10 The gift of speech

from The Nine Pure Gifts by Holly Marland

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The gift of speech

Words are incredibly powerful but so often fail us - especially when we try and talk about music or the infinite magnitude of what it means to be human. We no longer have bards or griots who give sage counsel to powerful people. We now have the media feeding us with words, words, words. Technology is swiftly eroding the amount of time we spend communicating face to face. As we’re busy chomping on the fodder of propaganda, tyrants are off making mischief at the expense of the common good.

We need goodness, charity and integrity otherwise eminence and nobility become self-seeking, poisoning our form and voices and stifling speech. We can’t take anything with us when we die - there are no pockets in our shrouds. Fortune keeps on turning after we’re dead and gone. The greatest gift of being a human being is life itself so let’s live!

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from The Nine Pure Gifts, track released June 5, 2020
Words and music by Holly Marland
Holly Marland (voice)
Joy Becker (violin), Laurie Dempsey (viola), Abigail Hayward (cello)
Delia Stevens (percussion)

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Holly is an internationally acclaimed composer, kora player, singer and multi-instrumentalist. She is passionate about music’s role in society and its capacity to reconnect the family of humankind.

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