Last night I was unable to sleep, overtired my mind just kept racing with all the holiday preparations and of course all the events that have been going on over the last few days. When my mind won’t turn off I sometimes put on a little music and last night feeling a bit nostalgic I settled on Sam Cooke.
There is something quite wonderful about his music, for me it has this rather soothing quality, it has a very simple feel yet at the same time very rich. It can surround me and comfort me, soothe the mind, it’s like wrapping myself in a warm towel or taking those first few steps into the ocean on a hot summer day, ever so cool and inviting. It would be naive of me to say that times were simple back then they were not but his music does allow me to believe that, to feel that the world was easy and I long for a drink in an anonymous bar listening to an amazing singer and looking at all of the sharp dressed men and women.
This morning a friend sent me a video of Jarvis Church singing a Sam Cooke song on a Toronto Subway, I was beside myself, quite the coincidence. Perhaps today I'll find some sharp dressed men singing on my subway and find my little escape in the city or perhaps later this week I'll find another way to escape the pressures of the holiday season.
How are you looking to escape?
There is something quite wonderful about his music, for me it has this rather soothing quality, it has a very simple feel yet at the same time very rich. It can surround me and comfort me, soothe the mind, it’s like wrapping myself in a warm towel or taking those first few steps into the ocean on a hot summer day, ever so cool and inviting. It would be naive of me to say that times were simple back then they were not but his music does allow me to believe that, to feel that the world was easy and I long for a drink in an anonymous bar listening to an amazing singer and looking at all of the sharp dressed men and women.
This morning a friend sent me a video of Jarvis Church singing a Sam Cooke song on a Toronto Subway, I was beside myself, quite the coincidence. Perhaps today I'll find some sharp dressed men singing on my subway and find my little escape in the city or perhaps later this week I'll find another way to escape the pressures of the holiday season.
How are you looking to escape?
