Playing music is for life, the freedom of the here and now, and being gloriously in the moment.
Dawn chorus
birds call, I reply. Interspecies concerto of synchronous lives
moving in time and space, the old Beale piano trilling under my hands.
Morning calm
left and right hands opposed, glassy clusters crossed,
contrary motion, simultaneous decrescendos, mindful control as the day unfolds.
Noon heat
glissandi, mid-range crescendos, ostinato intention, unfolding,
cacophonous power chording, portents in low registers.
Humid afternoon
calamitous key changes, sub-bass morphing, thunder rolling in and out,
storm transformations, sonic cloudbursts, and the iron roof drumming in arpeggios of rain.
Evening calm
rainbow cadences, open-chorded stillness,
sunlight fading resonances.
Michael Atherton also has YouTube and Vimeo profiles. Please click on the icons at the bottom of the page to visit his social media.