An intriguing entreaty. The narrator is pleading with the person she is talking with to take of the mask that we wear in public and dig down into the depths of who we are and be willing to expose our humanity. Love it. In public we tend to be Old Testament, hanging onto traditions and religious trappings, even while professing to believe in Jesus whose main claim to fame is being willing to stand up to the religious zealots and expose their shallowness. He is, after all, the one we profess that we want to emulate, yet we become not like him willing to sacrifice ourselves to save the world, but we become like the zealots willing to do anything to save the trappings of power and false fronts. Cool song, one that has obviously set me to thinking more deeply about myself and my place here in this world. Shoutout for Absence. Carrie Rodriguez
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Carrie Rodriguez – Mask Of Moses
An intriguing entreaty. The narrator is pleading with the person she is talking with to take of the mask that we wear in public and dig down into the depths of who we are and be willing to expose our humanity. Love it. In public we tend to be Old Testament, hanging onto traditions and religious trappings, even while professing to believe in Jesus whose main claim to fame is being willing to stand up to the religious zealots and expose their shallowness. He is, after all, the one we profess that we want to emulate, yet we become not like him willing to sacrifice ourselves to save the world, but we become like the zealots willing to do anything to save the trappings of power and false fronts. Cool song, one that has obviously set me to thinking more deeply about myself and my place here in this world. Shoutout for Absence. Carrie Rodriguez
