I recently became aware of a musician I’d never heard of before, an Australian named Murray Kyle.
One of his songs is called “Here in the Now” on his album, Talisman. It’s gentle but fast, and the sounds of the words themselves are charming and soothing.
Here in the now I am hearing the now,
As I listen and I listen
To the sound that grows on up from the ground,
Can you hear now in the here and now
Can you hear that the songs of the Earth,
She be singing in a cycle, in a circle
In a circle round with a sound
That carries the ancient memory,
Constantly, gracefully
Calling us to heal now
Stewards are we, from the inner world
To the world we see
Raising up our voices or unity.
When I listen to the song, inevitably I start smiling, and soon, if I’m standing up, I start dancing, and all of this can actually happen before I’ve had my first sip of coffee! It’s a piece of music that by its words, and by the music written as a full embodiment of those words, invites me into a moment of joy, into the here and now, into the here in the now.
I’m including a link here so that you can listen, if you want to.
More importantly–is there a piece of music, or a painting, or a photograph that just immediately makes you smile and invites you into joy? Maybe today, it could be the door to joy to go looking for that music or painting or photo, and answer the invitation it makes to you. To joy.
I am convinced that the more we entertain joy, the more likely we are to spread it and find it in the world.
~Bob Patrick