Lighting a Spark
In the past couple
of weeks I have been able to really step back and think about people
and how they define themselves. I see that most have a certain
“drive” that help them find what is important to them. Each
person has a form of creativity that is the basis for their deep
thoughts and actions. I believe that anyone can relate their thoughts
through there creative doings. Something that really stood out to me
was our conversation with Lárus,
who is the woodworking workshop and music therapy coordinator. During
our conversation, we talked a lot about art, a gateway in Lárus'
creative path. He emphasized his passion for paintings and music
especially. He then compared the two and explained what they both
mean to him. “Music is everything,” he explained. Music is
everywhere, art is everywhere, it is how we express ourselves.
Creativity. Spirit, soul, and body, Lárus explained is the basis
for anthroposophy, which he relates with music. “Anthroposophy
is a human oriented spiritual philosophy that reflects and speaks to
the basic deep spiritual questions of humanity, to our basic artistic
needs, to the need to relate to the world out of a scientific
attitude of mind, and to the need to develop a relation to the world
in complete freedom and based on completely individual judgments and
decisions.”
It appears to me that art is a universal practice by all, everyone
creates and expresses creativity one way or another. Weather you are
a mechanic working on cars or a insurance agent taking claims, you
find your own way to create. Lárus has music which is able to
capture what he believes is his spirit, soul, and body. He plays
with passion, he plays what he wants, what is natural to him
(spirit), he is able to feel music as a way of life, teaching, and
learning (soul), and he is obviously engaged in physically connecting
it all and playing the instrument (body). The spark is lit. Lárus
can relate music to just about anything. It is all connected,
everything. His spirit and soul is not just from the tune that comes
from within him, it is with the trees that provided the instrument,
the water that provided the tree, and the earth as a whole, which
provides a base for all living beings. This is where his spirit, soul
and body lie.
- Ben Palladino
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