No. 203: On the "Spewage of True Experience"

One of the reasons I believe so few of us

reach the place where we know

beyond the shadow of a doubt

that we have found our True Voices 

is that we are often taught

that to express the distress we can feel

as singing students is unacceptable,

unprofessional, and not at all 

a part of the process 

of emptying OurSelves to make space

for Voice.

I say quite the opposite.

In fact, herewith I SCREAM 

in the most 'unacceptable' expression of Voice

that any and all spewage of True Experience

which carves out a new expanse 

in the space of Mind, Heart,

and Voice, is not only acceptable,

it's welcome for eternity.

For ETERNAL is the kind of Art

we CAN give Voice to, the kind of Art 

 we CAN sing.

How can we sing of the stuff 

that makes us human

if we deny 

even

One

Part 

of 

US? 

Singers around the world, we are doing much more

than making pretty sounds.

We are changing the world, inside and out.

Our singing is not antiquated or separate 

from what it is to be human.

Our singing, because of its very transformative nature,

is making us MORE and MORE human 

until, one day, we experience Voice

in a Way Which blurs all boundaries between us,

transcends all ideas of judgement,

and offers a permanent place

where Voice,

whole and real, and absolutely free,

smiles, lovingly, at the WE

who used to

deny It.