Episode 49: The Plight of Little Things
Piano music - "All Creatures of Our God and King" - music by Ralph Vaughn Williams; words, St. Francis of Assisi; arranged & performed by Jessica Roemischer
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As the Amazon burns, we are taken by the macro view--the images from the air, from satellites. Inspired by my love of insects, I find myself wondering, what is happening to the smallest creatures there? What are they experiencing as the jungle is being consumed by heat? Likewise, for reasons having to do with my own past, I think of the Hispanic children who are languishing in detention. What are they experiencing, really? What are their mornings like, their nights, their pain, their sorrow? Amidst crisis and change, what if we give our attention to the most helpless, the defenseless. I find myself drawn to the micro view, the experience of the littlest beings among us.
