Evocación : Origins of Music (22)

Where does that music come from?

For me,

this question is almost the same as asking,

where does life come from?

For a long time,

no matter where I looked,

I could not find the answer.

There are many composers who created music

in communion with nature,

so I can understand

that music is born

by resonating with nature.

But still,

from

“where”’

does it come?

I had no idea.

I wanted to know,

so I even began exploring

the first principles of composition.

How to connect

one point to another.

How to combine

harmonies.

But you know,

I could not see

the root of it.

The raw materials of that music,

how did you find them?

How did you choose them?

Why did you decide that way?

It was more mysterious to me

than tomorrow's weather.

I once questioned

the composer of the violin sonata

I recently introduced,

one question after another.

He answered

every one of my questions

carefully,

patiently.

Even so,

Where did it come from?

I still had no idea.

Because he said,

"It's just there.

That is how it sounds."

And I was like,

What?

How?

From where?

Something like that.

And finally,

I understood.

The countless,

infinite sounds

that fill us

encounter something,

and a transformation begins.

Yes.

Music is born

the way life is born.

At some moment,

it appears

in a complete form.

But not always.

Sometimes, perhaps,

only a tiny fragment appears.

Then slowly,

over time,

we piece it together.

From the whirlpool of vibration

within ourselves,

we scoop up

what gradually takes form.

That music

is inside you.

It is inside everyone.

We are filled

with countless sounds,

and as they resonate with one another,

they become a great swell,

pass through

our skin,

and resonate with the world beyond us.