Mike happened to be on youtube today taking a brief break from homework (he is so studious you know ;) and noticed that this new video of lindsey stirling's is showcased as a featured video with over a million hits on the website. he figured it must be pretty good and decided to check it out...good move!! he loved it and told me to check it out and then i loved it too! she has really put together a very cool, unique sound as well as mixing it up from what you typically expect to see in a violin performance. so here's your chance to check it out so you can love it as much as we do! :)
like lindsey mentions at the end of the video, this is kind of an experiment for her with a new fusion of sound bringing together the classical and the electronic. we've already downloaded this new single that she put out a few days ago and hope she'll put out tons more like this in the future!
upon hearing this incredible artist, i decided to research her a little bit and i found out some pretty cool things - she's a mormon!! she goes to BYU and served a mission in NY! i already loved her music and thought she seemed like a really cool person, but i have to say that upon learning these things i am even more excited to have discovered her :) from glancing at her blog and watching a few more of her videos on youtube she seems like a really happy, upbeat girl with a fun personality :) she also seems like a really good example in the way she dresses and acts. it really impresses me when i come across someone who has been blessed with great talent that they can share on a public scale who also is a great example and who carries light with them in the sharing of that talent. i have to say that even before i discovered that lindsey is LDS, i had a feeling she might be :)
another thing that struck me as i read more about her is that for all the positivity and talent she is sharing with the world, there is of course the occasional negative response to it. i don't mean people who hear her music and just feel like it isn't their thing, what i mean is that as i perused some of the comments on her video, some of them were great and super supportive, yet there were also some that disgusted me or just made me sad. i also noticed there were several parodies of her videos on youtube that looked less than complimentary to her work. i suppose it's not surprising - there is always bad to push against the good. we all experience it in our own lives - anytime something exciting or great or joyful happens, there is bound to be some sort of downside or bad thing that could pull you down if you let it. and from observing lindsey and people's reaction to the good she is sharing, it seems that the grander the scale of goodness, the grander the scale of negativity in return to combat that goodness. satan sure can be a bummer if we let him! but as lindsey points out in her blog, we get to choose which voice we listen to and which side we align ourselves with. this choice makes a huge impact on everything in our lives!
so the two things to take from this blog :) 1 - check out lindsey's latest work for yourself! and 2 - choose to fight against the negativity that exists in the world whether it be from situations, from people, or even from yourself on occasion when you are feeling down. remember who you are and where you came from :) remember that those negative thoughts that come aren't definitive of who you are. remember that the greater influence you have for good, the more opposition there will be, but most importantly remember that you are not alone to get through it all! Heavenly Father is always there as well as loving, caring people He will put in your life to be angels to support and strengthen you :) He has done this on countless occasions for me and i know He will do the same for you :)
