Works of Heart

For each of us there are certain images and sounds that hold personal relevance..that elicit raw emotion, make our eyes moisten, hearts soften, bodies sway. Different from person to person, these sights and sounds have the same effect on us all. They often take us back to a place, highlighting particular stretches on our emotional roadmap that, whether good or bad, made a deep impression on us.

It's beautiful when these works of heart revisit us from one lifetime to another, from one experience to the next, accumulating more meaning along the way. Almodóvar and the song "Cucurrucucu" sung by Caetano Veloso in his movie "Hable Con Ella" hold such significance for me. I grew to adore this music through love, I rediscovered it years later while falling in love, and I lost it when love walked out the door, my CD tucked into his coat pocket. Amor ganado, perdido, ever evolving, that is what this music means to me.

This morning I awoke to this video, a montage of "Hable Con Ella" set to my song, posted by a friend who has no idea what he has gifted me. He's brought "Cucurrucucu" back into my life, giving it and me new breath.