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Here we experiment with enhancing simplicity to the point where one becomes aware of depths underlying the motion of hues. From a pure white field, gradually perceive a complex world of color and shape, blending experience of energy and sensation, resolving again into the void - or is it a harmony of all colors?
In parallel to Linda DeHart's visual images, the music of Joshua Hummel is an audio experiment in liminalism: music that exists on the threshold of consciousness and explores the power of subtlety, space and timbre.
Science takes us ever deeper into matter, seeking the most simple building blocks, and there we discover the indefinable energy of the universe.
We invite you to experience this TOUCHSTONE in a new and explorative way, as a doorway through which to pass, a point where perception begins, or where it ends. This perspective is embodied in the enduring words of Elder Brackett's Simple Gifts in new ways.
'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free
'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gain'd,
To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd,
To turn, turn will be our delight,
Till by turning, turning we come 'round right.
Shaker Song, Elder Joseph Brackett, 1848
Music for this TOUCHSTONE is excerpted from "Dew," the latest album released by Aril this month on iTunes. Dew is also available for purchase on CD here.
Aril is the pseudonym of composer Joshua Hummel and exists as an artistic endeavor to create and perform sound-art that is entertaining, musically rich, imaginative and mood-evoking.
The music of Aril ranges from solo piano compositions to electro-acoustic and electronic media pieces.
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