Thoughts in the late afternoon...

[Bgirls at aol_com]

I sing with a couple of different groups and we have a tendency to call 
ourselves by "community" first and "musical" second.  Makes me think about my 
approach to music/art these days.  There was a time that music (and any other 
creative expression) was a solitary experience...my ego bouncing off the 
world and other circumstance.  Now, it is begining to be a more corporate 
experience.  The art is more in the _process_ , the living of the experience. 
 That experience is coloured by the relationships that we have with each 
other.  Those relationships challenge me to go beyond myself, beyond where I 
am comfortable, to really dig into the marrow and thoughtfully engage the 
wonders and sorrows of life.  I can "get away with" the easy way, or 
shallowness, or my own selfish adgenda.  I guess it's a mutual responsibilty 
- these relationships don't let me get away with being any less than the 
beautiful creature that I was created to be.  I am constantly reminded of my 
sacredness.
Perhaps when we live in anonimity (like in this virtual playground) we lose 
our sense of that internal balance - that community.  We can fall prey to our 
more violent and abusive instincts because we bear no responsibility for our 
words.  I challenge myself to maintain that sense of accountabilty and to 
re-humanize this experience.  I deserve nothing less.

-Marla

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