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February 20, 2017

Exquisite sadness

"The agony is exquisite, is it not?" - Miss Havisham (the BBC rendition).

These are sad times. And it's reflected in our music. Everything from "Stay High" to "Pill in Ibizia" to the latest "It Ain't Me" mixes sad and somber realities with techno-synths and dope drops.

I'm taking something from this positive. Perhaps in the sad dramas of life, it really isn't about trying to "avoid the storm"... rather, to "dance in the rain". And isn't that what we all should be doing really?

Look at the early Christians. Persecuted amid the Roman purge. They had some joy and solace in Christ regardless of their limbs being ripped apart from them.

Can you really spin every situation into a beautiful one? Or rather, make something beautiful out of sadness? I think you can. And I'm ready to find out.