Tori Amos

Santa is stated to be about beauty and passion. (You all know by now that I’m getting this from the 36-page color booklet in the Deluxe Edition CD, right?)
Webster Online defines beauty as: the quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit.

Where do you find beauty? What gives pleasure to your senses or pleasurably exalts your mind or spirit?? Where do I find mine…

- in laughter of any kind
- in the sand mixing with the suntan oils and salt water on my skin
- in asymmetry
- in black and white photography
- in the scent of jasmine at night
- in the mirror

I was shocked to find that the first entry from Webster Online defines passion as: the sufferings of Christ between the night of the Last Supper and his death. Who says the Roman Catholic Church has no influence on our day-to-day lives whether we like it or not??

For the purposes of this blog, however, I will use the 4th entry, which defines passion as: a: the emotions as distinguished from reason b: intense, driving, or overmastering feeling or conviction.

This question of “what are you passionate about?” has been one that I’ve contemplated for years. Not in the romantic or sexual passion sense, but just in general. What is my passion? What invokes anything even remotely intense or driving??
I’m still working on it…

Santa’s songs on American Doll Posse are:

- You Can Bring Your Dog
- Secret Spell
- Body and Soul (shared with Pip)
- Programmable Soda
- Dragon

As Dragon is the last track on the album, I’m ultimately drawn to love this one as well. Without exception, the last songs featured on her albums are traditionally the most powerful and enchanting to me. Gold Dust from Scarlett’s Walk; Toast from The Beekeeper; Yes, Anastasia from Under the Pink.

Here is a video of the PS22 Chorus in New York singing Dragon for Tori! It’s really an amazing video. It’s actually part of a series that you can check out by using that link.

Santa has her own blog, as do all the girls, so check it out here. It appears to be updated pretty regularly, but again, I can’t verify if it’s actually being written by Santa (Tori), and I can’t really imagine that she would have the time to keep up with all the blogs… it’s a mystery… but then, what else did I expect from Tori Amos?

Tori Amos, American Doll Posse, Santa, PS22 Chorus, Passion, Beauty