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shards of glass

By emily on August 31, 2024 10:31 pm

in a split second

i lost control

life slipped through my fingers

you broke through the glass

in the blink of an eye

life changed


“We have learned that trauma is not just an event that took place sometime in the past; it is also the imprint left by that experience on mind, brain, and body. This imprint has ongoing consequences for how the human organism manages to survive in the present. Trauma results in a fundamental reorganization of the way mind and brain manage perceptions. It changes not only how we think and what we think about, but also our very capacity to think.”
― Bessel A. van der Kolk

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Beautiful atmosphere. Thank you for sharing, both the quote and the track.

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Somehow I get the feeling this music could support a healing process to the wounded brains with its gentle calmness and heavenly ethereal ambience. Such a beautiful track, even trauma is a sad subject.
PS: no concrete news about the black gunk removal project so far.

What a beautiful track, definitely transported me to a place of reflection and healing.

Hope everyone is working through their past traumas in a healthy way smile

I saw the tagline about the car accident.  I hope everyone's okay.  As I've gotten older I definitely have greater understanding of the impact trauma has on a person.  We're all walking around with wounds of various sizes.  This track is very beautiful and soothing and would be a good way to ease a little pain for a brief time.

Beautiful. The tension that comes through in those little bits of feedback and swell chilled me to the bone (in a wonderful way). There is a true sense of memory here, it even feels like a song I'd forgotten somehow.

beautiful! Fills my head with memories and thoughts I thought I had forgotten.

Life's events/traumas are a continuous transformation of many unintended consequences that shape are experience for better or worse. We are left with only a single path, to go through where the "other side" is ultimately revealed. I don't know what experience brought this piece to the forefront, but the emotions and imagery it conveys are very real and shared.

Ethereal, beautiful, and chilling! This really evokes the suspended-time quality of the trauma event.

Ethereal and beautiful, feels like an "explode the moment" telling of what happens in the mind during a "blink of an eye." Both how surreal something traumatic can be and how fragile we are. Sending best wishes.

words are failing me now but this beautiful and healing to listen to.  The drone with your vocals is just magical.  Love the quote and hope everything is ok.  Faved and saved heart

What did I just listen to and why am I scared now?=P
This is great! Super intense and moving.

Scary subject matter but the track is indeed strangely soothing. That juxtaposition reminds me of a Porcupine Tree track called "Heartattack in a Layby". It's not very similar to what you're doing here, but your work made me think of it.

Love those "vocals from a thousand miles away". Perfect fit for the drone!

The words and melodies in combination make this song feel like it exists beyond the polarity of good/bad. Or maybe there is a transmutation happening in the song. Beautiful.

levelcapybara wrote:

Beautiful atmosphere. Thank you for sharing, both the quote and the track.

jwh wrote:

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Napear wrote:

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Q-Rosh wrote:

Somehow I get the feeling this music could support a healing process to the wounded brains with its gentle calmness and heavenly ethereal ambience. Such a beautiful track, even trauma is a sad subject.
PS: no concrete news about the black gunk removal project so far.

Sodabelly wrote:

What a beautiful track, definitely transported me to a place of reflection and healing.

Hope everyone is working through their past traumas in a healthy way smile

Cosmic Cairns wrote:

I saw the tagline about the car accident.  I hope everyone's okay.  As I've gotten older I definitely have greater understanding of the impact trauma has on a person.  We're all walking around with wounds of various sizes.  This track is very beautiful and soothing and would be a good way to ease a little pain for a brief time.

neon liminal wrote:

Beautiful. The tension that comes through in those little bits of feedback and swell chilled me to the bone (in a wonderful way). There is a true sense of memory here, it even feels like a song I'd forgotten somehow.

As_Yoesual wrote:

beautiful! Fills my head with memories and thoughts I thought I had forgotten.

mzunguko wrote:

Life's events/traumas are a continuous transformation of many unintended consequences that shape are experience for better or worse. We are left with only a single path, to go through where the "other side" is ultimately revealed. I don't know what experience brought this piece to the forefront, but the emotions and imagery it conveys are very real and shared.

onezero wrote:

Ethereal, beautiful, and chilling! This really evokes the suspended-time quality of the trauma event.

Cursory wrote:

Ethereal and beautiful, feels like an "explode the moment" telling of what happens in the mind during a "blink of an eye." Both how surreal something traumatic can be and how fragile we are. Sending best wishes.

