Love Song Caress
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Friends -
More about music.....
Thank goodness for public radio. Not too long ago
they broadcast a spot about "The Power of
Music to Affect the Brain". A friend forwarded
this to me because of my recent series about the
dimensions of music.
How cool that they talked about music being one
of the most powerful forms of art is because it
makes our bodies react in ways that no simple painted
gourd could do!!! (Or canvas or sculpture, for
that matter). It is likely that the reason for
that is because music actually, physically, touches
us.
By that I mean, the three dimensional sound waves
reach our ear drums, making them vibrate and our
nervous system reacts. Sometimes that leads to
foot tapping, body wiggling, singing and dancing
-- but it most certainly can affect our emotions.
This can mean all kinds of emotions, certainly,
but for this particular gourd I decided to focus
on the gentle caress that we can get from love
songs. For me, some of those love songs that clearly
touch me are 'Suavecito' by Malo, 'Your Song' by
Elton John, and also 'Have I Told You Lately' by
Rod Stewart. I am pretty sure that you all have
found songs that also touch you in this very pleasant
sort of way.
Whatever that power is, I know for myself that
I get the most out of my work in Lopez Island when
I have great music making me feel real.
Love Song Caress is a very different gourd. It
is made from one single duck gourd that I bought
at my favorite place -- Gourd Farmer in Knight's
Landing. I cut off the top and inverted it into
the bottom, which left the cut part of the neck
looking very much like an ear. I used a lot of
iridescent paint, which does not show well in these
photos but that seemed to enhance the magic touch
of music type of feeling. I also used some peacock
feathers to line the gourd's 'eardrum' -- although
I may take them out because I think they make it
hard to see the tender ear drum shape. What do
you think?
May this recent warm sunshine you warm your heart
as well.
margie lopez read
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