Infinity
"Infinity" was commissioned by Kantorei, Denver, and Artistic Director Joel Rinsema and written during Kim's position as Composer-in-Residence for their 2015/16 season.
Human beings, both personally and as a species, inhabit a tiny part of the universe for a small part of time. The human situation is awe-inspiring and challenging. What should we do with our lives? The answer chosen by most people is to work for the betterment of ourselves, our families, our communities, our countries, the world. One of the greatest tragedies of life is the fact that a minority of people, lacking vision and compassion, dedicate themselves to a destructive course of action.
LYRICS
How far, how far
is the furthest star
we can see?
A distance
that’s measured
in time.
What there may be
beyond what we see
no one knows,
a vastness
that time
cannot tell.
In all this space
is just a trace
of human race,
whose fortunes
are measured
in dust.
In oceans of time
the story of life
is cast about
in chaos
seeming futile
and blind.
Our moment in time
one human race.
Choose the dark or the light
to rise or to fall,
one chance
for us all.
