I spent the afternoon working at the public library. I like going there because a) it gets me out of the house and b) it's a great place to people watch. To see so many images of God. There was an older couple near me catching up on their magazine reading and at one point I heard quick footsteps and a little kid ran out from the stacks, giggling, with black curls bouncing. I heard a little baby crying and watched as students came in to work on homework after school. "In God's image God created them..."
Tonight was the first of three concerts in a week. The Tallis Scholars perform Renaissance music, mostly sacred, and, tonight at least, all in Latin. It was a small group, just 12 singers, but they were incredible. The blend of voices was amazing and the tuning perfect. One movement of a mass for Holy Saturday spoke of the descent into "the pit," sung only by the low voices. It was lovely. I love listening to this old sacred music. I think it is fascinating to think of the ways it continues to be performed, though in totally different contexts than for which it was originally written. I think it is amazing the ways the stories of Scripture have been told over the centuries, and to think of the ways we still get something new from them. God continues to speak to us, in many and various ways.
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