As soon as you start to pay attention, the borders become less clear. You will hear a bird on the enclosed compact disk that sounds as controlled as a human composing a tune on a flute. Our contributors have found music in natural sounds, made art out of wild material, or made music that sounds as if it came straight out of nature, even if the source of the songs might be wholly artificial. The writings consist of musings by composers on their own work, reports of wild sound-gatherings, and oblique tales, fictional or factual, where music and nature suprisingly converge. When you are done reading and listening to this clamorous collection, I hope you will be so riveted by the sound of the whole world that you will be unable to turn away from it no matter how powerful the pull of narrowed attention becomes.
Life sings and improvises from molecules to galaxies.
Sound speaks to us yet has nothing exact to tell. The melodies of the world are what they are. Nothing less, nothing more. Never be afraid to listen . Dr. Rothenberg works on philosophical questions in the relationship between humanity and nature.