This song is as dark as I’m going to get this week, and to to many I’m guessing my perception of “dark” will look like a pleasant Sunday stroll.
Category: Thoughts
A Week in Music – Dr. Who Theme Song
I first encountered Dr. Who as reruns appeared on our local PBS affiliate. My father would turn it on and I would be lost in that wormhole with that fantastic theme playing in the background.
A Week in Music – Solsbury Hill
“Solsbury Hill” is introspective, transcendent, and reeks of unseen hope. It’s almost as if it was written for me. The song’s transcendence is found throughout, but second verse has obvious religious overtones to Jesus 1. It makes me wonder about Jesus’ state of mind as he began to feel the call to proclaim the Kingdom…
A Week in Music – “This is Me” and “How Far I’ll Go”
I know many writers enjoy immersing themselves in music as they write, but listening to music has never been a way for me to find that metal space where my words pour from my mind and through the keyboard into my work. It’s not because I don’t enjoy music, it’s that I enjoy it too much. When a song comes on which touches my soul I feel compelled to stop everything and just be. And, if the song is anywhere near my vocal range, I need to sing.
Introspection and Worship
I have heard a growing choir of people over the years who are singing a tune which troubles me, “Why do we spend so much time on worship, when what’s really important is putting our faith into action?”
Vulnerability
Good writers are able to able to make even pain beautiful, because they are able to show how pain can lead to growth.
