I took part in an event last Sunday that was later presented on YouTube. While I was there, I was so taken with the music, a wonderful big choir, the grand piano and the pipe organ playing together for the music, the people gathered singing out. My heart literally sang as the music swirled around me and I knew when I was there that this was so special. When I got home, I was excited to play some of the selections for my family. However, when I did, it was not the same, the microphones only picked up the piano, making the organ quite faint, and the multitude of voices were not well broadcast again due to the microphone placement. That wonderful surround sound was only hinted at in the recording. It reminds me about how we do have to be present and enjoy the live action in our lives. Sometimes at concerts or events we want to record and take photos and can if we are not careful, miss some of the experience in looking for the best angle. I know for me when I am snapping photos, many of them are not really that good with people moving, weird facial expressions and blurry images. Sometimes we just have to take it all in, make a memory in the database of our brain, as there is no digital substitute for many of our experiences. Sometimes the pipe organ can only exist in our memory, and perhaps that makes it resonate even more.
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