elvis entered the room everybody turned to see him, even those facing away from where he made his entrance somehow knew he was there. Without seeing him you knew he was near, you felt his presence.

"It was not because he was Elvis the singer but because of some invisible power he had. It went far beyond being charismatic. It was a power. It was magnetic. If others had not made the same comment I could not say it, I would not want to sound like something was wrong with me."

I can't resist copying part of what Maia says:

To look into Elvis’ eyes in the flesh was to behold a sense of balance within the delicate and often over complicated ligaments of humanity. He seemed to see beyond the horizon, and for a moment his eyes burned into yours, and you shared the vision with him. Such is the power of truly great souls. Like the Gods of Olympus there was a sense of prophetic furtiveness in his gaze, a taste of hemlock upon his tongue. Yet there was no morbid rush in him to encounter his seat in Valhalla (The final heavenly resting place for valiant soldiers in Viking mythology). It was instead a simple knowing and a faith in things yet unborn. It was his to conquer grief, to expose the tenacious rays of hope and lift sorrow from deeply embedded roots, transplanting love in the gaping hole of the unknown. In his face were engraved the fine lines of eternal youth which echoed with trust unquestioned. He accepted his future as he did his past, without regret and led by an innate understanding of his own birth and death.


http://www.elvislightedcandle.org/signs ... ded%20King

[Sarena]

Thank you, Amanda Viola, it is a pleasure to read that (again and again)!!!

[Amanda Viola]

[Barbara Lea]

I have heard from so many other people that would be in the room before Elvis came in, even though I never had the experience in person with Elvis I still get the same feeling in looking at his picture or watching him in concert or in a movie. You just can't take your eyes off of Elvis! Thank You for putting this up for us to read this Amanda Viola! Barbara Lea!

[73smile]

Some wonderful photos--especially those with children. Such a special spirt that Elvis carried with him always.

73smile

[Blue Moon]

[Rainbow Light]

Many thanks for posting these, Laurie!!

[Blue Moon]

[Amanda Viola]

As in your last Elvis dream, Laurie, he is always eager to extend a hand to give, to caress, to hold, to confort, to love....

[Rainbow Light]

What a beautiful and gorgeous picture of Elvis, shows that Love Effect to the FULL! How he always cared to share!