I am slowly working through the backlog of your blogs that has accrued, and was so happy to reach this one this morning. I love the hope in it! I also love the idea of griots - I first encountered praise singers long ago when I read, “The Ear, the Ey, and the Arm” by Nancy Farmer (did I learn of that book through you?), and though it wasn’t necessarily a positive character in that book, the idea of being reminded of progress and other hopeful thoughts, such as you espouse here, is significant and timely.
My first exposure to Dar was in college with the Christians and the Pagans. Dar was part of a group of singer songwriters I followed in the 90s-2000s in Boston. Some of them did zoom concerts together during the pandemic and it was fun because they told stories of when they all hung out and were up and coming together there.
I am slowly working through the backlog of your blogs that has accrued, and was so happy to reach this one this morning. I love the hope in it! I also love the idea of griots - I first encountered praise singers long ago when I read, “The Ear, the Ey, and the Arm” by Nancy Farmer (did I learn of that book through you?), and though it wasn’t necessarily a positive character in that book, the idea of being reminded of progress and other hopeful thoughts, such as you espouse here, is significant and timely.
My first exposure to Dar was in college with the Christians and the Pagans. Dar was part of a group of singer songwriters I followed in the 90s-2000s in Boston. Some of them did zoom concerts together during the pandemic and it was fun because they told stories of when they all hung out and were up and coming together there.