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Hello Music
Lover,
The
artistís path is truly
spiritual, as we have offered our
life in service to something beyond
and greater than ourselves. The
artist has an ìinner
necessityî to create new forms
that express what we are
experiencing. We tap into our
creative nature, alchemically
re-create and transform ourselves,
and potentially change the world in
which we live in the
process.
Inspiring and
awakening listeners through my
music has always been my mission.
Through the years, I have found
that I am most effective when I am
authentically expressing my
experiences, thoughts and feelings
in a way that resonates with
others. Often, the response to
these expressions indicate that I
have tapped into a current
background emotional state of
humanity. For instance at this
moment, perhaps you also sense a
pervasive underlying anxiety about
the future of our
world.
The
beautiful and moving
film, Home
(2009), is a MUST SEE
documentary about our precious
planet. The stunning cinematography
will make you fall in love with our
Mother Earth all over again. And
then your heart may be
broken. It took over
4 billion years for the Earth
to make the first trees. We humans
came into being just 200,000 years
ago, yet we have succeeded in
disrupting the balance so essential
to life. In just the past 50 years
alone, in my
lifetime, the devastation to
our small blue planet has created
consequences that no one can
predict. This happened on my watch
and yours. We must face the facts
and do our best to make some big
changes very quickly.
All
of us who have the courage to look
at the science of global warming
full-on wrestle with despair. Yet,
many believe we have a moral
obligation never to give up. Even
if we are all doomed (and nobody
gets out of here alive), someone
has to start making right choices.
Someone like you and me. Right
action is the antidote to despair.
We can make a powerful personal
statement with every thought we
give energy to and every choice we
make.
So why not express love and do what
you love? Live a life of simplicity
and excellence. Continue insisting
on justice. Act with the courage,
compassion and cooperation that has
long helped humans surmount
adversity. Since everything we've
ever lived and fought for is on the
line, it's time to come together
and really engage as if our life
and our life's work, even life
itself, depended on it. Because
they do.
--paraphrased from "Straight
From The Heart," an
exceptionally well researched
article about Climate Change by
veteran Canadian journalist Will
Thomas. This is WORTH READING from
beginning to
end.
My
life's work in the arts continues
to be the passion that is nourished
by my realizations about our world.
If you would like to follow my
ponderings and eye-opening
discoveries more closely, please
Friend or Follow me
on Facebook.
I would love to share with you.
Now, more than ever, I seek
opportunities to use my music to
raise awareness, inspire, and bring
joy to the lives of those who
listen.
Glance to the
right at the list of my upcoming
performances and choose a few to
come out and enjoy. Every moment is
a precious opportunity to
appreciate what life has to
offer!
Cheers!
Sonya
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17, 2014
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One Miramontes Point Road
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
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