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cactus songs

from blonde on blue by chanan lesli mattison

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Cactus songs seems indeed like a wrapping up for the album Blonde on Blue. In many ways it is the closest we get to chanan lesli mattison as a person. for their is the sense of transcendence and mercy which is brought together and bundled in one whole. he comes to understand the meaning of his 'pasajero.' he understands that where he could not succeed in romantic love, it is because there is a greater love which calls, which is mentioned in four part harmony as the kindness and mercy of st mary, the ever blessed one.

Two, there is a "first peoples" chant behind this song, working in quite nicely in a manner similar to joni mitchell's album "chalk mark in a rainstorm." first we hear the chant and later we hear drums, drums of announcement and awareness.

"i'm still struggling with it," says br chanan..."its still a try-out with me. i never would have thought that celibacy is my calling!" he laughs. "i mean, when i once showed up at the trappists, they turned me away in scorn that i was a romantic! well, so was st francis of assissi...indeed, when you look at it, and i am definitely not a saint, but all the saints have got this romantic sense about them. st mectilde of magdeburg enters into still contemplation, and discovers that God is the great Lover par excellence, who takes the initiative, as the Heavenly Bridegroom, and he glides towards st mectilde's silent stance of reception. i hope in the end, that this will be discovered by those stern ones who cannot imagine that this is so..

And as Thomas Merton said about the birds: "they chirp, 'even this is one sermon too many!"

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from blonde on blue, released October 19, 2013

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chanan lesli mattison Calgary, Alberta

"my folks were from saskatchewan, so i experienced the provenance of the great heartland.

the people there are known to the working of amazing grace, a grace that catches the breeze of presence, the rain of compassion, & the thunder of truth."

"i've known soul-mate love...like mary magdalen, i've loved much."
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