Name: Clearing / The Wood Thrush Sings
Duration: P00H02M47S
Description: The tune is dedicated to David Kaynor, who was such a mentor and friend in co-creating the beauty and community that sustain us. Sometimes the music in our house was so overwhelmingly beautiful, I just had to lie on the floor and feel the vibrations ripple through my body.

Clearing / The Wood Thrush Sings

from Garden Dreams by Aaron Marcus

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Includes liner notes and a booklet insert with text of all the poems. Front cover artwork by Noble Chute, overall design by Dana Dwinell-Yardley. Back cover is a montage of showy ladyslipper orchids in a fen, Berta the Steinway Model B piano, and Aaron and Sam.

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The tune is dedicated to David Kaynor, who was such a mentor and friend in co-creating the beauty and community that sustain us. Sometimes the music in our house was so overwhelmingly beautiful, I just had to lie on the floor and feel the vibrations ripple through my body.

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Do not try to save
the whole world
or do anything grandiose.
Instead, create
a clearing
in the dense forest
of your life
and wait there
patiently,
until the song
that is your life
falls into your own cupped hands
and you recognize and greet it.
Only then will you know
how to give yourself
to this world
so worthy of rescue.

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from Garden Dreams, released November 14, 2021
Poetry by Martha Postlethwaite
Aaron Marcus: Piano, original music
Sam Sanders: Spoken Word

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Aaron (they/them) is an extraordinary pianist, concertinist, tune-writer and practitioner of traditional community dance styles. They tour across the US with "Frost & Fire," "Giant Robot Dance," & "The Turning Stile." Aaron believes in the deep emotive healing power of music. Their infectious exuberance, Earth grounding, and subtle lyricism all connect with the strong rhythms of the dance floor. ... more

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