Commissioned by Cait Weiss Orcutt

Stereo field recordings, ambisonic field recordings, violin, sampled cellos, text

Cait's words were: Ohio, Husband, Veganaise.

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Words to accompany the piece, to be read before, after, or while listening:

Follow your heart.

My wife cannot say Husband with a straight face

She drawls: Huuuuusband.

We’re not sure if it is too much Texas, or too much Dan Savage

Even if it doesn’t fit me

Her saying it lights up my heart.

"We use vegetable proteins in place of eggs," explains Bob Goldberg

What rolls off the tongue like a cheap substitute

Is in fact more delicious.

Forget healthier. It tastes Better.

Follow your heart.

There’s nothing I love more than the long drive from Chicago to the Farm

Seated just to her right. Peach rings and sour gummy worms in the cup holder

Harmonizing to Dave Carter and Tracey Grammer

Eight hours and we’ll see them

Follow your heart.

Driving up the hill

I always crank down the window

Have every single time

Leaning out for that big breath of fresh air

Follow your heart.

Find this near you: the experience that always refills your heart

For me, a long weekend in Ohio

Where I am held close

The place I can leave and say

No matter what happens this year

I was here

And my heart is full.

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