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Wild Geese

by Joe Lee

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This is the most personal tune I have made yet, and the first I have thought good enough to sell on Bandcamp.

The poem sampled is Wild Geese, read by it's author Mary Oliver. I first came across it when I moved to a community in Devon called Embercombe to recover from a severe bout of depression. There I learned the healing power of nature connection, that your troubles fade and your spirit rejoices when you realise you are a part of something much bigger than yourself. That there is a deep freedom in letting go of the concerns of the 'civilised' world and allowing the animal inside to experience nature as your ancestors did before you. To be in it and a part of it, not it's master.

After I left I tried to carry these lessons with me, sometimes successfully, sometimes not. After all I write this from my smartphone, in a room with a 50 inch television and a Playstation. But I carry it with me still, it is my favourite poem, and I hope I have done a good job of wrapping it in music that suits it's deep beauty.

It is doubly personal as while I was finishing it I heard the terrible news that Fi, one of the elders of the community, had lost her battle with cancer. Words cannot describe how much the wisdom she emparted to us all meant, the warmth that she radiated and the love that was felt for her by all who passed through Embercombe's gates. Her memory will live long, kept aflame by the many, many people whose lives she touched.

I never spoke with her about this poem, but have no doubt it would have been as close to her heart as mine. This track is dedicated to her.

Her family have set up a fundraising page in her honour, in aid of Embercombe's continual re-wilding. I will donate the proceeds to the same cause. You can also donate to the original fundraiser at the link below:

www.gofundme.com/f/regenerating-and-rewilding-the-land-at-embercombe

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released April 1, 2022

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