monsoon point

i use music to reflect, adjust, or sometimes even define the space i am in.

because the work i do demands and even functions best when accompanied by

a high level of creative tension which teeters into stress,

i balance my being in the space of my home

with a form of music loosely described as ambient.

filled with texture and colour, emotive and sometimes even spiritual,

it revibrates the high pitched buzz that i accumulate through the course of a day.

the effect is to allow the subtleties of sensitivity to re-emerge.

a few years ago i came across a beautiful disc of music by a musician named al gromer khan.

go here to see his paintings, read his writings, and learn about his music.

the disc featured the vocals of amelia cuni.

listening to her sing is like watching the ink flow from a fountain pen onto a vellum page,

each note tracing the curves and sudden arcs of each letter;

at first with your eyes

and then with your entire presence.

go here to learn more about amelia.

together they have created a disc of music in the dhrupad tradition.

to learn more about dhrupad, go here.

this is a long piece of music in a time when music is typically offered in three to five minute frameworks, so may i respectfully suggest that if you listen to the first three to five minutes,

you'll get a sense of the whole.

alternately, put it on in the background and continue.