I extended the concept by inviting others in – collaborating with professionals and engaging amateurs through participatory singing. The pieces hold a mirror up to intuition and open free associative space, built again from my archival sounds plus new field recordings. I curated for joy and liberation so the act of composing itself remained in a state of ease – and that state could be embedded in the music. I constructed the dramaturgy as one would craft lace: meticulously, sound by sound, second by second. Repetitive yet shifting patterns offer safety and discovery at once – like a bedtime story whose ending you know, freeing you to explore details anew. The analog synth and software rhythms, together with the noises, follow the laws of natural sound: pulsing, interacting, swelling, fading.
Its inner image for me is travel – one journey, over a lifetime, toward the core self. In the music this is symbolized by a recurring rail-borne vehicle sound: steady, forward, always a little different in each environment. The lyrics invite others into my inner world and seek resonance, often via nature symbols akin to the folk tradition. The process recalled my childhood “Veni-radio,” when I imagined the universe listening as I recorded, uniting performer, audience, and announcer – an urge to synchronize with my innermost self and share that with the world.