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A Feast of Liberation

from Words and Silences by Brian Harnetty

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A Feast of Liberation
Merton Archive Tape 213-03

Well, it’s night. We’re going to try an experimental meditation, against the background of some jazz. I think in terms of what’s going in Louisville tonight, maybe. There’ve been riots in Louisville for the last two or three days. The subject of the meditation is: ‘who are you identified with?’ It’s not a meditation with points in the background. It’ll speak for itself, and if I get some ideas, I’ll speak them, too. If I don’t get any ideas, I won’t say anything. Outside the moon is full. It’s very quiet here. In other parts of the world, people are being killed. [We’ll] see what it sounds like.

After I got through recording that I went out in the night. The beautiful smell of the grass, full moon. Cool. Dew on the grass. Dark. Lovely cold, quiet night. A little bit of noise from Fort Knox but I’ve.. some shooting .. but I haven’t recorded it cause I couldn’t pick it up, I don’t suppose. Sometimes, I’ll bet it’s loud enough to pick up: that stuff from Fort Knox. Tonight is a very beautiful night and I’m celebrating a feast of liberation. Now perhaps we might read at this point one thing I want to read but first I want to turn back a little bit and see how that sounds. See if it works. See if we’re knocking out some stuff that I recorded before; that’s important to know.

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from Words and Silences, released October 7, 2022

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Brian Harnetty Columbus, Ohio

Interdisciplinary artist using sound and listening to foster social change. Recordings on Winesap, Karl, Dust-to-Digital, Atavistic, and Scioto Records.

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