Erin Murray
Kelly Watch the Stars – Air
5 August 2017
After my son’s calm birth, things pretty quickly changed – normal right? It felt a bit like I was in another dimension. How the hell could I be 36 years old and not know anything about babies??? I know! I’ll google it!!
I Awake – Sarah Blasko
5 August 2017
This song talks about change and waking up, how are they linked? When we sleep our senses are dulled, our eyes shut, we relax and allow for a rest period, sometimes dreaming but not always remembering or understanding them, safe in our chosen shelter.
Bird of Prey – Jim Morrison
5 August 2017
Can you hear the call of the Eagle? It soars through the sky, without thought it deftly moves through the air with only the slightest movements, instinctively carried out to follow the currents of air and be carried up up and away, maybe spot something in the waves to eat, maybe in the low coastal grasses, which are windswept and hearty showcasing the wind as each blade moves in response to its mood.
Beyond the Sea – Bobby Darin
5 August 2017
I can just see it now, big stage in a 1950’s club, say the Copacabana in Manhattan or The Flamingo in Vegas. A low ceiling and lighting to match, smoke rising to rest up high from cigarettes sold by beautiful women with full trays, back when smoking didn’t give you cancer, cigarettes were prescribed by doctors along with LSD.
Breathe – Pink Floyd
4 August 2017
Breathe, breathe in the Air – imagine that. When overwhelmed, this is all I have to do, just this one simple thing, my body knows innately how to do it, I run the tape over and over in my head until I feel more in the middle again, “Take a deep breath in, hold that breath, then breath out slowly”. Yep, that’s better.
Deeper Water – Paul Kelly
4 August 2017
A great story teller, Paul Kelly has graciously prepared this song including us in some very poignant and private moments, without over indulging on words, knowing when he had said enough.
Echo Beach – Martha and the Muffins
4 August 2017
With the ebb and flow of the tide, sand is gently moved around, creating new shapes and shadows in the ancient landscape that is the beach. Maybe we are taken to another time when our feet touch the sand, or when our mind drifts to sounds of the ocean? Is that why it feels restorative? Allowing ourselves to be far away in time for a little while, the crash of the waves demanding our attention. Yes Martha and the Muffins, far away in time.
The Sea – Morcheeba
4 August 2017
My boyfriend at the time introduced me to Morcheeba, I hadn’t heard anything quite like it, the simple and clear lyrics describing somebody’s memory of their time at the sea.