![]() Sometimes we can get too serious in spiritual matters and we can just get too serious about life, especially in these crazy/wonderful times we are in. Oh, I love that song! When I perform it, it seems a lot of folks love that song□ So I just let it go, as it's not something I could force, nor would I want to. I really had no idea what kind of dance music I would be creating and I was quite puzzled by that piece of information. I was given a message a few years ago by Spirit saying that I would be creating dance music. When this song came to me there was a message with it that those who listen with a pure heart and pure intention would be blessed. "Wakinyan Thank You Song" is a thank you song to the Thunder Beings. Not a Jesus of guilt, shame and suffering, but to the true life and light giver that he is. This song expresses gratitude to Jesus for peace and calmness. Great Spirit, Grandfather! Yes, I have calmness. Wanikiya (means Life Giver-the Lakota word used for Jesus) Thank you. So I had to go to my Lakota friend and get him to give me the Lakota words as I told him the essence of their meaning. But I couldn't remember the exact words in my waking state. Somehow I knew what the Lakota words meant in their essence. It had come in a dream as my song, but in the dream my Lakota friend was singing it to me. "Calling the Sacred", the opening song on this album is an example. As I began to learn more words and phrases to communicate, I was guided to use the language in my musical expression in a way that, to my knowledge has never been done: not only as a language but as tone and frequency. I have always thought that the Lakota language is a beautiful expression. My job is to sculpt frequencies and vibrations, given by Spirit, into a form that expresses that Spirit. I must say that for me, those moments are very humbling. ![]() It was only at that moment that I saw what it's form was meant to be. This theme is what would finally bring it all together. Only then did the inspiration come to make it a "theme" throughout the album. One day I finally came to realize that "Calling The Sacred" was really the intention and energy of the whole album. But as it all unfolded, the music began to show me what it's form was meant to be. Then I thought it would be called "Children of the Seventh Generation". Well, that song is now on a completely different album (Reikidama). That's when I came to understand my part in the greater creative process that happens through me.įor instance, many years ago, in the beginnings of "Calling The Sacred", I thought it would be called "Hands of Dancing Light". When I dedicated my life and my path to music for healing and nourishing the soul, the music changed, my voice changed, and the creative process itself changed and expanded. ![]() But at around 1989-1990, after facing some life or death challenges, I opened myself to Spirit in a way I never had before and Spirit responded profoundly! Then it was more an externalized writing process. Many years ago, when I was in Nashville, writing country/pop songs, the creative process was quite different. It is not my job so much to define what an album is going to be. I figured out a long time ago that when I create, my job is simply to "show up".
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