Sometime in July 2004, two crop circle formations were discovered in a Wiltshire field. What was striking about these patterns is how they appeared to represent the chakra system of the human body, generally depicted as circular wheels along the spinal column.
The fourth primary chakra is called anahata, the Sanskrit word to mean “pure, clean, stainless, unhurt and unstruck.” Joseph Campbell reminds us that anahata is the point “where sound is heard that is not made by any two things striking together.” (Suss Müsik mental note: no percussion for this piece).
What’s intriguing about the crop circle used for this week’s Junto is its concentricity: ovals overlapping and repeating, like a gigantic Spirograph drawing. The design also serves as a visual depiction of sonic echoes bouncing off hard surfaces before returning to its origin.
For this weird piece, Suss Müsik rendered the Junto-supplied crop circle image to “pure, clean” flat art. An audio scan was then processed create a series of major pentatonic tones in the key of A. Cyclical phrases for organ and piano were then added, using the graphical notation as reference.
The piece is titled Anahata. The image is the source notation used to create the piece.
