3rd December 2020
This gradual surge of gratitude started in my imagination… an overwhelming impulse to venture down into the basement… to root about in my audio-visual “archives” to see what’s there… to see what I might like to share — in gratitude for so many gifts that have come my way throughout my life in music. Oh, here’s an interview I did with my dear lesbian mother, Phyllis Lyon for NPR’s StoryCorp. Ah-hah! There’s a great conversation with Studs Terkel. And then there’s that environmental justice collaboration Honor Moore, Susan Griffin and I created back in the 80s… and what about those earnest “young Margie Adam” video performances from 1975…
So now we are building a dedicated YouTube Channel, because this is how these things evolve, right? I will be uploading various and sundry audio-visual fragments of my performances, interviews and collaborations as this project unfolds.
But first — here’s a still place in the midst of a noisy world. I created this 7-minute “eyes open” meditation back at the beginning of the 21st century, integrating choreographed photography of Scotland’s Callanish Stones and a smooth jazz instrumental arrangement of “Avalon.” Enjoy — and feel free to subscribe to my new YouTube Channel to be notified whenever I upload more archival videos, interviews, et al.
