Deirdre of Sorrows
When I am under a lot of stress one of the methods I try to work with it is focus on the purity of a specific time or event - find a magic hour to lose myself in. This weekend was a challenge - I was crashing up and down with stress on Saturday, as I journaled about earlier.
Today was much better and it was in today that I found the magic hour that transformed the weekend and settled my soul. As often happens, I found it in music. While I was looking through my CD rack I found three CD's that I had bought at a clearance sale a few months ago.
It is not unusual for me to take advantage of deep discounts to try music I would otherwise not pick up. The CD's were celtic themed classical collections. In my experiences with the specific genre I've had some good finds and some...not so good finds.
I have always been partial to the story of Deirdre of Sorrows, so I am sure that was what influenced me when I picked this up. If you are unfamiliar with it, here is a wiki link to a summary of the tale (and from there, you can link to other versions of it). Deirdre is a tragic heroine from Irish myth (the Ulster Cycle).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deirdre
The album, a classical composition by Patrick Cassidy is very good. It was perfect for the weekend. Listening to it was my magic hour.
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