Paradise Found
This is the ninth in a series of blog entries about the songs on the upcoming album “Hello Cruel World”, to be released January 2012.
i worship no idol i seek no god
i don’t believe in no holy jihad
i don’t believe in original sin
i believe in the heat underneath our skin
When we’re children we enjoy ourselves without self-consciousness. Then somewhere along the way we stop trusting pleasure. Our puritanical inheritance kicks in and our animal selves check out. We start to buy the idea that the carnal is, if not evil, at least base. And the schism between the mind, the heart and the body deepens, until our souls are so out of whack that we do something radical. Maybe something that looks like a midlife crisis, or a cri de coeur, or the act of a crazy person. But in this world awash in craziness – people mowing each other down in WalMart to buy televisions, churches exhorting their congregations to hate – is it so crazy to stop worshipping at their altars and turn towards home, and each other?
They say religion is for people who are afraid of going to hell; spirituality is for people who’ve already been there. We look for sustenance in a junk food world. Not so surprising that we find it by using our senses – the ones we were born with. Made in God’s own image, indeed.
when the Great Correction finally comes
goin’ back to the garden where we come from
gonna sow our seed in the good sweet ground
and let our love come tumbling down
“Paradise Found” by Gretchen Peters
©2011 Circus Girl Music, administered by Carnival Music (ASCAP)
from the upcoming album Hello Cruel World
photo by Alexis Elizabeth Harris (all rights reserved)
2 Responses
Leave a Reply
February 23rd
24th International Folk Alliance Conference
Memphis, TN, USAFebruary 24th
24th International Folk Alliance Conference
Memphis, TN, USATime: 12:00PM
Address: 250 North Main Street
City: Memphis
State: TN
Country: USA
More Info:
1:30pm (Nashville room)
Panel: I Write the Songs
With Michael Martin Murphy, Jonathan Edwards, Dan Navarro, Melanie, Gretchen Peters; hosted by Erika Wollam Nichols7:00PM (Heritage 1)
Official Showcase10:30PM (Room 1725)
Swallow Hill Presents
With Malcolm Holcombe11:30PM (Room 1929)
The Alberta RoomMarch 1st
The Sage
Gateshead, UKTime: 8:00PM
Address: St Mary's Sq, Gateshead Quays
City: Gateshead
Country: UK
Phone: 0191 443 4661
Price: £14.50 & £16.50
More Info:
With support by Lynne Hanson.
March 2nd
The Arc
Stockton on Tees, UKTime: 8:00PM
Address: Dovecot Street
City: Stockton on Tees
Country: UK
Phone: 01642 525199
Price: £15.00
More Info:
With support by Lynne Hanson.
March 3rd
The Met
Bury, UKTime: 8:00PM
Address: Market Street
City: Bury
Country: UK
Phone: 0161 761 2216
Price: £17.00
March 4th
The Arches
Glasgow, UKTime: 7:00PM
Address: 253 Argyle Street
City: Glasgow
Country: UK
Phone: 0141 565 1000
Price: £16.00
More Info:
With support by Lynne Hanson.
March 5th
Buxton Opera House
Buxton, UKTime: 8:00PM
Address: Water Street
City: Buxton
Country: UK
Phone: 0845 127 2190
Price: £15.00 & £17.00
More Info:
With support by Lynne Hanson.
March 7th
Robin 2
Bilston, UK
I sympathize. Deeply. Keep it coming.
“We look for sustenance in a junk food world…”
…Oh, boy – is that ever so true – and we don’t know what to do next, but keep eating…