The song that I decided to focus on was Balm in Gilead by
Paul Roberson. “Balm in Gilead” was not the only song that enjoyed listening to
but also, “Sometimes I feel Like a Motherless Child” and “John Henry”. Roberson’s deep voice and the sound of the
note produce played to express his lyrics and his feelings is what makes his
songs grab my attention. On “Balm in Gilead” the first verse “there is a balm
in Gilead, to make the wounded whole” is beautiful and the note of the piano
use is a sound my ears have never heard before. It made me feel like I was in Roberson’s
arms and my ear feeling his chest, hearing his deep voice causing me to shiver.
Doing more research on the lyrics, I found out that is a
reference form the Old Testament. But the lyrics of this song refer to the New
Testament mean for the salvation through Jesus Christ. This song is interpreted
as a spiritual medicine that is able to heal Israel or in other words the
sinners.
It brought me to a place personal experience becoming a
mother. The life I been through has been hell and heaven all at the same time. But
once I became a mother I became heal as a person from everything I been
through. It was a new light that my eyes receive and able to see my life
different than before. My drawing demonstrated three women. The first woman is with
close arms feeling alone and in the dark with dark colors and her eyes is
downward, expressing sadness. The next is the same drawing of the women but she
is beginning to feel more confident of herself starting to let go, maybe of her
past or maybe freeing herself to become what she really is. She is pregnant as
her eyes are looking downward. It is color
in orange tone, which for me represented a change in her. The last women has a
child, they are both in peace, as their eyes are closed. She has been heel as
her baby is her spiritual medicine that she has received. Her tone is yellow as
if she is receiving light, expression of a new beginning.
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