Last weekend I had to do a presentation on the history of therapeutic drumming. Like many others on the course the discussion went back to sound and vibration. The first sound we hear is our mother’s heartbeat, a pulse, the life force.
My presentation was about sound and movement (dance) I started by describing how it is so natural for young children to move to the beat. When my 2 year old hears music he moves his body, he can’t help it, it is impulsive, natural, part of who he is. The older we get – we lose this ability and lose connection with our body.
While researching I was reminded that sound was at the core of creation – when God spoke.. “let there be light� there was light. Sound was connected to something physical happening. In Hebrew the word “Dabhar� which we translate as ‘word’ implies deeds and actions not just words, accomplishments not talk and creation not verbalising.
Dabhar is active, imaginative and playful.
I like this… so much better then boring old words….so many said, texted, written that are meaningless, pointless and powerless… less is definitely more.
Let there be Dabhar !!
reminds me of phrase Be stil and still moving. which you said once to me when I was up to Hull. Small powerful words that come to mind at least once a month as I run from one thing to another, words that make me pause and saying them to myself cuts through action with a sense of light and playfullness, and gives rise to different sort of action.
Richard – that must have been along time ago? Sounds like some Dabhar words for you….. Words that bring us into the moment. I have been thinking about playfulness a lot lately, one of those many things that we can learn from children and bring us into the present moment. Laughter is another one – I love experiencing my children laughing, such a beautiful, natural and wonderful thing and so contagious. Laughter has the ability of breaking down boundaries, moving our bodies, bringing us into the present moment, relaxing us and is basically a very healthy activity.