PLAYGROUND 001 / SOUND + NATURE
Small Things
An inventory of small things.
About this piece
Nothing in this globe is the point, and everything is. A leaf on the pond, the lamp in one window, a pin passing the comb, a curl of chimney smoke: each is small enough to miss. Together they make an afternoon. Wind the key, touch anything, and listen to how much a small thing can change the song.
In the details
Field notes
No. 01 — The key
A brass ratchet. Wind it, and the afternoon begins.
No. 02 — The comb
Every pin that passes it is a note. Fling the drum backwards and the song plays in reverse.
No. 03 — The maple
Tap it and its own leaves let go, falling to a swung arpeggio.
No. 04 — The cloud
It wobbles and answers with glass motifs in a ping-pong echo.
No. 05 — The pond
A deep bell, and the room opens wider.
No. 06 — The window
Lamplight that wraps the tune in velvet.
No. 07 — The smoke
A shimmer that rises off the melody.
No. 08 — The firefly
One answers after dark.