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Moon in Water 水​の​月

from self​-​isolation by Anne M Norman

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I composed this piece after reading an evocative haiku by Ueda Chōshū 上田聴秋 (1852-1932). Chōshū joined the fight to end the Tokugawa rule, a time of turmoil when Japan was broken, and broken again, then after the Meiji Restoration, he took up poetry and published a magazine promoting haiku.

The moon reflected in water evokes Zen metaphors for enlightenment, seeing the bigger picture... a liberation from the delusion of the separateness of Self from the greater One.

That may well be, but rather than repeated clichés, I’d rather the listener find their own interpretation to the lyrics and what it means to be broken and broken again, and like the moon in water, still remain.

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砕けても、砕けてもあり、水の月
broken and broken again, the moon in water
kudaketemo, kudaketemo ari, mizu no tsuki

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from self​-​isolation, released March 20, 2020
Recorded and mixed by Al Future at The Chapel, Hobart, Tasmania.
This track was added to my Self-Isolation album on May 8th, 2020.
Track Artwork: a segment of Kay Watanabe's 'Quiet Water,' © Kay Watanabe. Kay has many fine works on the theme of the Moon and much, much more. Visit her via: printmaking8.wixsite.com/kaywatanabe

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Anne M Norman Melbourne, Australia

Anne is a shakuhachi player performing in a wide range of music. Anne trained in Japan in 3 lineages with Nakamura Shindo, Tajima Tadashi and Yamaguchi Goro. She has played since 1986 (following 14 years of playing silver flute). Some of Anne's albums are available as Compact Disks.
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