Day 5
The fog impaired vision this morning, reducing visibility to a few feet but opened the depths of internal sights for many miles.. The air was filled with stiff salt carrying mists of ghosts and playing tricks with echoes until high noon when the sun overtook leaving for a peaceful session.
I centered around two main themes that I were entirely improvised but fully formed, then explored and expanded upon for about 4o mins each. One densely layered piece danced around the stone walls and came back with more vigor than when the notes left my grasp. The top end frequencies were rounded with a clear attack but no harshness. I was in awe of the sounds. I discovered a new position that retains the body and initial tone without getting washed away in the natural ambiance.
The second piece was much more sparse, but focused around a moving repetitive harmonic sequence with a fragile melody on top. It contrasted nicely with the moving bass line, avoiding my tendencies to pulsate a single drone tonality. To have the freedom to work on these minutia is a wonderful gift. The ritual of getting to play uninterrupted for entire hours is allowing for deeper understanding of all things. Not only the technical aspects I am uncovering on a daily basis, or the harmonic and melodic content to explore, but the time is also allowing for conceptual, metaphysical, mind and soul uniting processes to mingle.
If ever I feel disconnected or at loss for inspiration, I head to the main chamber and close the heavy wooden doors. I take position below the projected image and look in complete wonder at the outside world. The slow moving pace of rural NS life, pictured on the floor. What thrill it is to see birds sail across the floor / sky, or the tide reflecting the stark blues. The haze that is created by the projection creates pastel type colouring, sometimes vague traces of the seascapes moving features contrasted by deep details that surface in portions of the image. Watching this living lens, taking a few full breaths and I am back in trance, and able to create freely and unhinged.
My objective was not to play any rehearsed song or figure today. I was able to provide this for about 90% of the time.
Observing that the mind was much quieter today, refreshingly so, after being seemingly trapped in undertows of fleeting thoughts perpetual, it was no wonder the music flowed clearly and with calming side effects,
