Pianist, composer Horace Silver
horace silver, “how much does matter really matter,”
from: the united states of mind, 1970
You just can’t listen to this quirky number without feeling glad. The electric piano is like a day of rest. Your anxiety that the wind is invisible is held at bay. Irrespective of any annoyance you may feel toward questing metaphyics, just relax in gratitude, remembering what Will Rodgers remarked: “I never met a physics I did’t like.”. Becoming a pantheist is gaining favor. But to dip into the realm of the pots & pantheist divine! By the way, the life coach/vocalist is Jackie Verdell. She had none other than Aretha Franklin as the head of her fan club. Could this song be the national anthem of encouragement?
“When one puts the emphasis on material things today
The truth will enlighten them in the simplest kind of way
When one seeks the spiritual the material seems to say
How much does matter really matter
Or does matter really matter at all?
The world of material is ethereal so they say
And life is a serial and we all have our part to play
When one seeks the spiritual the material seems to say
How much does matter really mattеr
Or does matter really mattеr at all?
Since the spirit exists in matter
Then the latter was surely meant to be
But I won’t let matter tatter the spirit
That’s way down deep in me
All forms in reality are the products of mind and force
The one true reality has the spiritual as its source”
Ms. Verdell