My last post, a writing on “Risk, Reward & Humility” brought a beautiful comment by my colleague and good friend Adrienne Wehr, super multi-disciplinary artist with whom last year I collaborated on an Electric Violin (my other main medium) & Spoken Word piece “Where Grace Ever Resides.” That writing resonated for a reason, as hers did with me, in her “lyrics,” per se, to “Grace,” shared below.
This video was our prelim to the work, still uncompleted in full at the time. But now the full composition can be found on Bandcamp, as all my music—
Exclusive Single ~ Electric Violin & Voice
Lisa Miles (Electric Violin)
Adrienne Wehr (Words & Voice)
Natural Sound: Wehr / Miles / SSPsurvival
Mix: Miles / Wehr
Master: Miles
Image Credit: Miles
Cover Design: Janene / Wehr
all rights reserved
c Lisa A. Miles & Adrienne Wehr ‘21
Digital Track (Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more):
WHERE GRACE EVER RESIDES
PRELUDE
What did you think this would lead to?
Where did you think this would go?
VERSE 1
The Dream Theatre...
how visceral, our dreams here!
You arrived in one overnight
while we awaited the apocalypse
A knock,
then you
Such glorious exchange
on life
Warm
Heart-full
Then onward through gentle parting.
Another moment,
among many
shared over time
A deep blue float
merged while submerged
unexpected
meaningful pause
between breaths
when all
appeared
Whole
VERSE 2
Lightening at daybreak,
piercing the calm
disrupting the heart.
An embrace of unusual power,
we remember...
the teacher resides within
VERSE 3
Dig deep...
a siren's call to action.
Lift
from harm's sway.
Await the gentle breeze
that follows
a more urgent wind.
Easing now
through the opening
to boundless space
where Grace
ever
resides.
POSTLUDE
I AM HOME
released October 8, 2021
More on Adrienne's work:
www.inthecompanyofghosts.com
www.facebook.com/adrienne.wehr
www.instagram.com/adriennewehr
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Where Grace Ever Resides