There is a wonderful book that was made into a movie by Lily Tomlin & Jane Wagner called, "In Search of Intelligent Life in the Universe." In it, Lily plays many characters and my favorite is a bag lady named Trudy who teaches her "space chums" about life here on Earth.
In the story, Trudy takes her space chums around to teach them about goosebumps. In one experience, Trudy takes them to a play and realizes that the space chums were watching the audience, not the play. This is what gave them the goosebumps. It is a humorous movie but also with a lot of wisdom. Here is an excerpt from the book:
(a letter from the space chums:) "Dear Trudy, thanks for making our stay here so jam-packed and fun-filled. Sorry to abort our mission -- it is not over, just temporarily scrapped. We have ordered to go to a higher bio-vibrational plane. Just wanted you to know, the neurochemical imprints of our cardiocortical experiences here on earth will remain with us always, but what we take with us into space that we cherish the most is 'goose bump' experience."
Yesterday I got the goosebumps more than a few times while singing with a group at a nursing home out in Crozet. We sat outside this time and there were twice the number of people than usual. The staff planned a special summer party and everyone was served fresh strawberry shortcake as we sang.
Many times in singing with a group, it is often just a few who really sing and others mouth the words or don't sing at all. But yesterday--everyone sang! It was such a wonderful thing to hear and see. Smiling faces and harmonious voices blending together. The songs that gave me the goosebumps were, "Summertime", "As Time Goes By", "Autumn Leaves". Partly because in the group is a former Broadway singer and wow, she still has a great voice.
To me getting the goosebumps means something magical is happening.
Have you had the goosebump experience lately?
PS the photo was taken on the way home, a lovely summer afternoon. Happy 1st day of summer!
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