{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Emergent Village","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/emergentvillage","author_name":"Marg Herder","author_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/emergentvillage\/author\/margherder\/","title":"The Inscrutable Sacred Thread","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"mIPXUagZIb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/emergentvillage\/2015\/09\/the-inscrutable-sacred-thread\/\">The Inscrutable Sacred Thread<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/emergentvillage\/2015\/09\/the-inscrutable-sacred-thread\/embed\/#?secret=mIPXUagZIb\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Inscrutable Sacred Thread&#8221; &#8212; Emergent Village\" data-secret=\"mIPXUagZIb\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Expansive listening is something good singers come to understand and practice. In this type of listening something important can be discerned, namely a common timbre, the \u201cinscrutable sacred thread.\u201d It\u2019s not a tone created by or around any individual voice. Far from that. Each voice must find it, surrender to it, and conform to it simultaneously. This, to me is one of the most exquisitely beautiful practices human beings can undertake. It is submission and humility; it is yielding self to the current and tone and melody that only becomes possible when we sing, or act, in concert with one another.","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/emergentvillage\/files\/2015\/09\/Thread_Lines_Andromeda_7002.jpg"}