Balance between Perfection
& “Inspiration”—part 3
Life should be lived for pleasure. Before you label me as a hedonist, hear me
out on this one. One of my all-time
favorite musical terms is a piacere - meaning" at your own pleasure."
Definition:
The Italian musical phrase a
piacere indicates that some aspects of a song – such as tempo or dynamics – may be decided by the performer; lit. “to your pleasure/at will.” To
your liking.
God Created this whole, gorgeous
planet for His holy pleasure. And He wants
us also to work and create for our own pleasure - and for His!
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive
glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy
pleasure they are and were created. ~
Revelation 4:11
So many times, it is easy to get so
busy playing the notes that we forget to let the music really sing. It has to have time to breathe in order to
really be music. One of my broken
record statements is lessons is: "Don’t
let the music play you! YOU play the
music!!" We must be purposeful in
slowing down….We are so busy serving and
obeying God, we miss much of Himself.
The author Sarah Wolf Frey is my daughter who is a 20
year veteran of applied music teaching.
In her words “There are some ‘lessons’ that have become more and more
true to me about life in general...”
This series is used by permission of the author.
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