is a process . . .
Having agonized over producing a worthy piano track for Mr. Graboski's 'Slough of Despond' I actually had an acceptable alternate version included in the mix below for you to hear. My having to choose between the two reminded me the Hebrew bible story in 1 Kings 3:16-28.
Two young women who lived in the same house and who both had an infant
son came to Solomon for a judgment. One of the women claimed that the
other, after accidentally smothering her own son while sleeping, had
exchanged the two children to make it appear that the living child was
hers. The other woman denied this and so both women claimed to be the
mother of the living son and said that the dead boy belonged to the
other. After some deliberation, King Solomon called for a sword to be
brought before him. He declared that there was only one fair solution:
the live son must be split in two, each woman receiving half of the
child. Upon hearing this terrible verdict, the boy's true mother cried
out, "Oh Lord, give the baby to her, just don't kill him!" The liar, in
her bitter jealousy, exclaimed, "It shall be neither mine nor
yours—divide it!" The king declared the first mother as the true mother and gave her
the baby. King Solomon's judgment became known throughout all of Israel
and was considered an example of profound wisdom.
I'm not quite sure how this wisdom can be applied to the piano track. My dilemma is more akin to one mother having to choose one of her two twins over the other to be award a great prize or accolade. Based solely upon the twins as individual human beings, a mother would simply be unable to made such a choice.
Nor can I. (What a mother!)
Slough of Despond
(with alternate piano track)
by OHO [Jay Graboski, David Reeve & Ray Jozwiak]
(original tracks recorded at Blueball Studio, Stewartstown, PA)
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