The invocation of the creative spirit as the spirit of music
Where Music Comes From
worked up from an original tale by Thomas Cournoyer

There is a point of light
a purple light,
a sphere of light
which grows in size
as it gets closer
& when it gets really close
it disappears
& then re-appears
smaller & further away.

It comes closer,
grows in size,
disappears,
& then reappears,
smaller & farther away.

This happens over & over again.
Sometimes the light comes so close
& is so large
that it seems like
its everywhere.

It appears,
grows in size,
disappears
& then reappears
smaller and farther away,
until everything is subsumed
in the rhythmic pulsation
of purple light.

A point of light
appears in the north,
becomes a small sphere,
moving towards the south
coming closer,
growing in size
opening out to the east & the west
growing upwards & downwards,
getting larger & larger
until it takes up all the space
& the entire world becomes
a single pulsation of light.

And the body itself
which is at the centre of the field
also becomes part
of that single pulsation of light.

And that is where music comes from.
It comes from the heart.
And it fills up the field.