What I'd Really Like to Do

Today's work consists of some things that did not get done yesterday, and then a look at what needs to be done for upcoming events, while all the time in the back of my mind what I'd really like to do is to change the world for the better. There are a list of world issues that I would like to address and it seems that I'm not alone in this. But as an individual, I feel powerless in comparison to the weight of the mass. I have been dismissed one too many times by people in positions of power and with money, which has sent me a message of insignificance. And I sense that people are quite entrenched in their habitual assumptions about the world. But in my mind and body, I feel the steps to change the world for the better, they are there. I wonder, what one person can do to change the world for the better, if they want to. I think about it every day.

The Great Rosanne Cash and Band

Opening a concert for Rosanne Cash is definitely worth a blog post. 

Last night in Layton, UT, I opened for her and her band at the Kennley Centennial Arts Center, a wonderful outdoor venue with a dedicated staff of people from the Davis Arts Council and a large body of volunteers. This venue is well suited for music, it's good for listening and can host over a thousand people without losing a feeling of intimacy between the performers and the audience. It well showcased Rosanne and her accompanying musicians. The band of course, is in itself an art form, to be expected from such topnotch musicians, but seemingly without ego they put the music in the right place. 

I just want to say that Rosanne is an artist so worthy of accolades, so dedicated to American music, so deep in her interpretation of song, that is was a true honor to open a concert for her. I'm still studying my heart for the ways that it moved me. The evening of music, her 90-minute set of powerful songs and musical artistry, reinforced my reverence for the importance and vitality of music as a whole, and the depth of music as a vehicle for love, wisdom and beauty.