dreaming of... India

I know it's right before Christmas and I should really be trying to get you to buy my jewelry (so, if you would like some beautiful amazing handmade jewelry click here), but my mind is in India..

You see, I've been invited by my goldsmith teacher's family to perform at their annual village temple festival, in a remote area of S. India. Last year they invited me also and it was a whole mind and body opening experience for me. One of those things that really changed my life. So much fear pulsed through my body as I was getting ready to perform in front of 500 people. I sat on the stage hiding behind the curtain,w hich then went up and poof... the anxiety disappeared and I sang and played my heart out. You can read all about it here and here. It really was an amazing experience.



And, I am thinking about it now, because, like I said, they invited me back, but I am arriving in India on the day of the festival and I am feeling sad and trying to figure out if I can change my ticket to get there, even one day earlier so I can make it half way across India to the remote village and sing sing sing to Krishna and the people of Adikadilye!

Oh, I hope it works out!

Your wish has been granted…

About a week ago, Balan said to me… ”Samia, you sing Bhajan at our festival”. I, said, “no no no”. Their whole family chimed in and after a little prodding. I agreed…

Yesterday, Divya said to me, “Samia come, we go to the temple.” I said, “Why?” She then went on to tell me we had to ask some board members of the temple if I could sing at their big yearly gathering. I thought to myself, that is weird, I had been thinking they already had asked and it was all set up.

So, we walked to the temple and I asked her what she was going to say. She told me she was going to tell them it is my wish (my wish, yes me, samia’s wish) to sing to Krishna at their temple festival. I told her no, it is your wish… She said, “yes yes Samia, it is our wish, but we will tell them it is your wish.”

We walked through the palm forest and up the little roads to the temple. There were 2 men there. The girls spoke with them telling them about “my wish to pray to Krishna (sing to the people about Krishna)”. They went back and forth for about 5 minutes and then we left. I asked Divya what they said and I guess the guy they spoke with said, if it was up to him it would be ok, but he had to run it by the other board members and we should come back tomorrow (which was today)…

This morning we walked back to the temple, we spoke with another man, we went into the temple to pray to Krishna, Ganapati and Devi… We came back out and the guy said to me…”Madam, your wish has been granted”

I will be singing 2 prayers to Krishna tomorrow night…
At the Adikadalayi Krishna Temple Festival
Kannur District, Kerala, India
Time TBA
Please join me…