Audrey Jolly
I remember one song we listened to in class one day, called "Indian Creek." I listened intently, and here's what I gathered: The woman was finding a place in nature to connect with God. She was opening her arms, accepting whatever God wanted to tell her; she was opening herself up to His sacred communication. She was finding her soul, hiding in the hills, embracing the loud silence so she could hear God speak. She placed her hands in the water, a symbol of cleansing, coming clean, becoming pure, letting God wash her sins away. She was desperate to shake off the village and escape the marketplace. She felt trapped by the world around her, feeling influenced by the secular too much. Since she became used to the marketplace, she yearned for something new, and she longed to climb the mountain in the distance, another symbol of trying to reach God, to get closer to Heaven. The song is sweet and inspirational, and the listener can truly feel her longing through her lyrics. It is refreshing, and hopefully makes the audience realize how important it is to just get away from the world for awhile and just focus on God and what he may be trying to tell us.
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