Dancer in the Wind

from Duets by Barbara Hume

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This song explores my work as a dancer using movement imagery and the dynamics of motion on the body and mind.

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The dancer feels the pulse
Momentum draws her
Lifting, lifted
Gravity succumbs
Daring to fall
The dancer suspends
Time, weight, mass
Swept away into oblivion.

Perspective changes
Shifting direction
The dancer glides
Carried by the wind
Suspended for a moment.

Time lands hard
The weight of endurance pressing
Muscles strain for relief.

Euphoria comes
Her breath expands
Her feet shoulder
The weight of knowing
And remembering once again
To abandon time
Swept away into oblivion.

credits

from Duets, released June 15, 2020
Bonnie Murphy, composer/pianist
Barbara Hume, lyricist/vocalist
Neil Conaty, bass

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Barbara Hume Seattle, Washington

Barbara Hume lives in the Seattle area where she has collaborated with composers for the past 20 years including David Paul Mesler, Bonnie Murphy, Paul Lewis and other northwest artists producing original music, set to a rich and varied canon of poetry. In these albums, the weaving of melody and imagery produce songs that unearth the raw senses that nurture the soul. ... more

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