Heroes Not Zombies

Harmony is so pleasing isn’t it?

I love to listen to musical harmonies. For example when two singers voices sound just so good together. Simon and Garfunkel are the first to come to my mind when I think of that but there really are thousands of examples because I’m sure this is something I share with all humans.

We love resonance and harmony don’t we? It pleases us, delights us, calms us and nourishes us.

I’m always noticing harmonies in the world around me and one type is where two or more shapes echo or ressemble each other.

In this photo I’m struck by the resonance between the shapes of palace roof and the mountain behind it.

This palace at La Granja was inspired by the one at Versailles. If you visit both you’ll see echoes of the one in the other and both were built by powerful men demonstrating their status and wealth. But the mountain behind was created by much greater forces as Gaia sculpted the very face of the Earth.

Synchronicities are perhaps even more striking than physical shapes. They are the experiences we get which resonate so strongly with other similar ones that they astonish us. I often find them in the texts I’m reading, the music I’m listening to and the films and programmes I’m watching on tv. At times I think they occur because one of the big tech companies is following my activities online but the most impressive ones don’t involve the digital world at all. They occur in conversations, events and experiences.

Harmony is definitely beautiful but these resonances which we experience or notice do something else too. They give us a sense of everything having a purpose. They stir our souls and deepen the feeling that Life and Universe are all amazingly woven together.