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Interpretive Listening

PROMPT November 21st

Tonight/today, listen to this beautiful song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFeLhsZjMRU

Where does your mind go when listening to this? What emotions surface as you experience the music? If you've seen the movie (Return To Me), tell us how this affected you. Has it changed you at all?

         

         

         I remember viewing this movie years ago and thinking of it as a tug-at-the-heartstrings type of fare. I cannot fathom falling in love with the very someone who is still alive because my deceased wife donated her heart as an organ donor. It's a dramatic twist.Is there a residual attraction? How could two people fall in love without wondering/fretting about this? Does one re-experience the loss of a partner anew? Does the organ recipient feel compelled to be grateful? Could the specter of the dead wife shadow a new relationship? Will the woman given a new lease on life be able to maintain her individuality?

         I've never viewed this video featuring Tony Bennett and Vicente Fernandez before. Both of their voices are amazing. They sing with such tender emotion."My darling if I hurt you, sorry, please forgive me and say you are mine."

         How does this make me feel? Optimistic, hopeful, a believer in true love. The good goes hand in hand with the bad. Sorrow and elation co-exist. Certainty and doubt are close relatives. People are complicated. Worthwhile partnerships require effort and commitment.

         Has this movie, or video changed me? Nope, I do not think they have. I enjoyed them as a bit of entertainment, but they are not so impactful they altered my life. My beliefs did not undergo a drastic restructuring. I did not attempt to base my life upon this romance. I've been happy in a forty-two year marriage and that experience is mine, very real, and unlike any other.