Parrish Light

Kirtana has sung with Eckhart Tolle (there is a video of her singing at a talk given by Tolle in Vancouver, and when I came across this particular video I found I really enjoyed the visuals and her singing. It's about 5 minutes so probably no one will have the time to watch it but it is really nice especially if you have headphones on. This song, these words captures the feeling one has when out in nature and having a "moment" of unity.

If you've ever looked at Maxfield Parrish' art - you know why she was inspired to write it - what he does with "light" is so beautiful.

LYRICS

I watch the orange light
wash the meadows and the trees
I feel my heart ignite,
so I get on my knees
to hear the cricket song,
to feel the earth
and know that I belong
in this Maxfield Parrish light,
destined to perish with the night

And I am in this painting,
a liquid brushstroke through the sky
Yet I am witnessing
my form take birth and die
I change the landscape
and the landscape changes me
Somehow I'm a part
of the Artist and the art
of all I see

One light, hiding yet abiding
from dawn, through night, to dawn
One life, dividing and uniting
I go on and on...

Bathed by this peaceful light
I feel my sense of Self expand
I lose the need for flight
like a sparrow in God's hand
I lose the question
and I become the why and how
in the evanescent,
ever-present here and now

I watch the orange light
wash the meadow and the trees
I feel my heart ignite,
so I get on my knee