Deep and Cold
An example of going from prose to poetry to lyric. AI music generation is a challenge because you have to take so much out in order for it to work with the algorithms. It's an interesting process, but if I were to create a song manually, it certainly would not have this kind of simplistic harmony, but it does work as a finished recording. Seed: 4/21/2022 New idea inspired by Rebecca Solnit’s Field Guide For Getting Lost, particularly the “Blue Of Distance” bit. The prose sounded musical. The poem: The blue on the horizon Is a special place where light unfolds It is a deeper space; there's more sky to hold But it is deep and cold And in the deep and cold it rolls In the deep and cold it rose Touch the soil The soil, the land Touch the water Then touch the sand As you catch the sun And walk the beach Heard from on the cliffs An echo's reach
