Listening to or playing music can lift us out of our mundane world and into a place where we are more free, more open to possibility, less attached to the problems of life that weigh us down.
How do you use music to change how you are experiencing the world?
Well, sure, the cosmos is the universe, the biggest thing out there. It’s also a very pretty kind of flower. Sometimes you need to start by loving the world you can see and touch and smell before you go grand.
What small thing have you fallen in love with lately?
The stones that make up this labyrinth are no more (nor less) sacred than all the other rocks scattered on the beach. And yet they have been touched with sacred intention, offered as a place of contemplation or prayer for those who might find them.
What have you made holy by your intention?
“Poetry and prayer are very similar.” —Carol Ann Duffy
What poem is a prayer for you?
It turns out that a lot of people who don’t believe in God, and don’t ordinarily pray, find themselves praying as the airplane they are in prepares to leave the ground.
Are there situations in which you are surprised to find yourself praying?
