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Jack Hines, Viola da Gamba

Soundscape recording by Bernie Krause (from his "Desert Solitudes" album)

Original poem/song by Gary Snyder

New Mexico Pinyon Forest at dawn and late morning.

Over the course of a year, four teams led by Bernie Krause and Stuart Gage (Michigan State University) recorded in all seasons at four different sites at California's Sequoia National Park to capture each site's biophony. Crescent Meadow, which lies at 6,700 feet, was covered by Jack Hines and Bernie Krause. This late spring recording was made in May 2002 and represents the course of an entire day from dawn until after nightfall.

"The deepest words of the wisest men teach us the same as the whistle of the wind when it blows, or the sound of the water when it is flowing."

- Antonio Machado

"Still the noise in the mind: that is the first task..."

- R. Murray Schafer

Quiet mind, quiet earth.