in my cd player: mozart's requiem one of the most glorious choral works ever written. my friends accuse me of being morbid, citing that the piece is heavy, dark, and laden with doom. oh, but au contraire! interlaced with voices and themes of judgement efferescent cadences of brilliance inject, modulate major in an overtone of minor- here cascading sopranos triumphantly rise out of the fiery arpeggiated violins; there, soft, loving voices dissipate the relentless drive of militant baritones - it is a piece of contrasts, two forces ever at tension with one another- compassion and judgement, darkness and hope, and throughout the piece, the ever reconciling of the two. there is no other piece that reminds me more of the glory and majesty of heaven, and of the awesomeness and ableness of our god. posted by testimonies 3:42 PM Add a comment . . .
my favorite four lines of verse- an elegy. tightly controlled language wrings out with intensity that which is not controllable- relish in the words of t.s. eliot: April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. onward ho, then- may approaches! posted by testimonies 4:49 PM Add a comment . . .
