I've just finished a story involving a guy named Tómáš, and I'm feeling the urge to explore something else set within an alien world. I love science fiction and I love fantasy just as much, but I'm not really in the mood to write a story within one of those venerable genres. I love sf and fantasy, but my urge, based on the life of Tómáš, is to explore a different sort of alien...the ultimate other...a human being whose history doesn't follow the western paradigm. In the hopes of uncovering something, I found myself listening to music. I found something that I want to share, something that I can understand, despite the fact that I don't understand the words. Music is a universal human thing, and it's also a the easiest way in which we can glimpse the alien; I've found something alien, and I'd love to share it. This is what I've heard. This is what I've fallen in love with. For now, at least. I don't understand a word of it, but yet I feel as if I understand it completely, in a wordless sort of way. This is it. Click. Listen. Enjoy. It stops abruptly, but perhaps, this is an aspect of its charm. Here is its:
I've just finished a story involving a guy named Tómáš, and I'm feeling the urge to explore something else set within an alien world. I love science fiction and I love fantasy just as much, but I'm not really in the mood to write a story within one of those venerable genres. I love sf and fantasy, but my urge, based on the life of Tómáš, is to explore a different sort of alien...the ultimate other...a human being whose history doesn't follow the western paradigm. In the hopes of uncovering something, I found myself listening to music. I found something that I want to share, something that I can understand, de