Instrumental Peace
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Instrumental Peace is a grassroots organization in Pennsylvania that uses music and story as tools to improve the quality of life for those at end of life. The music and story that is captured acts as a portal to our cultural heritage, giving voice to the ancestral memory and wisdom encoded within the framework of a favorite song. Instrumental Peace's mission is to pass down these stories and song
The age segregated nature of senior living makes it a perfect environment to “mine” the stories of our older generation. They are our “folkways” in an AI driven world.
Folklorist Archie Green studied mining songs, and describes a folk song as “a piece received aurally by listeners and singers which is accepted by them and which is also altered in the process of movement over time.”
This statement touches upon the fragility of the oral tradition and its dependency on our “folkways” as a means of passing the social conventions, principles and values of daily living on to the next generation. It also draws attention to the organic and collaborative process of listening and interpreting folk songs in their purest form, then adapting them to mirror the ethos of the times.
03/01/2026
A writing exercise: which metaphor are you?
If I were a tree, I would be an oak. Firmly planted and deeply rooted to my dreams and aspirations. My branches are always reaching toward the heavens for guidance and inspiration. I stand alone because my creativity is entrepreneurial and visionary. But my seeds are meant to be spread so that my seedlings pass on my compassion to cultivate kindness and hope for a New Earth.
12/28/2025
It’s interesting how certain poems and/or music speak to you on different days.
Last night I had a dream about my mother. Claire de Lune was the first song that came up on my “random” playlist this morning. It was her wedding song. And then, this quote spoke to me for friends and for those I’ve never met navigating loss often compounded by the holiday season. Sending peace to all…
12/25/2025
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James Taylor - In The Bleak Midwinter In the Bleak Midwinter is a poem written by English poet, Christina Rossetti. The poem was published under the title A Christmas Carol in the January 1872 is...
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1920 Trolley Rd
York, PA
17408
