what a wake-up call!
how a cry of pain united with others can help to transcend that pain, and even create a force field of its own to strengthen and nourish a spirit of justice with a sense of ultra-dry humour, that's the redemptive message in the blues, and it's contaminated its cousins, folk, jazz and rock too.
helluva combo... ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
Such haunting voices singing of a gruesome culture, how strong it resonates over the years. Ahhh, Billie Holiday and Nina Simone. Thankfully, we have such Artists to remind us of our potential.
(and understanding management to dim the lights.) "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
