Five Years a Writer

It was silent in the yoga studio that early Sunday morning, as about a dozen of us sat in meditation. After a certain amount of time, that silence cracked open when one of the women broke into song. While I don’t remember her name or what she was singing, I do remember the impact of her voice raised in song in that setting. It honoured the group and invited the collective to move from silence to active connection. It was quite something — in the moment and, as my memory attests, it remains so in my mind and my heart all these decades later. I can't really hold a tune, myself, but I love music and song, and I have been reminded of the power of both by watching what has been happening in Minneapolis. People are resisting in many ways, including by singing, which lifts my heart and moves me to tears. A community organizer in Minneapolis was being interviewed by CNN’s Anderson Cooper about Singing Resistance , a group that organizes groups to sing together on the street and in public p...