This is where it begins…
The immortal French composer, teacher, and music theorist, Nadia Boulanger, stated that “life is denied by a lack of attention to detail, whether it be to washing windows or creating a masterpiece.” I feel that this lack of attention has become a cultural pandemic which has spread like wildfire through our modern civilization, wreaking havoc on the culinary, aesthetic, and most importantly spiritual awareness of modern man.
“Is there life out there?,” sang Reba McIntire in a famous song. Far too often we, as a culture, find ourselves mired in the drudgery of living without the benefit of ever being fully alive. We eat food merely to sustain physical life yet not enjoying its nourishment of the soul. Music is listened to to escape reality, yet the greater reality that it lends itself too is never grasped at. Likewise, travel is limited to a few scant days a year, or worse, a lifetime. The dreams of lifetimes are far too often unfulfilled, lost to years of complacence.
I, along with the famous author E.D. Hirsch, believe that there are certain things which everyone should know. Through this blog I hope to bring to light some of my favorite foods, music and ideas to both entertain, satisfy and enrich the lives of my readers, so that they too may continue to find joy in the minute details of life and joy in the power of knowledge. This blog is an attempt to broaden the fullness of life so that instead of only surviving the reader will be enlightened through food, music, travel and spirituality and begin to fully live.
C.J. Svagera
Musician, Theologian, Writer and Thinker
