Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Loneliness And Poverty

I believe every human being and some animals at times are faced with the idea of loneliness and poverty. It may come and go.
THERE IS SUCH A THING AS SPIRITUAL POVERTY and poverty is a word that covers much.

There is financial poverty...

There is real hunger, for instance in third world countries. (Now that is impoverished!)

This is writing about "Loneliness and Poverty", the song and the subject.
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I wrote the song "Loneliness and Poverty", after a long thought of my fellow man and friends who are homeless and outcast and poor. Take for instance a person who hardly has a quarter for bus fare or food. How might it feel to have nowhere to go and no one to see?

I imagined myself lying on a park bench with nothing but time...no money, not a dime....a transient outsider, banished from family and friends. I went there. I put my own abandonment, loneliness, and fear (all I had ever imagined and experienced) into what another being might be feeling, in hopes of feeling the pain and letting it go. (I went to the place we all are meant to face, and came out the other side)

Why? For my own Wholeness, Freedom, and Justice. I wrote the song "Loneliness And Poverty", knowing the good that would come from my song. (Wholeness, Freedom, Justice)

"Loneliness And Poverty", hmmm I don't buy it and consider it a lie. The breath of life is gift enough for me to rejoice. It was my heart's desire to expose the truth. It was my heart's desire to remind people, that "Loneliness and Poverty" is a state of mind, and not the truth. It was my need to be healed and my purpose to heal others.

Today I have freedom. I do think it takes a bit of effort when the feeling comes to expose the lie-and take control of the mind with right thoughts. It is not anything outside of ourselves that make us whole or complete, but the state of our mind and heart inside that determines our outward lives. There is always someway to GIVE; some way to LIVE free from "Loneliness and Poverty".

Now I am still young and have a way to go, so I do not claim to know everything but today I believe "Loneliness and Poverty" is a deceptive state of mind. Let it go...let it go...

 

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Music, Love and Power

Some of you may be aware of my love for dark moody music. I love artists that seem to write and record songs where others fear to tread. They follow paths of sorrow, and find the seedy places of the soul to express and console. Believe it or not, I find this music quite appealing and healing.

Two of my all time favorite artist’s are THE COWBOY JUNKIES and LUCINDA WILLIAMS. Both of these unique artists approach their music in a slighted and realistic way. I fell in love with The Cowboy Junkies when I was facing a major life rising.

The music bug had hit big and I had realized, I was going to single mindedly write and create my catalog in solitude, and that life would bring what it may. I felt a leading to be set free from any bondage and chains through past hurts that were attempting to hold me and mold me into a frozen tiger. I was going to delve into the deep and come out the other side into the roaring lioness I am today.

Seasons came and went and through them was created what is now this great music you are about to hear. And when the quiet became unbearable, I would put my favorite Cowboy Junkies disc in the player and set a fire in the yard and begin to go to the dark place until it felt so good happiness would return.

Listening to songs about death, loneliness and broken hearts (“Lay It Down” and “Pale Sun Crescent Moon” by The Cowboy Junkies were masterpieces that soothed my soul). The music gave me comfort and caused my own loneliness to leave (perhaps for good). Lucinda Williams “Car Wheels On A Gravel Road” embraced the irony of life and love, and assisted me in patiently waiting for my time to come. These writers helped me become a better writer.

There were other writers too, but the reason I am sharing this thought at all, is to say, don’t be afraid of the dark. You have to go through some things to come out the other side. If you never go there and feel your pain, you will likely stuff it and it will likely affect your quality of life. Music is a safe journey and an easy way to tap into your painful emotions without having to endure trouble.

The quote a phrase by William Congreve, in The mourning bride, 1697

Music has charms to sooth a savage breast,
To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
I've read, that things inanimate have moved,
And, as with living souls, have been informed,
By magic numbers and persuasive sound.

My hope is you will delve deeply into my sweet sounds and find yourself changed and moved into a higher place. Be set free from hidden fears. Free to embrace every moment with trust and love.

Carpe diem! (Seize the day!)

Love,
Miss Kristin