As The Maccabees refused to allow the desecration of their Temple by Antiochus IV, the artist has authority to reject negativity when creating his own reality. In our time, many have succumbed to the temptations of negativity. When we sing about what we don’t want – hurt, pain, sadness, loss – we’re not aware that we are begging for more negativity. It’s no surprise that anyone who speaks, sings, or paints such pictures is setting herself up to experience more of what she begged for. This is a metaphysical law.
To recognize a season of joy as an opportunity to amplify that joy is a countermeasure to the shadows in the valley of death. Singing about what we do want for ourselves and for othe...