“Now, bring me that horizon.” – Captain Jack Sparrow
December’s Composer’s Choice selection, “Horizon Dreaming” is all about the journey. Like Jack Sparrow’s quote, he seeks to be engulfed in endless space, no landfall. All distance, timelessness, boundless and unfettered.
I get this feeling when I drift into sleep. I certainly get it when meditating. This music is a meditation in itself.
Another image also came to mind whilst composing “Horizon Dreaming”: When I first taught myself to meditate at the age of 15 , I would imagine myself on a raft, bathed in sunshine, floating safely down river to the ocean. This river had no sides, everywhere a horizon. And I was safe. No crocodiles and unexpected waterfalls – a big wide amazon of gentle movement, set-adrift and trusting.
This of course brings up “surrender” …or as I prefer to see it “ non-resistance”. Something that Jack Sparrow also knows a lot about:
“Now, bring me that horizon” clearly states that an adventure can certainly be had with the unknown. Even Jack’s compass is not stuck to true north. Jack’s compass has supernatural qualities. It can’t be used to navigate in a conventional sense, but directs the owner to the true heart of the matter – what their heart requires – and so it guides you, into a horizon with no fixed point. All trust. Non-resistance. Relax and allow.
Stephen Fearnley
Stephen Fearnley is an award-winning filmmaker, artist and composer. He composes transformational soundscapes for the meditation journeys guided by Naomi Carling and facilitated by Naomi Janzen for One Mind Live – a unique worldwide online group meditation community. To sample One Mind Live, go HERE