Everyday Yearnings
As I move through my 6th decade, I’ve come to recognize how every moment of every day, even the small, common ones, maybe most especially the small, common ones, hold the seeds of longing for a deeper experience and connection with loved ones, community, the natural world, the ineffable. This longing can be the threshold to transformation, the doorway into a larger love. “Everyday Yearnings ” begins to sketch an outline describing that longing and possibility of transformation, and my hope is that you recognize your own yearnings in these songs. Maybe we can envision together a world where we live in harmony with each other and the whole web of life.
Other Albums
Whispers In The Wind is a collection of songs written in the in the period from 1997 to 2007, inspired by stories of bravery and sacrifice, by my own journey to discover myself, and by the people I love. The title not only refers to the song of the same name, but to the whisperings of the Muse. I often envision the songs as having an existence beyond me, within the Song Stream, and available to those sensitized to the voices in the wind.
Walking in the Wild is a collection of instrumentals, some inspired by improvisational music I worked up as I led song circles to set the tone of the evening, others based on bits and pieces inspired by dreams, and one cover tune, the theme song to the New Hampshire Public Television series “Windows to the Wild” (digital versions do not include “Variations on Windows to the Wild”). The arrangements are intended to fall to the background as the listener engages in work, or in support of healing activities, like acupuncture, massage, yoga, etc.
Tom Maynard 