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Chapter Eight: Heaven (As It Is On Earth).

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Heaven (As It Is On Earth)

Down here, I can see

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Chapter Eight presents the next movement of my musical work in progress, The Disquieting: [IV] The Half-Life Of Transcendence. This section offers an apology to the Himalaya, an exceptional place where the earth and the heavens embrace. For context, I examine the history and present of Mount Everest, share recent literary research into Salman Rushdie’s best-known novel, and consider the transcendental implications for the peculiar human habit of climbing mountains.

Show Notes and Transcript: now.perchancemusic.com/chapters.

The Playlist Of Now for Chapter Eight provides a vicarious and metaphysically vertiginous excursion into the Everest Death Zone courtesy of Spotify. Enjoy.

Featured  artwork: Astronaut image "ISS004-E-8852" taken on March 20, 2002 by Dan  Bursch, a member of the Expedition 4 crew on the International Space Station/Public Domain.

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Chapter Six: The Ocean, Remixed. Written, Produced, and Hosted by Christine Bush. Patreon Release Date: October 30, 2020 Public Release Date: November 2, 2020 Update: December 15, 2020 (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Chapter Six includes some initial thoughts about water, a  tribute to guitarist Tom Morello and a farewell to Eddie Van Halen, musings about acoustic ecology as a framework for considering  greenhouse gases as a source of noise pollution in the ocean, new music inspired by The Great Barrier Reef from my work in progress entitled The Disquieting, a closing  excerpt from a poem by Natalie Diaz, a preview of Chapter Seven and updates on ways to listen and support the production of the show. Show Notes | Transcript | Companion Playlist Featured artwork: LIDAR detail of Mississippi River at Whiskey Chute near the border of Lee County, Arkansas and Tunica County, Mississippi southwest of Memphis, Tennessee. Water displays as black. Courtesy of USGS/The National Map/LAZ in Cloud product.

Chapter Five: The Sound Of The Furies.

Chapter Five explores the nature of noise and some of the cultural dynamics noise activates. Noise has played an important role in scientific discovery and has application in acoustics, audio engineering, and political psychology. In this chapter, I also consider examples of its use in visual art, cinema, literature, sound art performance, and its relevance to the current discourse about race. We should resist dismissing noise as merely a sonic irritant.

Show notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/38811035

Featured  artwork: "Nocturne in Blue and Gold: Old Battersea Bridge" (1872-1873)  by James Abbott MacNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Courtesy of Wikimedia  Commons.

Chapter Four: A Pair Of Dice, Lost.

Waves Reveal Upon The Shore

Chapter Four includes (i) an overview of Quantum Social Theory vis-à-vis quantum mechanics in constellation with aleatoric composition methods and the music of John Cage, (ii) a new addition to my work in progress entitled The Disquieting, (iii) a preview of Chapter Five, and  (iv) appreciation for the growing Patreon community.

Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/37923508

Chapter One: "What Is Past Is Prologue" Written, Produced, and Hosted by Christine Bush Patreon Release Date: March 6, 2020 Public Release Date: March 10, 2020 CC-BY-SA 4.0 Chapter One: Show Notes: https://now.perchancemusic.com/chapters/001-A/SoNow-001-A-ShowNotes-v2022.pdf Beginnings balance Tempting prologues, pages turned: Smoke, storms, lessons learned. In Chapter One, I explore the conceptual pillars of this program: (i) the emergence of the soundtrack as a cultural metaphor and the further extension of this metaphor into the life of the mind, (ii) some surprising characteristics about the nature of time, and (iii) the role of music in the Anthropocene. Also see: https://now.perchancemusic.com

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