Be Well

Solo Piano Improvisation

 

·  Take Care  ·

 

As I hear I become. For all the words I write, music needs no thought.

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The stronger my feelings, the more I care.

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To be well: to be healthy in body, mind, and spirit.

My balance, my sense of being well is unique to me as it is to you. My body feels on a scale from well to unwell. My mind works well, or not as well as I know it has the potential to. When well my spirit is at ease, and when unwell, ill at ease.

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Music is the most immediate expression from my heart to the world. I ponder on the nature of what it is to care.

Human interaction is complicated.

There are many reasons why I feel and act towards another, and why I care. I may need, want, or respond to those things I have experienced or hope for. I may feel a strong social bond that drives my need to care. My natural tendencies, insecurities or fears may play a part of why I say or do something, as might my desire, conscious or otherwise, and my love. I feel most at ease when I love. All might play a part in why I wish someone to be well.

'Be Well' is a poetic expression that brings together all these things into two short words. The music underscores the words and conveys the simple beauty of what it feels to care about another.

I care for nature and for living things, especially people: family; friends; those I love; those who have little wealth; those who are vulnerable; without a home; who care for one another, who care for the natural world and animals; who show kindness; who are compassionate.

Expressing my care may be tempered by how the person I care for and others view or respond to my care. I may be hesitant in showing I care if I think I may be misunderstood, rejected, or not valued.

Those who think of human interactions as transactional may question my motives. They may ask what do I wish to gain?

Caring at its most beautiful is for something or for someone other than myself.

With music, if I am open, I hear, I feel, and I become. Music without words can be as love.

Be Well.

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The art that accompanies the music is full with paths of light, and its symmetry alludes to the balance of being well.