“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”
― Mary Oliver
“As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.”
― Carl Jung
“There are different kinds of darkness,” Rhys said. I kept my eyes shut. “There is the darkness that frightens, the darkness that soothes, the darkness that is restful.” I pictured each. “There is the darkness of lovers, and the darkness of assassins. It becomes what the bearer wishes it to be, needs it to be. It is not wholly bad or good.”
― Sarah J. Maas
“It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt,
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills,
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien
We are in the midst of a terrible cyclone of conditions:
- Civid-19 pandemic
- Enabled racism
- Economic collapse
- Rampant unemployment
- Social injustice impacting the most vulnerable citizens
- Police violence and mass shootings
- Polarization of Americans and the decline of civility
- A country without competent leadership; a country that continues to lose its way.
This is a dark time in our nation’s history, yet darkness is part of the human condition.
Musicians have approached darkness from many different points of view. Here is an exploration of a few renderings in song of the many facets of darkness.
One might think the 60s never happened given the present. Add covid19, ugh . . .
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I forgot the 60’s happened when Nixon was elected president!
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The fact that he got re-elected still makes me sad about what it said on the disconnect in the country.
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Space and Sound
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Yes!
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mmmmm
darkness
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Thanks Dave. A true time of darkness in the country. Reminds me of the ’60s and the Black Panthers and the SDS. Hope we all make it to November so we can overthrow the government.
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Yes indeed.
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“Alive she cried!”
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Cancel my subscription to the resurrection,
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