This past weekend Dan and I got to see the Eagles LIVE in concert at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The tickets were a surprise gift from my son. We had flown out to Vegas to attend the high school graduation ceremony of my eldest granddaughter. The timing coincided with our wedding anniversary which was the reason for the surprise. The concert was AMAZING!!
In addition to the Eagles band members there was a full orchestra backing them up. The music was INSANE (in a good way) and the video display and light show SUPERB. Intermittently and super artistically images of the orchestra playing passionately was superimposed on the stage backdrop. I was immediately struck by the image of the individual musicians playing in concert with each other.
They played together separately and separately together.
The paradoxical non-duality of what I was experiencing was profound. After all, what is an orchestra without its instrumental ensemble? What is a band without its members? What is a singer-songwriter without his/her voice; without an audience?
What are we without each other?
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