A Song for a Child’s Heart
“There is only one heart in all creation, one heart in which all others beat in time…
I DIDN’T see this one coming. It started when I was transposing a bluegrass banjo picking pattern onto a classical guitar and this fluttery sound appeared. It felt like a heartbeat, and as I leaned into that notion, out came this lyric.
Over the years, it has become one of my favorites. I hope you enjoy it.
Nurturing Hope and Joy
THESE ARE dark times: a wanna-be dictator smashing America’s democratic norms; a rapidly evolving AI threatening to seize and disable the internet with either out-of-control bots or malicious actors; a worsening climate crisis, mostly ignored. It’s almost rational to give in to despair.
Morally, despair is not an option. Fascism feeds on despair and hopelessness. Neither is denial in its many forms, including blind optimism—all of which conveniently excuse action. Those of us concerned with the better good must act.
The question is: in what context? To simply fight oppression and injustice is to become a fighter and risk we get lost in the fight. We need, I believe, a balance between that and faith, hope and joy. That is my mission on this site.
Little Heart is an ode to innocence, vulnerability, compassion and hope.
Give it a listen. I think it’s worth two minutes of your time.
