I want you to notice when I’m not around

There are different organizations around the world who put together “one day choirs”. Anyone can sign up. You show up, you are handed a piece of music, you are separated into different parts, you rehearse, and then you perform. The results are often extraordinary. This one came across my feed yesterday and I found myself in tears watching it. I watched it again. The tears continued to flow. Maybe because of the lyrics, universal always, to everyone, anyone who feels they don’t fit in, who feel hurt and rejected. I love the stunning arrangement of this extremely well-known song – if you don’t know “Creep” then you’ve had to choose to not be aware of it: it was – and continues to be – a global phenomenon, for 30 years and counting. This group of people worked on it for maybe 3 hours and here is the result. All different types of people. Putting aside their lives and the outer world to create this thing together. Strangers. Collaborating. The sound of voices swelling through the warehouse, diverse voices, everyone playing their part in creating the breathtaking whole. To me, this is what a Utopia looks like. I distrust Utopias, but not something like this. People coming together for no other reason than to work together to create something. I signed up for the Gaia Music Collective’s newsletter yesterday. I want to participate in one of these.