A Wild and Precious Life, Forward written for Emily Kate Boyd, 9:15

Life; noun. The condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter
The existence of an individual human being
Wild; adj. Uncontrolled or unrestrained, especially in the pursuit of pleasure
Precious; adj. Of great value, not to be wasted or treated carelessly

What greater cause for celebration, what higher goal?
To celebrate our lives wildly.
To realize we are alive.
To admire the precious nature of our individual selves.
To be proud of all our facets, those, combined, make us who we are.
Particularly those parts of ourselves, those facets that we judge most harshly.

It seems much of our social structure is focused on instructing each of us to focus, to control ourselves.
Draw within the lines they say.
This kind of teaching causes our souls to despair.
What about me, we silently cry.
Many times life can be a heroic struggle to fit in. To seem “normal”. Years ago a wise man told me that the only place to find “normal” is as a setting on a washing machine.

Some may discover a consciousness and rebel against that norm.
They demand to be seen. This is me! They cry. Take me, as I am.

Music is a passageway that lets us throw caution to the wind. Music lets us feel how precious life is.

Emily Kate Boyd has music flowing through her soul.
She has the courage to channel this amazing gift, to bring it to the world. He words, her music speak to the human condition.
The love, the despair, the joy and the celebration. The conflict of feeling trapped, no less than that of an animal in the woods, cold steel pressing on its leg, a rusty chain keeping it mired, franticly waiting for death.

The gift of life includes the potential of great value, of great joy. We always have a choice, the slow death of treating life carelessly. Or, of letting ourselves be uncontrolled and unrestrained in our pursuit of pleasure.

Let the pages of this book squeeze up between your toes; riffle through your hair and caress your face with the unbounded joy of music that sings to your soul. Hear and feel the passion of Emily’s words and music, and breathe in the energy of the universe.
Bon appetite