Kimbra Johnson is the delicate, yet firm, female vocalist who features on Gotye’s song Somebody That I Used To Know.
She performs simply as Kimbra.
Melbourne’s The Age newspaper currently has a feature article about her posted on their website.
The following paragraph mentions Kimbra’s spiritual interests and mentions Tim Keller.
But if those expectations are a lot for a young adult to shoulder, then it certainly helps that Johnson believes in something bigger than herself. When there is a slow moment on the day of the photo shoot, she fetches her book and retreats to what she refers to as her “sacred place”. She is reading Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex and Power and the Only Hope that Matters by Timothy Keller, a pastor at the Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, whose podcasts she downloads along with sermons from the church she used to attend in New Zealand (“obviously I don’t really go to church any more – no time”) and theology lectures from Melbourne University. “There’s a classic quote, that faith is not a destination, it’s a journey,” she says. “It’s not a place you come to and stop – it’s following that yearning every day and still exploring it. I’m so fascinated by the human longing for meaning.” As she points out, it is also a major theme in her lyrics: “The way we relate romantically to each other is so much to do with our longing for meaning as well.”
Johnson’s curiosity also extends to Buddhism and the Tao Te Ching and she wants to read more on Jewish theology. “At the moment, I’m really interested in Christian mysticism,” she adds.
Initially, she wondered if the intensity of her career might lead her to neglect her spiritual life, but has found the opposite to be true. “There’s a vulnerability in music [baring one’s soul] but you’ve also got to protect your sacred place and have a place you can still retire to that no one else knows about,” she says. “So that’s a thing I just try to balance.”
While interesting to those who appreciate Keller, this also references the way in which contemporary people can harmonise spiritual teaching from a variety of divergent sources.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/kimbra-sings-her-way-to-the-top-20120424-1xic5.html#ixzz1t3Fl1keP
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