Monasticism Project Playlist

Gods forbid I ever take myself too seriously! As I’ve said before: sometimes it’s okay to just be joyful or even silly in our devotions. Please enjoy (or not) the playlist I’ve made from the alarms I set for the Horae over the last few months.

It probably says something about me that I listen to so much Florence + the Machine and Narcissist Cookbook, but I don’t feel like investigating that further.

Happy New Year, y’all.

Hozier – Arsonist’s Lullaby

I don’t have a lot to say about this one in the context of this blog’s vague purpose except that I think this is one of the songs I’m going to be required to learn.

Hozier – To Noise Making

I have a special love for this song. Hozier’s music, in general, has had quite the profound effect on me, provoking me to get back into music-making (albeit slowly and without as much skill as I once had).

I knew I had to leave my hometown the day I was replacing staples in a cracked, ancient stapler and a Hozier song came on. The music seized me with a vision of my own body rotting in a field by the river. I sat there for almost half an hour wondering what the hell the purpose of my soul-sucking day job was, why I was subjecting myself to such insidious abuse and degradation, what I would leave behind there that was worthwhile. It would take several years more but, eventually, I would leave. I decided I’d rather rot somewhere else.

On a related note: I don’t know how Loki feels about it, but I like to sing for Him now and then. I imagine that if it were a problem He would let me know.