Nov
18
Miranda Lambert: Zen Country Star
Miranda Lambert photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.
“Life,” according to the teaching of Buddha, “is suffering.”
“Life,” wrote The Road Less Traveled author M. Scott Peck, “is difficult.”
The characters in Miranda Lambert’s best-known songs — “Kerosene,” “Gunpowder & Lead” and the current “White Liar” — know suffering and difficulty well. Domestic violence, dishonesty and cheating are all some of the least savory characteristics of human beings, but they are human traits and behaviors nonetheless. Miranda understands, and it’s part of the reason she sings the kinds of songs she does.
