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I See Music – Kashmir

{If you’re reading this via email, click the title to watch the video.}

As a singer and interior designer, music fuels my work. I don’t – can’t – won’t – design anything without music. I need a playlist. A theme song. An anthem. I need to feel the rhythms that supercharge your senses, and translate those sounds into visual spaces. It’s equal parts deep listening, alchemy and intuition.

“I SEE Music” is a series of love letters to my two great romances: music + design. And you’re invited to read along. You voyeur, you.

When you feel the fear and push on

tasting the lust that lingers

pushing through

- from where you used to stand -

you need to hold the course

keep moving, thrusting forward

- from where you used to stand -

reaching

pulsing forward, resting, pulsing forward

but always moving.

And when it’s only you and your desire

shining in the moonlight,

alone and silent on the wandering path

You must keep pulsing forward.

Because sooner or later, you’ll arrive right where you need to be.

And you might find, if you look up, that the path was always right before you,

leading

- from where you used to stand -

So

KEEP MOVING.

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2 Comments

  1. Kelly-Authentic, Relevant, Organic Networking
    Posted August 20, 2010 at 11:11 am | Permalink

    First this is beautiful. BUT more importantly, while having a convo with my friend at bedtime and both of us talking about how we felt the need to leave our homes when we wanted undistracted peace…

    and the realization that THAT is soooo wrong…

    I, of course, thought of you.

    She and I didn’t want to face the clutter, didn’t have a room that felt serene, quiet, neat, spare to meditate, dream, read, or just sit in. And again, I thought of you.

    And just how wrong that is, especially since my friend has the rooms to make that happen.

    So, you are seeping in my friend.

    Kelly

  2. Erica Swanson
    Posted August 20, 2010 at 12:45 pm | Permalink

    SOO lovely, thank you.

    And SOO critical… this space. And what you need may be different than what I need and different again from what your friend needs. The point being that we all need something – and if we don’t have it, we’re, well… in need.

    Never a cool place to be.

    Sometimes it’s as simple as saying, “fine… one junk room”, and then loading it up to the rafters (if need be) to give yourself the breathing room you need everywhere else. Then you can get to it on your terms. When it suits you. And in the meantime, give yourself a liitle “AHHHH”.

    Heaven knows we all need a little of that.

    Cheers.

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