The Power and Beauty of Music

I've been Pondering the oddity of Music... It is such a beautiful and powerful thing. How is it that it has the ability to stir us to action, to bring us to tears, to encourage and strengthen us, to remind us of things since forgotten? How can notes, stacked upon each other, and rhythms... How can these be so absolutely life changing as they are?

I think myself strange - I am a musician, but don't often find myself listening to music. I shrug my shoulders as I watch my friends totally absorbed by the music world - iPods in their ears, or radio blaring non-stop... Yet me? I rarely find myself moved to delve with such immensity into the seas of sound.

But when I do... Then I am reminded of the beauty, awesomeness and power of music. And I wonder... Why do I run from it? Why do I hide? I know I am sounding... poetic and weird (it's the music!)... But it just baffles me why I avoid something I enjoy so much. Maybe there's some kind of subconscious psychological reason... Or maybe it's because I don't get the radio station I like at my house and I'm too lazy to get up and change CDs all the time, and don't like headphones on all the time...?

Hmmmm... Maybe I'll never know. But I am hoping that I don't soon forget how God works to minister so much through the mystery and art of music. :)

Bee Meets Plant

My bug-eating plant (aka Cobra Lily). I put it outside for a bit since there were tons of bugs flying around. A bee landed on it and hung out there for a REALLY long time. Maybe 10-15 minutes even - Crawling around, sniffing it (or whatever bees do)... But it didn't get eaten. Alas my plant remains hungry :'(

Boredom is the Canvas of Creativity

So I have been feeling a bit bored lately, like I am stuck in a rut of routine and dreary same-ness. Same house, same food, same stores, same people... Same ol' same ol'.

I know that sounds odd coming from a person who travels to a different state every other week or so, but even that can become routine! Especially when you are now visiting places you've already been (which is the norm since I've been at this job for our full 2 year audit rotation now).

What is a girl to do? Travel the world? Too expensive and no accomplice. Buy new clothes? Been there, done that. Branch out and try new foods? I've got a cupboard full of'em.

What I decided on was something I've been toying with for several years. The idea first occurred to me back in high school, or right after. But I never had the guts to do it. Too risky, too different. What if it didn't work out? What would I do then? I kept putting it off.

Well, as "necessity is the mother of invention," so too must boredom be the canvas of creativity. It is the soil upon which my daring feat finally took root. And so I present to you, the general viewing public (i.e. my few relatives who actually read my blog), the product of my yearning for change: