At the Heart of Change EMILY WELLS IMMORTALIZES MESSIANIC MUSES IN REGARDS TO THE END . Ecomusicology
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Words by Crystal Hammon Photo by Rachel Stern
The pandemic shutdown of 2020 had an unexpected flipside for composer, vocalist and instrumentalist Emily Wells. At first, Wells felt disoriented and unfocused, but she quickly discovered that her ability to focus and to “hem” herself into her practice were changed for the better. “On a spiritual level, I was extremely grateful to be an artist as a way to work through ideas, as a way to distract my mind, as a way to be engaged in something bigger than myself,” Wells says.
