On 05 November 2000 02:26, Mark or Travis [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
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> Hi Marian! Good to see you posting again!
Thanks, Mark! Hope I can stick around for awhile. Until we get a new
computer/hard disk at home, though, it's going to depend on if I get any
free moments at work. On Sunday, our home computer died. Seems like a
hard-disk failure. Luckily most of our important stuff is on zip disks, but
it's a bummer that we don't have any web access at home at the moment.
> But mostly Joni makes me feel something entirely different from
> whatever feeling or feelings bring tears to my eyes. In part I feel a
> kind of respect and awe for the amazing excellence of their
> composition and expression. Of course there's more than that but that
> is part of it. Joni's voice is like an old friend to me. It's
> comforting. I feel the same way about Billie Holiday. Billie doesn't
> make me cry either. They both tap into very deep emotions but they
> don't make old wounds hurt. They soothe. They heal. They inspire.
Yes! You put this so beautifully!
> There are songs that almost never fail to bring tears and sometimes
> sobs. Mostly because they have very personal associations attached to
> them.
That's how I feel about Shenandoah - since my mother's roots were there and
it makes me think of her. Also, O Holy Night was her favorite Christmas
song - I can't sing or hear that one without bursting into tears. But not
all of the songs that make me cry have personal associations - for example,
Mary Chapin Carpenter's 10,000 Miles or Somewhere Over The Rainbow have no
associations. I wonder what makes me cry in response to beauty. It can be
embarrassing at times!
> For some reason Peter, Paul & Mary can really get me going with
> certain songs.
They can get me going, too.
Marian
Vienna
