Tones of Nitrogen

    Improv in the key of Nitrogen Improvisation with a High Spirits, First Nation flute. This traditional flute is made in the key of F#. Percussion by Larry Stephens. Nitrogen is the 7th element in the periodic table. It is one of the 6 elements that make up 98.7% of the human body. Approximately…

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The Work of Joseph Rael – Tsluu-teh-koh-ay – Beautiful Painted Arrow

The work of Joseph Rael, Tsluu-teh-koh-ay, Beautiful Painted Arrow. Over the last few months I have been reading the work of Joseph Rael, a Southern Ute and Picuris Pueblo First Nation mystic and spiritual leader. I was attracted to the titles of his books, Sound; being and vibration: entering the new world; and House of…

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Boron

5-Boron-B Image explanation:An image reflecting the importance of boron as an essential mineral for plants. The tree and its strange metallic foliage ‘grow’ from a ‘pure’ dark powdered cone of the element. Appearance:Pure boron is a dark amorphous powder. Uses:Amorphous boron is used as a rocket fuel igniter and in pyrotechnic flares. It gives the…

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Rumi’s “The Guest House” in the key of Carbon

The Tones of Carbon By Commons:Robert Lavinsky – File:Diamond-and-graphite-with-scale.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39385953 This recording is a sketch of the tones of carbon done by Siobhan Elia on cello, Maya Bennardo and me on violin. There are two versions, one that is instrumental and another with a voice over with a poem by Rumi. Maya…

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Rumi’s ‘Where Everything is Music’ in the key of Oxygen

There is a delight in following a stream of thought, seeing where it meets the next body of thought and how they dance together. The following composition is with my daughter, Siobhan Elia (cello) [https://confluencelearningspace.com/], Larry Stephens (percussion) and me on violin. The field recording is simple and done as a single take. The poetry…

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Dancing Particles in the Key of Hydrogen

Rumi in the Key of Hydrogen Hydrogen, the most abundant element, the lightest known element, the element that is in every part of our body is the framework for this composition. As I work with the tones from the elements, I find a beautiful consonance between the colors. It is quite mind bending to step…

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The Human Elements

  After what seems like an inordinate amount of time, I have finished working through the elements of the human body. The question now is what to do with this body of work? Or is it, work of the body? While traveling in Europe the summer before last visiting a dear family friend, her partner…

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Elements of the Human Body

  After my last post, Restoration Agriculture, earlier this year, I took a break from publishing the elements. Several factors were drawing my attention away from this project. I became very much interested in the idea of harmonizing the earth and began the first steps of developing a permaculture on 7 acres of land in…

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Restoration Agriculture

One year has elapsed since I began writing about healing and vibration, and, color and sound. What a wonder filled journey that has ranged far beyond my initial expectations and explorations that are in fields more diverse than vibrational healing. Little did I expect that along with crystals, aromatherapy, sound healing, song meditation and chakra balancing,…

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Vanadium

Vanadium is the 23rd element. There is a bit more information on the blog post: Tones of Vanadium. Orange Violet       Ultraviolet Vanadium Scale Vanadium Sound Sketch

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Science, Sound and Healing

The past eight months has taken me into a wide range of studies from physics to farming. All of them had on one level or another recognized vibration as an integral part of our world. We are and our world is vibration. I have also encountered this character who goes by the surname of Science.…

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