This is sent to me by good friend and fine young artist, Jay Darrow. Rarely has an instrument intrigued me as much as my glorious hammered dulcimer. This instrument, pronounced “hung drum”, but spelled HangDrum, moves me. On a side note, at the Deeper Youth
I’m always interested in the topic of human origins, as I believe that so many of our ideas about worship have to do with basic and primal instincts woven into the human person. The biblical story suggests these primal instincts are “bent” (Francis Shaeffer), and
This morning our Institute students (and others at SSU in our FY100) course presented their creative expressions of the early Genesis narrative and their reflections on the origins of worship. Physical theatre, DVDs, unicycles, dance, songwriting, photojournalism, handmade books, stories for adults and children, and
Speaking at our Deeper Youth Conference today, over in St. John, New Brunswick, on Called To Creativity. Would appreciate any prayers our way. Releasing these young men and women to embrace their creative passion is the agenda.
Good friend and fellow hammered dulcimer player/worship leader Garrett Viggers tagged me on to this brief history of the hammered dulcimer. I’ve come across just a few of us who lead worship and instrumental fray from this glorious blend of percussion, strings and rhythmic melody.
