The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #46797   Message #705553
Posted By: CapriUni
06-May-02 - 06:52 PM
Thread Name: Songwriting 101 (part2)
Subject: RE: Songwriting 101 (part2)
Hmm... I typed up a whole long reply to MMario on how I I was planning to resolve the song and clicked on [Sumbit Messege]... Wonder where it went? I'll get back to that in a bit.

In the meantime, Uncle Dave-O, I wanted to suggest that all of life comes from a single, sacred source. So what if I change the last line in that verse to: "That flows through each living thing"?

Now, MMario, you wrote:

magic=imagination=suspension of disbelief

I see it differently. To me, Magic=Power of Change (granted, the power of change depends on the power of the imagination, but the car is more than the gasoline ;-)), and it's always struck me as ironic that our culture allows children to believe in magic when they have little real power over the course of their lives, but expects people to stop believing in magic once they reach adulthood, and have the wisdom and oportunity to use magic for real.

After the last verse posted above, I want to write something about rediscovering the magic I've almost forgotten and using it to heal the world. And I want to end by bringing it back to children -- teaching magic to children so they can use it in adulthood to continue to heal the world for generations to come.

(there! let's see if this works, this time)