Slow Light in A – by Stephen Fearnley

 For this months composer’s choice, Slow Light in A , I’ve once again returned to the Australian landscape for my inspiration:

The south-east coastline of Tasmania , Australia, is windswept and wild and even when the sea is being whipped-up into a freezing-spray, one can still see the coastline for miles…

Far-sight and long plateaus of purples with swells of blue and highlights in ochre.

Calming, unwinding and horizontal landforms- the biggest skies you ever did see.

‘Slow-light’ because even with a gale blowing the clouds and shafts of sun are somehow moving slo-mo in this vast panorama.

View from Cape Bruny Lighthouse, Tasmania– photo by Stephen Fearnley, June 2016

The sheer size of this landscape also sets the tempo for the music:

A slow unfolding, up and down the scale of A major with 10 instruments interweaving at random intervals over a 40 minute cycle at 52 beats per minute. Each interaction never repeating – always slightly different, like a biosphere made of sound waves which you sit inside off and simply, easily, relax.

‘A’ is traditionally regarded as the key for stimulating the third eye. Slow Light in A will assist you in softening your tensions and bringing down your breathing rate. It will help you reach a slower brainwave pattern and will help slow your resting heart rate…

With heart rates slower and blood pressure lower ( reducing hypertension and improving your cardiovascular system ) you can then let the music work on your pineal/third eye region. Simply imagine the music emanating from that part of your forehead and observe any effects you get. Don’t be surprised if you see lights and shapes emerging. Don’t be surprised if you get a soothing sense of clarity…oh and easy solutions to what were once pesky problems !

Apply liberally to your brain and repeat as often as you so desire ( but please not while driving X )

the best

Steve

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

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