What’s So Funny ‘bout Dying?
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
A family pastor once said at a funeral. “Ed is like a cracked walnut, the shell is here and the nut is gone.”
I’m back to work on my new CD, Going Home, reflections on crossing over and beyond.
It’s a little tricky sometimes writing music about death. It’s a subject that I’m presently fascinated with, but I’m not looking at it in the usual ways – tragic, sad, devastating and final.
Rather, I’m trying to see the experience from different angles – trying to make some practical sense of it all.
I’m also trying to make the CD an inspiring piece about an experience that we all will face some day and probably don’t consider enough in our lives. Yes, there’s clearly a deep sadness attached to the experience. We usually don’t want to leave and hopefully, there are folks around us who don’t want us to go.
