Thank you to Lynn Tax for the following post:
What was all that drumming on Sunday morning?
It was a drum circle, a fun, multigenerational group of Trinity people gathered into a circle for
the purpose of making a joyful noise with percussion instruments! Facilitated by Mark Freeh,
the session began with a brief discussion of the language of rhythms that we find in nature.
We talked about our heartbeat, the sound that a cricket makes, the rain, the rhythm of a dogs’
wagging tail and simply b r e a t h i n g. Next, to anchor our time together Mark shared a poem
he wrote called The Rhythm of Life
Keeping time
with the rhythm of life.
The clip clop of sneakers
on a morning walk.
The heart pulsating
the blood of life.
A babbling brook,
raindrops falling, crickets singing.
All sounds
Of a world in rhythm.
The drum stirs our soul
and connects
us to our humanity.
Becoming one with the drum,
we touch our ancestors from
a primitive time.
Our group becomes one,
as the rhythm flows,
out to each other,
and back again.
We are keeping time,
With the rhythm of life.
And that is exactly what happened! We kept time, we played our drums and as a group we
became one with the rhythm! Mark gave us a pattern to follow and our music was created in
the moment. There is not an audience; everyone who entered the chapel played. It was part
exploration and part jam session and we know that many of you heard our beautiful rhythm
all over the church. The rhythm and sound transcended our everyday communication and
embarked on that drum circle journey. Some of us were beginners and others had been playing
for many years, but we all shared a collective voice of rhythm as we played together. You really
must plan to join us next time and bring a drum if you have one.
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