August Rush

I saw a wonderful movie yesterday--August Rush. Anyone who loves music and its power in the earth will enjoy it.

It is full of remarkable moments and beaufitul videography and features the New York Philharmonic summer in the park concert.

The story is about a child music prodigy, an orphan, who believes that the music he hears everywhere will eventually lead him to his parents.

The movie opens as August hears the music around him of the tall grasses, the birds, etc. Later in the movie, he writes a symphony which incorporates all the sounds. He says we can all hear the music; all we have to do is listen.

I feel much way about God--he is all around us: in creation, in the movement of the grass, the sound of birds and animals, even the sounds of the city testify to his presence. All we have to do is look and listen.

Don't miss this one, Deb!

Remember music?

As our culture has bought into hip hop and other junk music, I have found myself wondering where has music gone? Where are the singable songs, the memorable lyrics, the tunes that enliven our days? I have to turn to Michael Buble to even remember some of them.???????

And those Broadway musicals that open our eyes to great music like Les Miz, Phantom of the Opera, Fiddler, and others? Where are they????

Or even the Oscar-winning songs from movies--the ones that have won in recent years have already been forgotten--never to be used in weddings, or on romantic summer nights.????

Noting the quote on the left of this page....I want to go home and hear my version of good music again.