We live, sadly, in a world where too many make the harsh noises of the day -- the crying sounds, the harsh rebukes, the whining of the overcomfortable and the assertions and manipulations of the selfinterested many. To sing in the face of this gale of discord, to me, is to assert a different set of values, where concord is senior, and beauty has importance in the world. When I sing and especially when I get others to sing, that world reappears, and reasserts itself and its dominion over chaos and squabble.