Episode 8: Earth Day

April 22, 2021 00:04:11
Episode 8: Earth Day
The Collective Table
Episode 8: Earth Day

Apr 22 2021 | 00:04:11

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Jason Coker Jenell Coker

Show Notes

I wrote this song, Don’t Destroy, Create!, for Earth Day 2020 and also for my son. Last year was a rough one for Ezra and myself, considering all the normal duties and pressures of a parent child relationship but then also adding the extra stress from the unknown of the pandemic. I found myself being upset with him destroying something throughout our apartment, (his sister’s paintings, my recording sessions etc.). I could sense a collective anger or anxiety really boiling up in the house. 

 

Then I realized, when he was being free to just create an art piece (far upper left of the screen is an Ezra original) or make noise (which we have a few dozen unreleased original songs of his in my computer of really cool David Byrne-esqe ramblings) there was a sense of calm and a united feeling between us. SO, I wrote this for him and also in response to my own relationship with this Earth and the freedom and joy I get when I’m participating in something constructive and creative. 

 

When he found out I was using this song, he volunteered himself to sing. Which I could not refuse! 



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