SLIPPING GENTLY INTO THE STREAM
The Creative Process feels much like slipping into a flow. Being carried on currents of sound internally and externally causes time to ungrip and fall away. At least that is the experience of writing Ambient Child and the I Ching Gate Series have been so far.
Kent and I (Rena) often discuss “being in the zone” when the regular bits of life get disconnected and you forget to eat or drink from the cup you just poured an hour earlier. After reheating it for the second time, you return to find it has gone cold again. Where did the time slip away to?
That creative place exists between thoughts and this is where the most sublime sounds, paintings and words come from. Between thoughts is being “out of your mind” – it is so wonderful to have these times.
We posted Gate 11 yesterday . This is one of my very favorites. Upon entering this composition there is the sense of being in a stream gently carried along. It seems logical that taking those few minutes to slip into the Stream of Musical sound ,the listening state, can be as refreshing as going for a swim on a sweltering day – just for a few minutes – just to take the edge off the heat. The difference is with the “auditory swim” it is your heart and spirits that get refreshed.