Thoughts About Music

The soundtrack to our lives~

 

Musicians and composers have the power to change life.......

for the better! 

(above:  Louis Armstrong)

The Guitar is the symbol of hope~

  Music lessons are a gift from your parents~

If you play the bagpipes

or the banjo..........

 

people will never forget you!

(Bagpiper image from book Hugh Cheape's book Bagpipes, Banjo player, my father Joe Muller)  

Music wakes up the soul and has the power to move a person to tears, especially gospel!

(above: Mahalia Jackson)

 

It can double our our joys,

(above: Life Magazine)

 

and divide our sorrows ~

(Above: New Orleans Jazz Funeral)

  

   Music is a creative expression~

(above Picasso)

 

The drum is the heartbeat of a song~

(Above: Handscroll detail of a Chinese percussionist playing a drum for a dancing woman, Wikipedia)

  Meet Terpsichore, the muse of choral song and dance~

(Above:  Painting by Jean~Marc Nattier)

 

Did you know the lyre is a symbol of harmony?

(above: detail from an ancient Greek vessel)

 Saraswati is the goddess of knowledge, music and the arts.  She plays the sitar with her many arms~

Unexpected music adds joy to life!

(above: Buskers in Prague)

  ~ One Heart ~

Music has the power to connect people and promote tolerance. 

(above:  Bob Marley)

 

Hearing (or making) good music is heaven on earth! It makes people want to dance and be happy~

(above:  Image from friend Marita)

 

Music is Love!

(Above image: Tabu Perfume advertisement fro the 1960's)

  

Pray for us Saint Cecilia, patron Saint of music, that we might have the ears to hear!

 (Above: Oil painting Saint Cecilia and the Ange by Carlo Saraceni)

xox

Constance