Food for Our Minds and Spirits: Sea Shanty is a Mood

Sometimes it is hard to tap into our spiritual selves or find time to nurture our intellectual curiosity. Here is a section that reflects on some nourishing materials from around the web and related media channels in order to get us thinking, get us feeling, and get us reflecting on the lives we are living in this big, beautiful world. **Some Adult/Mature Themes May Appear in Links and Other Attached Material**

I am as surprised as anyone that Sea Shanties became a big part of the social media landscape during the past year as the pandemic compelled us all to spend so much time online. 

But it happened! Go figure — a musical form that had not been popular for ages became important as a way for people to, especially, collaborate over the internet. And its amazing what has resulted. One particular tune, The Wellerman, became a shared tune that was built upon and built upon––the video is quite amazing. 

And if you, like me, have taken this as a chance to learn that sea shanties are a valid and expansive form of song-writing, that’s pretty good upside for music making in the vast, endless waves of the digital ocean.

Allan T. Georgia, M.Div., M.T.S., PhD