Foundations

Coming from a musical family (my father is a vocalist and guitarist) I was always surrounded by tunes. My mother who secretly wanted to be an audio  engineer at a young age, wound up becoming a dental assistant and then one of the meanest members of the local steel workers union.

They both enjoyed very different music, as did I. Ill do my best to connect links to some of these songs. I thought this wold be a way to get our conversation started. Hope you enjoy.

Songs from Dad

Crystal Chandeliers (Charlie Pride) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shmyrS9RgEM 

Hello Walls (Faron Young) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMSWAUAKJn0

Mississippi Squirrel (Ray Stevens) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhjYWfHwFHM

Songs from Mom

Aqualung (Jethro Tull) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7-EEGiABBU

Fat Bottom Girls (Queen) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMnjF1O4eH0

Carry On Wayward Song (Kansas) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQru7oCdYXA

As you can see, I already have two very different musical influences in my parents. These are the song I can remember them singing or listening to as a child. Since then my Mother has become a fan of Modern Pop music, and my Dad has somehow found a way to combine the worlds of Blue Grass and American Jazz Standards.

The Weight of Vision

"Slow and steady gains are often the most sustainable ones."

There are times when working towards a vision I've been given, I become so excited my heart begins to race around inside my chest.  I just want to see the THING!

I can see it.

I can see it in my brainstorms and on paper. I can see it as a circuit of systems, layering communication, media, management, training programs, and rehearsals. I can see it in my minds eye, that ethereal place that moves ever so slowly towards materialization, but some times I WANT TO SEE IT NOW.

I want to put my hands on it, and hold the thing, and lift it over my head and show it to the sky and say here it is, the thing you gave me, I made it real. I want to see it working, moving in communities, connecting lives, and changing cultures. I want it so desperately I could smash all the parts together with fury and passions and let it loose on the world.

I believe however that this is not the most effective creative process.

For this reason, and the sanctification of my heart. The Lord has given me visions that are simply to big to be born of one man's efforts. Ambitions that I am altogether unequipped to bring forth, and by their size and scope I am forced to lean on Him if I ever hope to see them fulfilled.

I am driven to see the ideas He has given me realized, and I am driven to Him for the wisdom to do so.

What vision has the Lord given you?
How will it bring Him glory?
How can He help you bring it to pass?