Asha ~ Kyrie

Asha sings the original 'Kyrie' from "Heal Your Heart." CD/track download available here ~ http://ashaquinn.com/healyourheart.htm This is an early new age composition from the 80's. We filmed this in Counties Mayo & Galway, and in Connemara, in the magical country of Ireland. I first got to know Ireland with my wife, who is a Celt, and her love of Ireland and deep connection with Irish literature inspired me greatly. So this film honours her connection to the place and spirit of place. 'Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison', from the ancient Greek; 'Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy'. A Kyrie can be a musical form, like a sonata, concerto, opera or ballad... so there are many 'Kyries'. This one is a composition expressing the mercy of the resurrected Christ. The footage you see here was shot as the sun was setting.Right at the crescendo, during perhaps the thirtieth time I had sung it that day... as I held my arms aloft, two beams of sunlight from the sky created a pyramid of light. I didn't know this as I was singing, as I just use a basic Sony camcorder and it's often hard to see what I'm doing on the very small screen! It was only when I looked at the footage later that I became aware of the light, and the humour involved in that moment... as if the Gods saw this tiny man expressing divine love and reaching for the heavens, and sent a kiss. I felt blessed! As indeed, we all are, every moment of every day. I am so small I can barely be seen. How can this great Love be inside me? ~ Rumi