This piece concerns scrying, a form of perception or meditation in which a person uses a physically intense or dense object in order to evoke messages or meaning. In more popular culture, crystal ball gazing could be considered a form of scrying, although people more often use black mirrors, flames, and mirrors in dark rooms. One could also use non-optical forms of stimulation, such as harsh noise walls, intense cold or heat, or spice. A person's brain uses this object as a means to project subconscious messages or communication, mental liquids that either cannot be understood through thought or ones that require the dissolving of the internal/external boundary, some thoughts require imaginary skin, the safety of retaining your personhood while eliminating the physical boundaries that inhibit some forms of understanding.
Performer Credits
University of Michigan University Philharmonia Orchestra
