What is Black Mountain School?

Take a moment beneath the surface of appearances.

The listener, to any of these albums, is simply asked to grasp what cannot be held, to perceive, however briefly, human experience before words and music.

Perspective in Listening

The choice, in everyday life, is often conscious focus or distracted consciousness.

Only one of the above is fit to establish and execute a course of action directed by reason.

Drive

To act merely for reward is not a virtue.

Moral reason demands that what is right, regardless of reward, or punishment, or loss, is that which must be done.  Yes, this is truth, even in the arts.

Culture, Consciousness

Told what to think, witness decline.

Question.  Continue.  Never compromise.  Elevate.

Sound, Vision, Balance

Originality is not absurdity.

It is expression of independent thought.

Present State

Listen now.

The question is not what do you hear?  The question is why is what you hear subject to opinion and preconceived expectations, rather than direct experience?

Scatterings

Identify every sound in the surrounding environment.

Observe each sound's placement, variations in tone and volume, juxtapositions with other sounds, and movements through the atmosphere.  Synthesize these elements as a musical score.