I listened to an episode of Invisiblia the other day called The Other Real World.
The basic gist was that people in Somalia, until recently, weren’t allowed to sing in public. It was punishable by death from the extremist group al-Shabab. It goes on to tell the story of their version of American Idol being started and ushering in a change where singing in public without the looming threat of death was possible.
Just to reiterate. Singing = probable death.
We can’t relate.
We get to sing. But not everyone gets to sing.
At it’s very foundation, music facilities emotion and connection. Even the Somalia bad guys knew that…that’s why they outlawed it: singing (emotion and connection) was anti what the bad guys were all about.
So you get to sing freely.
Make it a good one.
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