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.
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.
“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…
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.
All the edits are processed, Penny Gnomes is in the home stretch!
I captured this photo on last night’s photo walk. I love tandem bicycles, and this made such a foreground on a beautiful evening.
Gazing at the irony
