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  • Writer's pictureLacie Carpenter

Silence 


The sun is shining today. No chance of rain until later this week. Spring has surely sprung and allergies are attacking me. Which means my voice isn't 100%, so I can't work on my set list full out for weekend shows.  

I was reading a blog by a fellow musician about exploring the resistance to practicing and this idea of silence. I think I read it ten times or so...even shared it on my social media pages. It was intriguing.  

Because I'm not going to sing with my throat acting up, I sat with my violin this morning. I tried to be extremely aware of the silence around me and that lies inside my beautiful violin. Where I truly love to sing, I'm an instrumentalist first and foremost. I began to play a Irish tune that I haven't played in years...I wondered where that came from. Was it from sitting in silence for a few moments? From that point on, tunes I hadn't practiced nor performed since my high school years came flooding back to me and my muscle memory kicked in. Quite an odd sensation-so much so, I'm writing about it.  

My brain has a tendency to work incredibly fast and sometimes I can't slow down. Sitting in silence with my fiddle early this morning helped me slow everything down.  

Where we, as musicians, often build up a resistance to practice, and the more we do it, the less we want to pick up and play our instruments---actually practicing resisting for a few moments before and while you are practicing, may be helpful for you as it was for me.  

I often sit in a low lit room with my song writing notebook and my guitar. In silence. Listening to whatever noises may come--the birds chirping, the wind howling, the house settling.... Now, I wonder why I never took the time to do that with my violin.  

Through the darkness-comes light.  

Through listening-comes enlightenment. 

Through working with others-comes unexpected joys and awareness.  

Through silence-comes inspiration. 

With my hot tea and local honey, I'll mange to get through the day---wondering about silence and music, and how they go together.  

Fiddle on my friends! 

Lacie 


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