Friends,
When I listen to music, I can feel the tips of my roots in the damp soil and the sun on my leaves again.
The drum brings me back,
Back to me,
Back to me,
My big silly heart.
When I listen to music, I can cry screaming for freedom at protests and I can cry letting out a big old snort and burst sloppy into laughter over a pasta dinner.
Nina Simone has been a guardian angel I’ve been calling out to lately. She responds every time.
She sings,
Oh, but this whole country is full of lies
You're all gonna die and die like flies
I don't trust you anymore
And throughout this concert, she crackles with laughter and lights up the entire concert hall with her truths.
I literally see her sparkling as I listen to this performance.
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I leave you with another gorgeous thing she said, which I’ve been resonating with a lot:
I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about...
Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important.
Let us keep decolonizing ourselves.
Let us keep dancing and singing towards life.
Haruka
😍