A Necessary Impulse...

Over the last week or so we have participated in two events where music became a communal vehicle for healing. You know, backing up our belief in the creative, musical approach to a satisfied mind, and a happy life. A tiny gesture, a sparkle of light in a bold darkness. Music. Vibrations. Well-chosen lyrics floating in the air. Somehow the act of creating music communicates and draws human beings closer. Maybe it's built into our DNA? The act of creating;  a small step forward into a new light. The singing and playing. A ritual. Maybe it's just the act itself that does the trick? We do, and the act of doing, changes us in some undefinable way, and has the ability to change those around us too. Anyway, that is how it feels. Not just entertainment, not just a diversion, a necessary impulse, a bringing together, a binding up of wounds, a glimmer of light and transcendence. Powerful stuff;  a voice and an instrument. A ritual of hope, a step forward towards a healing.