editorial

 

 

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listening space

 

a true presence in the world immediately places us at the heart of a profound listening experience that makes us sensitive not only to the vibrations of sound waves alone, but also to all the many other vibrations that surround us

 

 

surface congestion


bustle, avalanches of words, logorrhea
verbal layers that intersect, overlap, adjoin and loop
dizziness, vertigo, discomfort

 

 

  © Pinterest

 

 

delirium, wandering, stupor against a backdrop of anxiety

saturation of discordant, unpleasant frequencies

 

György Kurtág, Microlude 10, Keller quartet

 



 

in response

nothing                                                         everything
a space made of nothing and capable of everything

 

  © Souffle, Isa Barbier, Silvacane Abbey

 

 

 

Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 1 Titan, excerpt from the first movement, OSR conducted by Christoph Eschenbach

 


an   i m m e n s e    a n d    v  i  r  g  i  n      s   p   a   c   e

 

  © Cuno Amiet, Grand Hiver, Musée d’Orsay

 

 

 

a background of silence that includes tumult as minor events

 

John Cage,  two5 for piano and tuba (excerpt)

 

 

 

a certain   q u a l i t y    o f    p  r  e  s  e  n  c  e

  © boat.gif

attention that is not focused but open