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economy. Each measure of the work is 1/3 mile long, and the painted trees represent

aerial songs, referencing musical notes, chords and transitions determined by local

biogeography. Miles of trees in the path of natural gas pipelines have been painted since

2015, copyrighted as one sonified biogeographic sculpture and then prepared for

litigation against the eminent domain takings of natural gas corporations.

In April 2017, I was notified that I would be the first Fellow for Contemplative Practice

from A Blade of Grass (ABOG http://www.abladeofgrass.org),in partnership with the

Hemera Foundation. Their support came as the full malice of the t. regime unfolded

against resistance to natural gas pipelines at Standing Rock. May 4, 2017 I performed

an excerpt from The Blued Trees Symphony for the Fellows reception that was a

recitative of legal text and singing with the audience from the Coda, created for the days

before the November 2016 Election. The following two days, the 2017 Fellows gathered

for workshops with ABOG.

Monday May 8, 2017, I woke from two new nightmares.

I.

I have been directed to climb down a wide, deep, sandstone well to get someplace else.

The deeper I go, the darker, the more shallow and inconsistent the foot and hand holds,

till I begin screaming for help, but no one hears me. At last, I am heard and know

someone is coming to help me escape and find the correct route to safety. I wake before

I am rescued.

II.

I am part of a large party crossing a rickety bridge, many on horseback, when two of the

horses begin to panic, throwing their riders. I rush in to help in the chaos.

In both dreams, the situation was dire, but hope was en route and I was part of the

rescue.