It is all about music lately. The dancing bit, of course: kitchen dance parties, commuter dance parties, rocking out while painting,and I had an unbelievably wonderful time at Groove Back. But also music itself: finding new artists, revisiting old favourites and seeing what comes out in the alchemy of playlist creation.
The lovely and talented Danette shared her thoughts on Soundtrack and Harmony today over at her blog. Her words nested some where in the back of my brain.
Driving home this evening, “Disarm” by the Smashing Pumpkins came on the radio. Now, I give Billy Corgan a resounding “meh”, but this song anchors solidly amongst my early high school memories. The overwhelming newness of that time, peppered with angst and exhilaration in equal measures, were mine to hold bittersweetly somewhere around the Don Valley Parkway and the 401.
What did that song show up to tell me?
If I wagered a guess: that I am right back there. Immersed in the incredible, exhilarating newness of life and fumbling in the very first days after inception. But that life will uncurl once again to show the answers that I am looking for with this beginner’s mind.
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