Verbum Dyspepsia

Even at that time when he is surrounded by solitude he felt he is not alone. Sitting with a pen and a notepad in the terrace without any artificial lighting looking at the watch showing 19:00. Gazing at his moon shadow wondering that thinking of how his life might change will make him to miss the beauty of the present. Soothing air, bright full moon, dead silence “Is it my mother womb ?” his insight questions with amusement. Walked up and down the terrace a couple of times and bent down to see the watch 20:30.

In his youth, he’d read a quote attributed to Michelangelo. The artist had answered the question of how he’d sculpted his masterpiece by saying he hadn’t sculpted anything at all. He had only chipped away enough stone to reveal the sculpture inside.

The quote stayed with him. The Grand Canyon, too, was a beautiful thing that had always been there, waiting for the river to uncover it. To remove enough earth to reveal the sculpture within.

The quote might explain why certain pieces of music had such power. They weren’t created. They had always been there, waiting to be played. Music was just mathematics. frequencies, vibrations, waves. A relationship of numbers described by sound. The relationship isn’t created. It exists. It only needs to be found.

He sat down at his desk with a sheet of paper. It was of the highest quality — a smooth finish, minimal feathering, high opacity. Surely there were beautiful words somewhere, waiting to come out.