I was a junior in High School. My guidance counselor Mrs. Beck called me into her office with an offer to go to a camp. For so many reasons, that week spent with Ms. Rochelle St. Marie, Ms. Laura Smith, Ms. Rebecca Boone was huge for me. I grew up in microscopic towns dotting [...]
Filed under: life, music, purpose, relating well, relationships, wonder on March 8th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I have mentioned her work before. Sarah Bettens is one of my favorite modern artists. My first experience with her music was due to a link on a myspace page of another musician I respect. I emailed her a question about one of her songs, she responded, and I was hooked. She is an incredible artist.
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Filed under: art, life, music, purpose on February 25th, 2010 | No Comments »
Kyler England has some powerful lyrics. This is one of many. It moved me, so I’m sharing.
Filed under: art, music on January 26th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I think the most significant and poignant lines in this song to me are:
“It’s because I know that you won’t say no that I’m asking…”
(Sarah Bettens, song Rescue Me, Album Shine, © Copyright-Cocoon Records (700261228952) Record Label: Cocoon Records)
I can not express how much that touches me. When I brainstormed all the words that [...]
Filed under: art, life, music on November 15th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This impressed me so much. Kris Delmhorst’s ‘Yellow Brick Road’ (album Five Stories [2001]).
I’m off to see the wizard in his castle on the hill
And I never once have known him and I do not know him still
Because his face it is magnificent but you’ll never see his hands
And the way he throws his [...]
Filed under: art, life, music, poetry, wonder, writing on October 27th, 2009 | No Comments »
Uh huh! Love Catie Curtis! A friend turned me on to her music. The music is lovely!
Filed under: life, music on October 26th, 2009 | No Comments »
I do not generally do shoutout news blurbs here, but I had to! I love Carolyn Arends. That is no secret to those who know me well. She is a personal hero of mine, a fellow L’Engle and other lit. lover, an artist, an incredible wife and mother, and so much more. I would [...]
Filed under: Christianity, art, music on October 20th, 2009 | No Comments »
As a writer, I have mulled this concept over. As a young college age adult this concept wandered through my grey matter one summer as I worked at a camp. I was provoked by this idea as an adult when I read Robert Cole’s book, The Call of Stories. I still visit and revisit this [...]
Filed under: art, life, music, writing on March 5th, 2009 | No Comments »
