Conjured by Chance
Dice Roll Composition Series
Waking the Moon
There are days and moments when one just needs an escape, even for a few moments. Often when I feel this sense pressing in, I will step away to the keys. Sometimes, the hands and mind direct the harmonic sequences in paths that offer the reframing and aligning that allows ease to return. Sometimes, the internal chaos creates a stagnation and the keys serve as nothing more than a resting place for fingers. It is in these moments I find myself most appreciative for the gift of these dice, that found a home here with us so many years ago.
Something about taking the dice into my hands immediately generates a shift.
They offer a strange sense of comfort that only exists in the realm of not yet known.
They invite me to step back into being.
This roll is one of these instances, where the usually welcome cacophony grew into strain, and the moment I let the dice roll from my fingers, the energy began to breathe again. Maybe I’ll do something more with the roll, maybe it is complete. I’ll let the moon decide.
This session is unedited, and composed of single-take, on a piano that was tuned the week before-then the weather did its thing.
- The idea of this series isn’t necessarily to create fully produced material, it is to play. The dice offer their shape, the frequencies offer their cadence, and the rest just sort of shows up when we set the energy into motion.
A spontaneous conducting of my favorite type of puzzle, conceived by chance, and the roll of intent.