[Craic] The Man Who Listened To The Stars…Another great poem by Rae Crossman.

Wed Dec 28 13:31:22 PST 2022

Bob

This poems reminds me of some recent reading in _The Psychology of 
Totalitarianism_ by Desmet.  Niels Bohr concluded that only poetry can 
describe the absurd behaviour of elementary particles. "When it comes to 
atoms , language can only be used as poetry.

Art

On 12/25/22 2:19 p.m., Rob and Nora Anderson via craic wrote:
> Gentlemen,
>
> See below for a beautiful poem for Christmas Day.  Light from Light.
>
> Rae Crossman recently wrote one of his greatest poems to honour his 
> friend and mentor, the Canadian composer, Murray Schafer.  See below 
> for Rae’s tribute poem, “The Man Who Listened to the Stars,” a poem 
> that divined Schafer’s spirit.
>
> Bob
>
> R*aymond Murray Schafer*CC 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Canada> FRCMT(/hon/) 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Conservatory_of_Music>(18 
> July 1933 – 14 August 2021) was a Canadian composer, writer, music 
> educator, and environmentalist perhaps best known for hisWorld 
> Soundscape Project 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Soundscape_Project>, concern 
> foracoustic ecology <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_ecology>, 
> and his book/The Tuning of the World/(1977). He was the first 
> recipient of theJules Léger Prize 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_L%C3%A9ger_Prize>in 1978.^[1] 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Murray_Schafer#cite_note-1> ^[2] 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Murray_Schafer#cite_note-2>
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>     <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Murray_Schafer#Biography>
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>     <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Murray_Schafer#Selected_works>
>      o
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>         <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Murray_Schafer#Compositions>
>      o
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>         <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Murray_Schafer#Written_works>
>  *
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>     <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Murray_Schafer#See_also>
>  *
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>     <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Murray_Schafer#References>
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>     <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Murray_Schafer#Further_reading>
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> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tanker_Windsolite_in_the_Welland_Canal,_1938_04_01_-a.jpg> 
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> In his memoirs, /My Life on Earth and Elsewhere/, Schafer described 
> serving as a novice deckhand aboard the oil tanker 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_tanker> /Imperial Windsor 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Windsor>/ in 1955.^[3] 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Murray_Schafer#cite_note-3>
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> Born in Sarnia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarnia>, Ontario, 
> Schafer studied at the Royal Schools of Music 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Schools_of_Music> in London, the 
> Royal Conservatory of Music 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Conservatory_of_Music_(Toronto)> (in 
> Toronto), and the University of Toronto 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Toronto>. At the last 
> institution he was a pupil of Richard Johnston 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Johnston_(composer)>.
>
> His music education theories are followed around the world. He started 
> soundscape <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundscape> studies at Simon 
> Fraser University 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fraser_University> in the 1960s.
>
> Starting in 2010 a World Listening Day 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=World_Listening_Day&action=edit&redlink=1> organised 
> by the World Listening Project 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=World_Listening_Project&action=edit&redlink=1> has 
> taken place annually on 18 July, with the date chosen in honour of 
> Schafer's birthday.^[11] 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Murray_Schafer#cite_note-11> ^[12] 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Murray_Schafer#cite_note-12> ^[13] 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Murray_Schafer#cite_note-13> H
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> /His most famous work is Patria 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patria_(theatre)>: Princess of the 
> Stars/ (1966—)^[14 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Murray_Schafer#cite_note-14>
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> The Man Who Listened to the Stars
> A Tribute to R. Murray Schafer
> by Rae Crossman
>
> Listen to the music of the stars, he said
> A hundred billon billion notes of light
> Resonant spiral galaxies
> Astral arpeggios
> A luminous cosmic composition
> Proclaiming
> Miracle
> Miracle
> Miracle
>
> Follow the thread of star-music, he said
> Give back reverence for radiance
> Give back light for light
>
> Drumming at the edge of magic
> Riding thunder across the sky
>
> Chanting a pathway to holiness
> Learning the language of wind
>
> Dancing the body past fervour
> Partnering with prayer
>
> Give back reverence for radiance
> Give back light for light
>
> Call it mystery
> Call it sacred mystery
> Call it Patria
> Call it home
>
> But midst the marvel discord sounds
> There’s anguish in the forest
> The trees are falling fast to the blade
> The rivers are writhing with toxins
> And animals lost with the loss of the wild
> Desolation sings descant over the world
>
> Hold fast to the thread of star-music, he said
> Hold fast to the star-song of wonder
> The melody of healing
>
> Be a voice for the trees... exuberance in your lungs
> Be a voice for the rivers... rapids in your bloodstream
> Be a voice for the animals... wild with the animal in you
>
> The miracle is not lost
> Tune your senses to the world around you
>
> To the east
>  Dawn unfurls a scroll of golden calligraphy
> To the south
> Blackberries astonish the mouth with the taste of sun
>
> To the west
>  Twilight pours molten sky into lake reflection
> To the north
>  Balsam enchants the air with a fragrant spell
> As above so below
>  A luminous cosmic composition
>
> The miracle is not lost
> Listen to the music of the stars, he said
>
> Ecstatic listening
> That can change your life
>
> Ecstatic living
> On earth
> And elsewhere
>
> Give back reverence for radiance
> Give back light for light
>
> Call it mystery
> Call it sacred mystery Call it Patria
> Call it home
>
> Rae Crossman August 2022
>
> "if only for one ruby-throated moment
>  you could drink
>  from the chalice of the sun"
>
> https://raecrossman.com <https://raecrossman.com/>
>
>
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