Friday, October 26, 2007

a man for all seasons

one morning my apprentice summer on the Clearwater we were told, "we have to do an extra good deckwash today, and we're even sending three of you out in the yawl boat to scrub the hull. jim's crew is filming us today." here's part of the trailer for the new documenary about Pete Seeger and an interview with Jim Brown, the director. i'm grateful to hear pete's life and work spoken about so clearly, and to be reminded of how deeply his witness sits inside my own vocation. bruce springsteen says in this clip:
pete was one of those guys that saw himself as a citizen artist, as activist. he had a very full idea about those things, how it connected to music, and what music could do. the power that music had to influence, to inspire.



1 comment:

bearc said...

liz dear

up early with time to spend with you and your thoughts and these images. thank you and bless you.

bear