PARABLE OBSCURA This is a journey in music. Think of it as a soundtrack for your mind. Close your eyes and let the music tell you the story. The words below were only what we were seeing when composing. You may see something entirely different. A woman chants her worship amidst the presence of meditation bells, a lone violin plays a melancholy melody as we leave the temple, heading out over lush countryside; the beginning of our mystical journey. The rythym of life sustains us as we travel among rice fields, exotic birds, and dense tropical rains. Always alone and continuously in awe, we travel. Great meanings come to us as we trek the high mountains to the retreats there. We look down from this high place and see only the fog of clouds. We call it the world fog for it stretches as far as we can see. All the world is wrapped in this blanket and we want to stand and gaze, but the trail awaits and rain comes quickly to block us. We find a village at the top of the world. The whole of village life lays itself out for us and we see the Parable Obscura, the hidden teaching, and it brings us joy as we watch. An elder takes us to a small grotto where he worships. It is a small pool of water, yet looking past it, we see it lead to a river. He points at a distant set of waterfalls and he tells us that they come from this pool. Great things in small beginnings. Exhausted after a further climb, we come upon a monastery only to discover it has been abandoned;for us now, there is only the downward trek on the leeward side of the mountain, heading into humid valleys. We come to a small plateau on the side of the mountain and we rest there for several days, reluctant to continue, reluctant to leave. It is a lush, exotic place; truly paradise. But we leave finally, our little paradise and come through several villages until we arrive at an abandoned temple at the edge of the ocean. All attendant Soundeffects are licensed through AudioSparx