Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Stuttering Awe...


"Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from
the eyes of woman." -Ludwig Van Beethoven

Last night was unreal. The Wiltern Theater in LA had a private benefit concert... Tim Reynolds and Dave Matthews.

I still am stumbling through feeble words attempting to convey it.

If we are designed to worship Something or Someone...

wor‧ship
1. adoring reverence or regard

Main Entry: worship
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: honoring
Synonyms: adoration, adulation, awe, beatification, benediction, chapel, church service, deification, devotion, exaltation, genuflection, glorification, glory, homage, honor, idolatry, idolization, invocation, laudation, love, offering, praise, prayer, prostration, regard, respect, reverence, rite, ritual, service, supplication, veneration, vespers


...last night revealed that innate design unique in humans.

Starting with Bartender and building unrelentingly richer and more powerful verses swimming in deep and breathtaking waves of incredible sound... The show was unbelievable, three sacred hours non-stop.

The gift of being reminded the depth to which we are able to experience that deep stirring that compels adoration, adulation, awe, worship.... is what leaves me fumbling and stuttering through weak, inadequate words.

That place of being lost and abandoned to one thing is sanctified ground.... it transcends the binding of flesh and blood and touches something uncontainable, indescribable.

It's the place that says, this is it... this is the essence of our being... this is the design we fit into.

To worship.

8 comments:

  1. I'm glad you enjoyed the concert. I always love reading your blogs! Tell me how you have been, what are you doing with yourself since your return from Uganda. I would love to hear from you!

    amyholbrook@gmail.com

    Amy Lynne

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  2. I'm sooooooooooooo jealous!!!! I love DMB and have seen them several times but not Reynolds and Dave. I sooo want to see just them. Glad that you had a great unlifting time. :)

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  3. Oh man, it was INCREDIBLE!!!! If you get the chance to see them TAKE IT!!! It will lift you to a sacred place. I am still floating!

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  4. Hi Amy, sent you an email... good to be back in touch with you!

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  5. and if you're curious...

    Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds
    October 30, 2006
    Wiltern LG Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
    SETLIST

    Bartender
    Crush
    Stay or Leave
    Dodo
    Where Are You Going
    Jimi Thing ...>
    What Will Become of Me
    So Damn Lucky
    The Maker
    Old Dirt Hill
    Save Me
    Come Together +
    Some Devil *
    Two Step
    Gravedigger
    Oh
    Lie In Our Graves
    Smooth Rider
    #41
    Down By the River
    Dancing Nancies
    Encore:
    Sister
    Crash Into Me
    Ants Marching

    Notes:
    + Tim Solo
    * Dave Solo

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  6. YOU PAIN IN THE ASS.............I have been to 15 concerts here on the otherside of the U.S.A. and YET have I seen Dave & Tim play. That is a dream of mine.

    Love cuz,
    Freeeee

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  7. I forgot...I might be able to get you a copy of that show if interested.

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  8. Hey Cousin! It is a sweet, worthwhile dream... they are awesome. I think I would have to travel to Maryland and give you a big hug if you could manage finding a copy of the show.
    If he's over on your end of the US let me know... and I'll do the same over here... the beauty of antipode locations.
    Much love and long-distance hugs to you and my Aunt!

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