One Afternoon (We Mapped The World) - Joy Williams, One of These Days EP"Did I find you/or did you find me/just an ordinary day/made history"
Joy Williams has been a name in Christian Music for quite a long time, at least during this decade. She did go on extended break, however; this is part of her first work since 2005, and most definitely exhibits a different style than what she used to portray in full length albums. In the case of SOTWs though, different is rarely bad (hopefully :P).
What I love so much about Williams is how much she can say with the minimal amount of words. They're full of power and meaning, without the need for verbal diarrhea (like my compositions possess haha) and simply a joy to listen to. One Afternoon in my view takes a contemplative look at one's relationship with God and with others. The lyricism as I've already said is nothing short of impressive, and the picture it paints is even more breathtaking. The lines that I posted in italics above are some of my favorite from the piece... It holds so much symbolism for me. The people that we meet, and in turn the relationships that we create are made on at a seemingly ordinary time in our lives. But as time goes on, the relationships that matter, the ones that have shaped who we are and what we do, those are the ones that we will have the greatest cherishing of its beginnings. Think of best and dearest friends, and try and remember the day that you first met them. Was there anything out of the ordinary about that day, apart from meeting them? Perhaps there was, but now as you think back, those first days are something (maybe) that we all cherish. This week, I want you to think about that one afternoon, or those afternoons... where your life began to change for the better.
One Afternoon - http://www.mediafire.com/?jfyonifyhm0
No comments:
Post a Comment