Message-ID: <alpine.NEB.2.00.1205210256080.10114@panix3.panix.com>
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: Kalakotkas, Osprey
Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 02:57:45 -0400 (EDT)
Kalakotkas, Osprey Foofwa sent us the following link: http://pontu.eenet.ee/player/kalakotkas.html - A beautiful osprey nest on the border of Estonia and Latvia - There were many birds in the background - I thought I would play sarangi with the birds - Well aware was I that the birds could never hear me - Nonetheless I persevered in my accompaniment - In Osprey1, I am working more with imitation - But in Osprey2, I have composed a little tune as well - Many times I have played with and for birds - Many times they have answered me and we play together - This time, I was at the mercy of the birds - They would never hear whatever I played - But I wasn't play for myself, I was playing for you as well - And so I wanted to honor Estonia and Latvia, and you - And above all, I wanted to honor the kalakotkas, the osprey - I did not want to make a mistake! - I wanted everything to be as perfect as possible! - I wanted to touch nature through artificial technology - I wanted here, the slightest hint of nature as well - And of wilderness and of wild places I would never see - Wild places I would honor with my playing - Here are the two singings of the sarangi http://www.alansondheim.org/osprey1.mp3 http://www.alansondheim.org/osprey2.mp3 - And again, here is the living bird in her nest http://pontu.eenet.ee/player/kalakotkas.html http://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalakotkas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzFwv8HzMi0 http://www.kotkas.ee/Kalakotkas.htm http://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=402 https://sites.google.com/site/latestfromestlat/english/february-2012 Thank you Foofwa and thank you everyone at Eagles Across Borders