Ava - Friday Night Musing

It's Friday night and I am home listening to (surprise, surprise) "The Tarot Immersions" on my headphones. Right now, it is all I listen to. Why? Well, sometimes I listen just for myself. At these times I am simply appreciating it as a major creative accomplishment for "The Open Sesames".

And sometimes I listen on behalf of others who have, or will, be exposed to the 22 "Immersions" on this 2 CD set. I try to imagine what they are hearing and, of course, I can't really know that, can I?

But, I do know a few things. I know what listeners are NOT hearing.

They are NOT hearing a body of work designed to lull them into a meditative state of mind - even though some of the pieces will do just that when listened to with an open, relaxed, and accepting attitude. Instead, what really happens is the 22 "Immersions" on "The Tarot Immersions" takes the listener on a journey which, by times, is rousing, calming, provocative, evocative and even, in one particular instance, comical.

Stated simply: Each "Immersion" is the voice of the tarot card it represents and each card represents a stopping place on a top/down, human journey in which the newly emerged divine spark (0-The Fool) descends down, down, down to become at home in the world (XXI-The World).

Further to this - and just as important - "The Tarot Immersions" is a really neat listening experience. The music is GREAT and the vocals are layered and textured in very intriguing ways. In fact my vocals sound like my visual work looks. How cool and reassuring is that? I recognize the vocal aspects of this body of work as something I was 100% involved in because I recognize myself in it.

But, this is only one place where I have parked my mind for the evening. I am also getting more and more familiar with "The Tarot Immersions" - by encountering all 22 "Immersions", over time, and from every angle - so I can see how best to give it wings. Now that it has arrived I find, through my listening, that I truly believe it deserves to fly out into the big, wide world.

Thinking about ways to propel "The Tarot Immersions" upward and outward is an entirely new mind-set and thought process for me.

Stay tuned.