The ragged pieces of ideas and thoughts of my attempt to live a life as a contemporary monastic in the urban city of Singapore..
Listening to Mark Knopfler's The Ragpicker's Dream. His 'Money For Nothing' guitar brought back memories of when i saw him with Dire Straits in Perth a few years back. He sings with a voice which is neither tehnical or sweet. He utters and mumbles which correctly represents what most of us do when we talk. His voice and guitar sound so human that I cannot help but get connected to it. You cannot be too clinical about music. It cannot be disected or over analysed or tried too hard, it has to come out from the soul & spirit. What comes from the soul touches the soul... Natalie Merchant, Van Morrrisson, Tracy Chapman, Keith Green and Mark Knopfler knew that.
God knew that very well cos it is infact his design. That's why he redeemed us and put his spirit and soul into us again so that we can be his voice. Only soul will touch the soul of the person next to you. Listen to Mark Knopfler and you know what I mean.
posted by Hiew Hong Teck # 7:03 PM
Monday, July 18, 2005