In ancient times, there was a fine line between poetry and song, as most poetic verse first emerged as sound… And these poetic songs were believed to come through us from a divine source. This song seems to have come to us in that way as it appeared in a very unusual and rather fascinating way I’d like to share with you. Photograph: 'Sonja Vojvodic' by Vesna ~ While entering a Hindu temple late one evening, in a very special place called Vrindavan, in India, a melody came into my mind. Although the lyrics had already been pouring into my mind previously, the melody came to me most spontaneously, that night. Since I didn’t want to lose it, I did something I had never done before: I recorded it on my phone! Upon returning to Europe, on the first rehearsal with my band, East Elysium , a guitarist told me that another member we call Wu, who actually makes the most of our music, had a new melody for a new song. As I sat down to listen to this ...
Women's Spiritual Poetry