Wow. What a powerful story that the "Listening As an Act of Love" reading spelled out for us. I find that I agree with everything that was said in that piece in accordance to even my own life experiences. Crazy good things can happen when the soul is tapped into, and often times that is done through just giving time, attention and loving care to those who are bereft of it. It's so liberating to hear these stories--they are are walls being torn down, chains being broken, and masks torn away.
This reminds me of why I love to produce works of audio. Music has such a powerful affect on our emotions, and words have a way of tweaking them even further. I shout with joy at the sound of certain words, and when you put a powerful speech to music, it can blow you away with the emotion it's aimed at planting in you.
This is all important though, in that it is a very clear picture of what it looks like to tap into the soul of another person. Such intimacy can't be found in normal conversation. I love what they were saying about the power the two boys from Ghetto Life 101 had when the microphone got in their hands. Reading this makes me want to pursue that project myself! I personally have never done this kind of interview work before, and I would really love to give this a go. I deeply value intimate one-on-one conversations with people, so I think this would be such a great fit for me.
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