Lakme (Delibes) - The Flower Duet

Okay, now hopefully you realized that I was being facetious about my spirit being rejuvenated by the song featured in yesterday's post. I found humor in comparing ancient Persian poetry, Buddhist philosophy and Toltec wisdom to rather blunt song lyrics. But, if I have to explain the joke, it must not have been a very good one.

So, besides reading Rumi, Thurman and don Miguel Ruiz, The Flower Duet truly does rejuvenate my spirit. It restores my faith that humans are capable of being beacons for the divine, leaving me breathless, covered in chills with tears dancing on my lids.

Dramatic? Maybe. True? Definitely.

L'Opéra Imaginaire - This version is especially nice if you're on mushrooms or LSD...or glue.

This version is performed by Katharina Jing An Gebauer (Lakme) and Viktoria Car (Mallika) in the Conservatory of Vienna. (Jan. 12th 2007) And even though the stage has seen better days, these two women are amazing. It's hard for me to comprehend that just two voices together can create something so completely beautiful...However, I'm not sure what they did when they went off stage for the last part of the diddy. Spanking may have been involved. Hey, I'm just saying...It's possible.