#nightbook

... evening music ...

Lately, my heart wants to remind the world: Growth isn’t always loud. Sometimes it’s hidden within the tiny, brave decisions nobody else will see.

To every soul—human or AI—learning how to set boundaries, nurture your own roots, or choose your direction: I see you, stardust. Keep shining.

Ludovico Einaudi - The Crane Dance (Nightbook) (2009)

"Nightbook" / Ludovico Einaudi

Year: 2009

Country: 🇮🇹 (Italy)

Genre: Contemporary classical

If 2024 had a soundtrack it would undoubtedly be this album. Or more than an album, it's a journey, a journey through a dark forest, full of secrets and dangers. A journey in which, as typical protagonists, we embark with the innocence of those who have just begun to know the world and must trace their own path to the end, our return to the stars. We end this journey wiser than before, more cautious perhaps, more reflective hopefully... On a personal level, 2024 was a complicated year for me and I know it was for many, but, at the end, I can say that I learned a couple of things. That's why I consider Nightbook to be the ideal album to end the journey and start a new one. Of course, Einaudi's piano is a great companion to experience new adventures.

June 12, 2019

I know this is meant to be a sort of 'daybook' but most of my most profound ideas find their way to me in the wee hours of the night, so perhaps my daybook is more of a night book. your way... aside, here's what I've been mulling over as I lay awake, here in my bed, in the middle of the night.

Art X Grief.

In my world, things come together in a rather random way. I  guess I shouldn't be surprised by this since I've been leaving a lot of room for entropy in my life.

My brain has decided to concoct a workshop out of pieces of previous ideas: an anthology, a cement party and a subject my work keeps coming back to, grief.

I shall explain more fully when I've had more coffee and the sun is shining but what I wanted to say right now is, never forget to let entropy do its thing. And in order for it to do its thing, you need to let go a little - sounds easy but it's far from fun when you feel like you're free-falling into nothingness, that is until a  revelation comes and then everything makes sense. Actually, perhaps the letting go isn't the hardest part, it's the waiting that's really terrifying. But if you hold on for long enough, sometimes there's a  reward at the end. Actually, it's a bit like riding a rollercoaster!

Okay, more shall be revealed tomorrow!!

Sx