Swimming Pool Angels

I just got back from the steam room, which I love. So relaxing. Lately I've added a dip in the pool as part of the routine, which is not only a nice way to cool down, it adds relaxation on top of relaxation. Ahhhh.

I like going later in the evening, in part because that's when the fewest people are there. Pam and I had the steam room to ourselves and I only had to share the whole pool with one other person. They keep the door between the exercise and wet areas open, and there's techno work out music piped in that other room.

I found a spot in the pool where the angels sang. Somehow the acoustics work out so that in one particular spot, about the middle of the quadrant furthest from the open door, much of the music is stripped away, turning into something very ambient, very peaceful. At times it sounded like ethereal voices softly singing a song of inner peace. That was very nice.

It reminded me of one of the musicians I have really been getting into lately at my WXDU gig, Alice Coltrane. She basically made New Age music well before it was New Age. She's always on about transformation and transfiguration and pretty much anything beginning with the prefix "trans-". Her jazz seeks that inner peace. Reviewer Jim Macnie said, "her music morphed into the soundtrack for prayer." He got that right. There are many paths to God, but Alice Coltrane's is a most pleasant and soothing one.

From the liner notes of her last album, Translinear Light:

"At this time in history, I tried to share the light upon the greatness and Infinite Oneness of the humanity, the universe, and the vast Beyond. Within the light of this Oneness, the Supreme allows us to soar into the transcendental glories of divine Consciousness endowed with joy, peace, and love.

"Very truly, Alice Coltrane"

Ahhhhh.