Maybe You Just Need to Turn Around

This morning I saw a resplendent peacock on the wall at the Fountain of Youth, home to a sizable number of peacocks and peahens.  This peacock was obviously looking for “companionship,” but there was just one problem.  He was facing the street.  And the chances of an interested peahen driving by were about nil. The peahens were behind him.  (And probably too busy looking for bugs to notice.)  He needed to turn around.

How often is that the case with us?  There we are – with all our beautiful music, art, poetry, projects, whatever.  And no one seems interested.  So we sing louder, use brighter colors, etc. in hopes of a response.  Still nothing.  Maybe we need to turn around.  Maybe 180 degrees, maybe only 90 degrees.  Perhaps our audience is behind our backs or over to the side, but we’ve been so focused on the audience we decided should want our work that we never thought someone else, not necessarily of our choosing, might be wanting and waiting for it.

So I think I’ll look outside the box, under the fence, over my shoulder – you get the drift.  Just thinking.

And I hope that poor bird reads this posting!

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About Mary Jane Ballou

Mary Jane Ballou’s life in sacred music began in a children’s choir at the age of three. Instrumental music waited until her piano lessons started in primary school. And her music life remains a joyous pairing of sacred vocal music and the instrumental repertoire of Spain, Ireland, and Scotland.

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