CHAPTER I


Claude Debussy — Reflections in the Water

 

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“Reverb”

Turbulence on a Still Lake


1. Recurrence
2. Expansive
3. Horizonal
4. Remember Still


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And from the flow of things waiting to become
Erupts from below the beings that beckon;
Erected above they drift like the snow
And from shadow sing along with the sun.

 

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As the song goes, its wave fills our heart, its echoes build a home…

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…for us to wander under the great wide sky.

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Ten thousand times spoken,
Ten thousand thoughts given,
Ten thousand words written,

Nurtured by the horizon.

 

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When the wind alas settles,
And walls turn into mantles,
Gaze upon the still lake.

 

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When the air around carries
Flowery smells of berries
Remember the lake still.

 

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And when it blows ever after,
There comes another hour
To breathe,
Remember.