Tone Matrix wrote:

words are failing me now but this beautiful and healing to listen to.  The drone with your vocals is just magical.  Love the quote and hope everything is ok.  Faved and saved heart

jegasus wrote:

What did I just listen to and why am I scared now?=P
This is great! Super intense and moving.

rplktr wrote:

Scary subject matter but the track is indeed strangely soothing. That juxtaposition reminds me of a Porcupine Tree track called "Heartattack in a Layby". It's not very similar to what you're doing here, but your work made me think of it.

Love those "vocals from a thousand miles away". Perfect fit for the drone!

Minnamari wrote:

The words and melodies in combination make this song feel like it exists beyond the polarity of good/bad. Or maybe there is a transmutation happening in the song. Beautiful.


transmutation, blink of an eye, suspended time, wounded brain, memory, reflection

all of that is here

in the late 1990's somewhere round the age of 18 i got in a car accident on Labor Day
i was driving around buying school supplies...

every anniversary feels emotional - weirdly a few days before the anniversary this year i had pain and started limping on the leg that got split open by my car stereo - it didn't last even a half hour but wow the pain triggered some memories... a few days later this song came out...

i've gotten used to the scars on my knee & face - they've healed more than i ever thought they would (i lost an eyebrow in the windshield but it grew back - i had to have parts of my face stitched up while i was awake)...

later there were frontal lobe issues that were not caught at the time - but i deal with them nonetheless...

i never thought i'd live past 18 when i was young & perhaps part of me did not

my passenger was supposed to have gone to chicago with me that day but we had to stay in town so he could go to band practice instead - i was mad & we were fighting about it when a man ran a red light and pulled out in front of us...

my passenger's arms went through the windshield trying to protect his face - cars are such serious pieces of machinery - please never forget that - the guilt you carry when someone you are driving around gets hurt is not nice to carry...

later when i seemed half dead in the ambulance i asked my passenger if he wished we had gone to chicago after all... he didn't laugh - the emt's did not find my joking around amusing either...

some kid we knew told us later he had put a hex on us & apologized... that was weird

the guy that ran the red light was never given a breathalyzer but seemed drunk at the scene... he was fine & uninjured

i tend not to drive on Labor Day...

this track just kinda took over - i didn't think about it too much - but it evoked the moment during the accident when i lost control of the car & then consciousness - though i'm not sure i ever fully did -  i thought i was dying and everything slowed - there were sounds like a rainstick & pain i don't have words to describe...  

i'm grateful to be alive

please wear your seatbelt

please do not drive tired, angry, distracted etc.

please be kind and gentle with yourselves you are precious heart

emily wrote:

transmutation, blink of an eye, suspended time, wounded brain, memory, reflection

all of that is here

in the late 1990's somewhere round the age of 18 i got in a car accident on Labor Day
i was driving around buying school supplies...

every anniversary feels emotional - weirdly a few days before the anniversary this year i had pain and started limping on the leg that got split open by my car stereo - it didn't last even a half hour but wow the pain triggered some memories... a few days later this song came out...

i've gotten used to the scars on my knee & face - they've healed more than i ever thought they would (i lost an eyebrow in the windshield but it grew back - i had to have parts of my face stitched up while i was awake)...

later there were frontal lobe issues that were not caught at the time - but i deal with them nonetheless...

i never thought i'd live past 18 when i was young & perhaps part of me did not

my passenger was supposed to have gone to chicago with me that day but we had to stay in town so he could go to band practice instead - i was mad & we were fighting about it when a man ran a red light and pulled out in front of us...

my passenger's arms went through the windshield trying to protect his face - cars are such serious pieces of machinery - please never forget that - the guilt you carry when someone you are driving around gets hurt is not nice to carry...

later when i seemed half dead in the ambulance i asked my passenger if he wished we had gone to chicago after all... he didn't laugh - the emt's did not find my joking around amusing either...

some kid we knew told us later he had put a hex on us & apologized... that was weird

the guy that ran the red light was never given a breathalyzer but seemed drunk at the scene... he was fine & uninjured

i tend not to drive on Labor Day...

this track just kinda took over - i didn't think about it too much - but it evoked the moment during the accident when i lost control of the car & then consciousness - though i'm not sure i ever fully did -  i thought i was dying and everything slowed - there were sounds like a rainstick & pain i don't have words to describe...  

i'm grateful to be alive

please wear your seatbelt

please do not drive tired, angry, distracted etc.

please be kind and gentle with yourselves you are precious heart

Thank you for sharing this. I'm grateful you are alive too.

Minnamari wrote:

Thank you for sharing this. I'm grateful you are alive too.

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