Choosing

*from STONES HILL SONGS*

Perhaps an expanded title for this story from the Stones Hill collection could be - 

how to choose not to be so busy in life, or less is more!  Increasingly children are under pressure to have their days filled with 'improving' activities. Or maybe it's parents feeling the pressure of having to keep their young busy at all times. Chunks of empty space in a whirlwind existence can seem unproductive or time wasting, but these so-called 'boring' patches are exactly where creativity and imagination put down lasting roots. It takes an archetypal grandmother figure, the classic wise old crone, to point this out to her young granddaughter. 

This story/song was not recorded with visuals in mind; in fact, it's more than OK to turn off the screen, lie on the floor and listen, letting the imagination fill in the blanks. When eyes are fixed on a screen, the brain's capacity to create its own visuals switches to glazed mode!

The piano music used is J.S. Bach's Prelude in C#major. It is a suitably busy, energetic if not rather frenetic piece. All recording took place at Stones Hill, mastered at Sonic Art Studio in Grahamstown.



Explore the collection of Stones Hill songs listed below  - share them with people whom you know will use and enjoy them. Please acknowledge source and composer if piece is used for public performance - copyright Liz Campbell, Stones Hill songs. Feedback would also be appreciated - how the song works for you, how you may have used it: liz.jessam@gmail.com

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