Semi-recently, Stevie Wonder commented on his classic hit "Ribbon in the Sky" and about singing it at the formal, solemn event of Whitney Houston's funeral. That he felt it might be "inappropriate."
This is a classic perception by artists, whether writers, actors, or whatever, although their work is inspirational. Their work uplifts. Their work is more spiritual to us than themselves.
Sometimes we artists are too close to our own works and dreams.
I felt his song was perfect because, yes, it's a love song; but, love is not just for the heart or the body and only for romantic relationships. Love is...
...for the body and how one body fits close to another, dovetailing together, but remaining separate.
Love is how one heart moves closer together than bodies ever can; emotions overlapping and swirling within one another; as families, friends, and communities do.
Love is how many minds meld together in love and work as one, to uplift lives for one or many lives all over the world, and beyond.
Love ascends within us, becoming more refined, distilled and clear; from body, to heart, to mind, and beyond us to God, to the creation of us all; like a "Ribbon in the Sky," which promises, like a Rainbow in the Sky the promise of perfected unity.
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