7. Remember the Loveliness- Al Wadud (The Loving One) Mercen Dede (Turkey)
A few blog posts ago I wrote that I'm not listening to that much music. Soon after I wrote this I noticed my big black crate that I've dressed with blankets and cushions. People come and sit on it. Inside are cd's. I have lugged this around with me for the last 20 years of my life. The box included CD’s I've not even opened which I had been collecting from attending the World Music Expo annually for a number of years.
Something magical has been happening to me for the last few days as I began to delve into the crate. I started playing the music and it has felt that I have found and entered the door of my heart. The song below created a zone for me to feel my love for music and my journey is beautiful even if no ones knows. I know I am filled with love. I am humbled by anyone who reads this blog and even more so for those that respond. For me music is spirit and thats what I feel we become when we are making music. According to my source the 47th Name Ya Wadud (The loving one) is the constant embrace of the affectionate loving universe. The way we learn to love God is by learning how to love. Human beings especially learn how to love by learning how to be intimate. I believe creating music together is a way to be intimate and embrace the love of the universe. As well as give love back.
Mercen Dede’s track below was one of my first inspirations in what electronic and sufi music could produce. Not only this but the simple english lyrics, repeated from 01.42 secs into the track was also inspiring that anyone given the chance could be inspired to create by this track. There is something about the vocal. I love the trembling I can hear in the voice. So authentic to the polished voices you hear in music. The trembling in the voice amplifies the words, the loveliness inside you is no small matter. But in awe as in being the foot of an enormous mountain range. I cant find an official video so the video below could be pulled for copyright reasons at anytime. However, you can find the album here and the track. Here's to your loveliness...I see it!
What are the one liners in your life at the moment? Music brings out my loveliness, my passion, compassion, I can give love without even thinking on an enormous scale. What does it for you? If you could choose a sentence you would love to hear over and over again what would it be?