This first blog is called the Old and New because most of the content here draws from literature dusty with age...ancient even - yet these ancient stories, poems, and songs are told, translated, and sung anew. Imagine being in some really familiar place in nature. Then, a hard snow falls, covering every surface, tracing every tree branch, blanketing every piece of ground with a new perspective.

Making ancient stories relevant to the present day is part of it, I suppose. But how did these stories of…