of joy and a capture of those moments in life where you feel the bliss of being in love again .
A relationship with God doesn ’ t feel routine or overly familiar where you miss the joy and vibrancy of that . Gosh , that song , even in its form and the layout of the song wasn ’ t a normal song for me , it was a deviation already . When I pushed myself to try and find the visual to make it work , the problem was that I ’ m seeing space , I ’ m seeing nations of the world . I ’ m seeing wind blowing you in a way that knocks you off your feet and you feel , not carefree , but you feel wild again .
So , I found this animator and I sent him a storyboard that had to have been just so crazy for him to read . A grown man saying , “ Okay I ’ m grabbing the tail of a kite and now I ’ m swinging over a city , but then I ’ m in a rocket ship and I ’ m in space and the whole cosmos are pumping to this music that ’ s always been happening and alive , and it ' s a celebration of the creator and the opportunity we ’ ve been given and the joy we ’ re invited into .” I mean it just has to be so funny getting asked via email , “ A spaceship , a
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kite , narwhals , a boat .” It was such a blast to work on , because how can you visually capture the elation of wild wonder ?
[ WM ] As I watched the video , I thought , “ He ’ s obviously channeling his inner Disney ! As musicians it ’ s fun to do something else . I assumed that if this is something that you normally do not do , it ’ s got to be a total blast ?
[ Pat ] ( laughs ) Exactly ! I would get versions back and new clips and just stare at the screen and scream with pure joy . You know what it did for me ? It just blew open these doors of creative possibility and worshipful expression that I had buried before . I think there was a part of me that felt if I write a song about worship , the only way I can visually capture that is in a room with a bunch of people singing . That is so appropriate and will always be there and I love that . But there ’ s also all of these visual artists out there . That ’ s why you watch a Pixar movie and are like , “ Why am I crying right now , it ' s a cartoon ?” I was so moved and inspired by that process , and most importantly it was so fun . It was so fun . When music and art is fun again you feel like how much more is there in the world of this that I haven ’ t been tapping into ? It opened up a whole new thing .
[ WM ] Some of your songs on this project are brand new , and yet others will already be familiar to readers because other artists have already recorded and released them . “ Canvas and Clay ” is just one of those songs that I am referring to . What can you tell us about it ?
[ Pat ] “ Canvas and Clay ” was really the first sharing of what this record would be . I guess in hindsight I could say we ’ ve been releasing this record for the last year . The studio version of that song came out around this time last year . That song for me is so interesting because it really