Music as First Contact
4 min readJun 30, 2023
Song can be a thread between what is lost and what is trying to be found, often speaking more honestly about the world than the surface layer of reality.
The wilderness can often speak more eloquently to what stirs in our hearts. What sings, howls, creaks, or growls offers an expression beyond the limitations of words. What sings in the dark, sings to the night. Another world comes alive in the darkness, where the symphony…