Food for Thought (#90)
“The only thing better than singing is more singing.”
– Ella Fitzgerald
…
(Amen. *grin*)
Archive for April, 2011
A Cappella At Acadia
I joined my friend and fellow improviser Mankwe Ndosi for an improvised set at Acadia last night. Here is an excerpt from the evenings creations.
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Food for Thought (#89)
A member of the Echoes of Peace choir sent me this poem she wrote. It is her response to the Pastures of Plenty concert (and I like to think *smile*) the piece that I improvised, which focused on immigration issues.
“It might be terror
that propels us.
It might be hunger
or despair.But it is hope
that bears us.Hope moves upon the waters.
And, though the threads unfurl
across the distances,
they do not breakthe threads that bind us …
to our landscape,
to our language,
to a loved one’s face.Hope moves upon the waters
in the shape of a ship,
in the shape
of a desperate raft …a lone figure in a river
on a moonless night.Hope moves upon the waters.”
– Deborah Cooper
