Crocuses from Three Songs by Katie Mullins

The inspiration for this piece came in late March when I overheard a woman say, "I can't believe it's snowing on the last day of March," and another woman responded, "I'm from Massachusetts, there's always snow on the crocuses." Regardless of disliking snow in late March in NYC, and the signs of climate change, the image is still beautiful to me because it is a reminder that our expectations of things we wish for are often coupled with undesirable things.
The second verse is about the light, the way it literally streams in the room in slivers that illuminate the dust particles. When I'm teaching preschoolers, this phenomenon is always distracting to them. They love to touch the light.
I love to touch the light too, and we all feel its power. We are all striving towards the light, reaching for our desires, reaching for what calls to us, and yet, those things are often untouchable, but we all know that experience of reaching, which is fulfilling in itself.

On Katie Mullins’ third release, Three Songs, the magic of threes is in full effect: a brew of her signature haunting vocals taken to another level, with glowing overdubbed choruses that seem to weave witchery, and the charisma of unassuming candor.

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