If fireworks could smile at night as they light up the sky,
\nand if a child in a shopping mall could smile like that
\nupon finding and thereby saving her lost mummy; and
\nif you could see her smile of rescue, you have an inkling
\nhow transporting is this singer’s joy, how she lends delight
\nto the bouquet of notes and harmonies, flinging them
\ninto the air to become rainbows of crystal clear sound.
\nHer voice, that smile, changed that plain two-dimensional
\nwoman: she became the animator of the room, its whole
\npurpose for being a room; it has become the setting for
\nthis eruption from chrysalis, this joyous birth, this epiphany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I watched a woman sing at a Salvation Army service today. Her joy was remarkable. (#1040) Continue reading