{"id":38834,"date":"2014-03-13T04:39:08","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T08:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/?p=38834"},"modified":"2014-03-15T13:21:52","modified_gmt":"2014-03-15T17:21:52","slug":"estrella-morante-meaning-ole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2014\/03\/13\/estrella-morante-meaning-ole\/","title":{"rendered":"Estrella Morente and the Meaning of Ol\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5u83cynUSo0\" height=\"563\" width=\"750\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/5u83cynUSo0\" target=\"_blank\">Video link HERE<\/a>.) The other evening we were invited to a concert of Andalusian-born Flamenco singer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.estrella-morente.es\/estrellamorente.html\" target=\"_blank\">Estrella Morente<\/a>, whose incredibly expressive, passionate and complex singing is legendary in Spain. We noticed that as Morente sang, members of the audience would occasionally say &#8220;<b>Ol\u00e9&#8221;<\/b>\u00a0(pronounced al\u00e9).\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Morante and her accompanists \u2014 three clapping as percussion, two playing guitars, one drums \u2014 would also utter &#8220;<\/span><b style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Ol\u00e9<\/b><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0&#8220;when one of them was performing particularly moving or daring passages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b>Ol\u00e9<\/b>.\u00a0This is not bull-fighting &#8220;ol\u00e9&#8221;\u00a0most Westerners know of.\u00a0Rather, it seemed to be a sort of affirmation of &#8220;<em>That is right<\/em>&#8220;, as one Spanish friend put it, reserved for and in acknowledgement of,\u00a0true expression. \u00a0It is a vocalization of &#8220;yes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Since that evening, Morente&#8217;s music has been resonating. \u00a0We can&#8217;t help but think how powerful it would be if we had a way to say and receive &#8220;<b>Ol\u00e9&#8221;<\/b>\u00a0when we are really putting it out there.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>\u00a0The most important thing is to do go deep and be honest when you do something,<\/strong> and this allows each person to move forward and grow with their particular strengths and in their own way.\u2014Estella Morente<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a concert of Andalusian-born Flamenco singer Estrella Morente, whose often wild, incredibly expressive and complex singing is legendary in Spain, members of the audience would occasionally say &#8220;Ol\u00e9\u201d, as would Morante and her accompanists\u00a0when one of them was performing particularly moving or daring passages. 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