Thank you greatly! I was very concerned about the shakuhachi music, but an
acquaintance who's a master with the instrument (as well as making /
repairing them) called the piece 'wonderful.' So I feel justified; for me
there's nothing like it and (for me) its difficulty. The writing resonates
with that and with the double issues of breathing - the choke hold
brutally used by the police, and the inflammation of the respiratory
system with covid. Not to mention the choking caused by smog related to
global warming. Shakuhachi I think has everything to do with breath
control; interestingly it was apparently also used as a personal weapon
centuries ago.
On Sun, 7 Jun 2020, Edward Picot via NetBehaviour wrote:
Really nice. I particularly like 'while time remains in the thickness of
things' and 'could we give the gift could a gift be given' (which I
originally read as 'could we give the gift a gift could be given').
On 07/06/2020 03:04, Alan Sondheim wrote:
bamboo breathing
http://www.alansondheim.org/sirens.jpg from our window
http://www.alansondheim.org/sirens.mp3 shakuhachi 1.7
shakuhachi breath while time remains in the thickness of things
thinking the flow of protesters, sound of sirens and horns,
following, the police following, anxiety but more peaceful night
occurrence, occurring, breathing as event
shakuhachi, gift and surplus of breath
could we give the gift could a gift be given
covid respirators, ventilators, strangled windpipes
broken glass and history littered ground we all floated into air
in the night air we all floated
in the night air breathed bamboo
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