Striking flint rock against iron pyrite, tiny sparks leap from seemingly nowhere into existence. Like the combination of sounds, when a spark contacts flammable material a flame forms; expanding and transforming as it grows, feeding itself on the material, continuing until it has released as much of the material’s content as it can before diffusing into the air.
The machinery of life follows a similar progression — from the microscopic drama of atoms, cells, neurons, leaves, amoebas, and digital bits — to the macro-scale drama of lives, societies, and universe-sized ecosystems. The piece flint composed for ensemble mosaik, is not universe-sized, but instead is comprised of millions of microscopic lives and deaths in sound.
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