Zen Bicycle Band – In Your Head

There is a Japanese visual art in which the artist must be spontaneous called Shodo or Shoji, which translates as “Direct Deed”. The artist paints on a thin stretched parchment with a special brush using only black water paint, in such a way that any unnatural or interrupted stroke will destroy the line or break the parchment. No modification, rethinking or changes are to be made.

These artists practice a discipline of allowing the inspiration to express itself in direct communication with the hand in such a way that deliberation or consideration does not interfere. The resulting pictures may lack complex composition and textures of considered painting, but for those who can see, they will find something very special captured which defies explanation.

This music is also created from this perspective. Reach a place of silence that can be almost deafening and let go. Be completely still and empty, so empty that the music enters your being like water being poured into a cup. The music that flows from this space is organised and profound, without the mind interfering, however, it requires much preparation and should not be hurried.

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To listen to you is always a journey for me and a transcendent one at that” Marc Arnold PhD.