After facing battles with drug addiction and other challenges in her personal life, Whitney Houston released what would be her last album in 2009.  Her lead off single from that record was “I Look To You”, written for her by R Kelly.  Most are well aware of the controversies surrounding R. Kelly’s personal life, and although I don’t wish to minimize any of that, I’m going to leave that for a separate conversation.  Focusing on the song itself, the lyrics here are deeply personal and powerful, and Houston delivers them with a raw honesty of overwhelming quality: As I lay me down Heaven here me now I’m lost without a…

During a recent conversation with a friend, we somehow wandered into the topic of cryonics.  If you’re not familiar with the term – “cryonics” refers to the process of freezing one’s body after death in order to preserve it; the idea being that at some point science will have advanced far enough to be able to bring the person back to life.  It’s certainly a controversial concept and I don’t have the scientific knowledge to speculate on whether this is a realistic proposition, but it’s certainly a fascinating thing to think about.  During this conversation my friend asked me if I was familiar with “The Frozen Man” by James Taylor. …