Phillip Glass' Satyagraha (Act 3, Conclusion)

Another late night... or actually right now it's not as late as it usually is for me. But it's another late hour of another late-night-to-be. I've had such a long string of late nights these days that this hour of night seems terribly late, when usually I know to "hit the hay" when I am experiencing a hint of a sunrise - like a vampire avoiding getting dusted. (Omigoth!)

My exhaustion is only dramatized when it is accompanied with this Glass song. An old friend sent it to me the other day, he noticed that it was named after a philosophy that Ghandi coined, Ghandi is one of my heroes - so of course he sent it along. *Warm fuzzies.* It sounds like how it feels when you are sleepy and your eyes are crossing even though you are struggling to keep them open because there are so many exciting things to do and prepare for. A friend's visit, an art opening, baking more molten lava little cupcakes for friends to indulge in...


Satyagraha is the philosophy of nonviolent resistance most famously employed by Mohandas Gandhi in forcing an end to the British Raj in India and also during his struggles in South Africa. The concept of Satyagraha was also adopted by Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.

Satya is Sanskrit for "truth", and agraha can be rendered as "effort/endeavor". Satyagraha, as defined by Gandhi, can mean "an effort to discover, discern, obtain or apply the Truth". The term was popularized during the Indian Independence Movement, and is used in many Indian languages including Hindi.


An ode to your nonviolent resistance to sleep:

[mp3] Philip Glass - Satyagraha (Act 3, Conclusion) [/mp3]
*mp3 available for 100 downloads only.