PaulAdams Music
with David Hoffman

IN CONSIDERATION OF THE SPHERE

I remember as a child finding that perfect moment. Time stopped. Staring into the clover I realized that EVERYTHING was right there. We spend our lives running like addicted automatons searching high and low for our Nirvana. Whether it’s with that new love, the brighter bright, or the whitest smile, just look down - It’s all right there.

Athletes call these fleeting moments the “zone” . Others call it finding yourself, or becoming one with the moment. You may have found yourself in this place and, even if for a nano second, EVERYTHING JUST WAS, AND ALL WAS WELL WITHIN CONFINES OF FLESH AND BONE.

Consider the sphere. An absolutely perfect magical tool. A round cylindrical ball to toss, juggle, bounce, throw, hit, kick, balance, and embrace. What magic is this round thing that performs such a wide array of pleasurable tasks? The square,or triangle, have their place BUT they don’t offer us the magic of the sphere. Who could get an infield home run with a square?

Consider the laughter and magic, as well as the intensity that accompanies a workout with the sphere. A ball to throw, bounce, toss, hit, and kick. A ball to hold, to share, and laugh with. A ball to bring people together.

It’s roundness offers hope to lonely souls, and bounces back to those with abandonment issues. It’s patience of roll offers us transportation to distant places, and an ability to haul heavy objects. It not only works for us, but entertains us; it embraces us and elicits laughter, and it brings us closer together. Want to communicate with a friend ? Toss a ball. Want to vent anger? Kick the ball. Want to rest? Roll your coat into a ball and lay your weary head

Just as Music and Mathematics are two universal languages, the sphere is a universal object. Everyone, regardless of background or culture, understands the intrinsic value of the ball. Teams from distant lands and vastly different languages work together as an organization, as a unit, at ONE, with the ball as its mantra. Om mane pudme hum’

You may be carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders.

Get a ball.

It’s an instrument of meditation. Change your focus to the roundness of the sphere as you throw it. What is it pulling out of you? What magic is it bringing you? How did it help you to release your pain, and to become ONE with it, letting go of all outside interruptions?

We need more balls ................ and fewer guns.

 

"Keep your focus on the ball"

Annibelle Oppossum Adams