Word Records

Art reflects Life... but not necessarily the way we think. A sculptor can shape a block of marble into a human form. A painter's brush can put a landscape in a frame. But though such works of art may be beautiful, they are not reflections of the all-encompassing essence of ‘Life'.  They are merely re-creations of the ordinary, fashioned by a talented eye... Everyday Art reflects the artist's view. 

What brings Art ‘to Life' is when visionaries get a glimpse of the Big Picture. When talented eyes can look past the ordinary and recognize that they, too are creations of the Ultimate Artiste, everyday moments can become Life-reflecting portraits, sculptures, books. And when a visionary, like recording artist David Phelps, acknowledges The Divine in his life, the common events of every-day can actually turn into songs... 

Watching the surf cover up my toes

Breathing the salt air from the coast

Ten years old with my eyes pressed closed

Life is a church 

Finding the ‘extra' in the ordinary is Art at its finest; and exploring that Big Picture is the inspiration behind David Phelps' latest Word Records offering, Life Is A Church. Wielding the artistry of his signature voice, David compels you into a gallery of intimate, melodic portraits. Each track, in this eleven-title collection, ventures past the usual, musical imagery. Through a creative collaboration of instruments and intellect, Phelps unveils the Art of reflecting the Ultimate Life, while going about the day-to-day events of living.

 

Now that You've pulled back the curtains

I can see You everywhere

And I wanna empty out all my pockets

Till there's only one thing that's there 

 

That one ‘thing' Phelps sings about so passionately did not appear to him in some dramatic flash of light. It was revealed gradually; artistically woven through the everyday activities of his childhood in Tomball, Texas. In that little town, northwest of Houston, David was surrounded by a nurturing neighborhood. His parents, a CPA and an English professor, provided a no-nonsense, down-to-earth environment for their two daughters and son. It was a rural community content with the everyday activities of work, school, chores and church. It was Mayberry with sagebrush.