Ritual of Permeation

Ritual of Permeation

Sound does not resonate merely to convey something.

It touches a boundary,
sets its contours trembling,
and eventually passes through
what once divided this side from the other.

Ritual of Permeation is not a rite of passage from one world into another.
Rather, it is a ritual through which the boundary itself-the boundary between the world and the self-gradually becomes permeable.

Echoes, repetitions, distortions, silence.
Following the traces left within sound,
consciousness slowly begins to lose the distinction
between the one who listens
and that which is heard.

Not leaving something behind to reach the other side,
but remaining here
and passing through the here itself.

Ritual echoes still pulse within orbit.

The echoes of the ritual are still pulsing within the orbit.

This is not music made for completion.
It is music for noticing
that the contours have begun to dissolve,
and that the wall once standing between you and the world
has, without your noticing,
become a window.