I love musical harmonies. Bluegrass and folk and classical, all different times of voices blending and weaving themselves together. I don't know how to make harmonies. I can hold my tenor part if someone teaches me, but I don't know how to create these lovely dances.
Tonight at Evening Prayer, I was able to listen as I led. I heard a small group of women's voices blending and joining and feathering at the edges, so that none were distinct, but none were lost, either.
And then I drove home, joining my favorite harmonizers.
I will sing of the LORD's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. -Ps. 89:1
6.23.2008
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"So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. And when you get through kickin' ass and celebratin' the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was."
-Saint Molly Ivins
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Harmony is a great metaphor for friendship, etc., too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the James Taylor in the earlier post. I'm listening it to it now.
Voices together, is that heaven or a glimpse of it?
I've learned more about harmonizing from them than from any voice lesson I've ever had.
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