Maryanne Amacher vital sensibility for experiencing sound beyond musicality made perfect sense with my search in solitude.
Maryanne Amacher and my experience with solitude
Category: Essays
Full consciousness of being: “An individual note…”, Daphne Oram
Daphne Oram manages to create beautiful analogies between the being (thinking, doing, existing) and music to explain individuality.
The Occupation of Inhabited Spaces – Else Marie Pade
Time can be defined as a succession of events. We framed our lives within hours, days, months and years. Yet, only the conscious mind is capable of understanding this impalpable phenomenon. We know that day is lightness and night is darkness, no matter the context. Even if you don't like change, time passes (as an [...]
EMDR and the darkness unnamed
After my dad died, my world crumbled. It was the first time that I recognised a depressive episode, although, I didn't know that I was experiencing one. My will to live to the fullest disappeared. I come from a family deconstructed by a severe history of domestic violence and a lack of emotional connection. We [...]
Beatriz Ferreyra: the perpetual attempt by solid and fluid to interpenetrate
For the past twenty days, I have kept track of how I feel, and it has made me realise that the elasticity of time and space is defined by moments. Sometimes they feel like a thunderous glow overlaid by brief periods drafted in a thick black void. It is a beautiful and intense relationship with [...]
Ellen Fullman long string instrument: A desire to connect
"Learn to love solitude," said Andrei Tarkovsky as an example of resilience. That sophisticated process of learning and enjoying being with yourself. During these thirty-five days of solitude, my body and my head have become receptors of eclectic experiences. The mood swings are constant and acute episodes of mental sensitivity have led me to believe [...]