Prophets

Listening to Radiohead reminds me why I believe in prophets.

Clarifying the term would be useful before I go any further. By a prophet I mean someone who is divinely inspired to speak, whether about the future or current, about the nature of human beings or of the super natural. But the divine inspiration is the key, I think. There's people who do everything through their own lenses, by their own effort and strength, using their own wisdom. And then there's those who are keenly aware that they cannot rely on themselves to create, survive, heal, or make sense of the world. Instead, they wait til the divine strikes - and they speak to the people.

At least that's what I believe. And listening to Radiohead makes me think these things, like the divine, because Radiohead sounds so otherworldly beautiful and fascinating.

To clarify some more: no, I don't know if Radiohead consults the heavenly realms for musical decisions. But I'd like to submit that perhaps the heavenly realms touch me through Radiohead anyway (among other things). And I'm so fine with that. If this is a small glimpse or foreshadow of contact with God, I say: Excellent.