After listening to the MP3 and hearing the birds above the music and trees I remembered David Rothenburg's book 'Why Birds Sing'. Rothenburg began playing music 'live' with birds in 2000, as you can imagine this route has led him into some remarkable places, atmospheres and experiences. The extract below is more food for thought concerning our role within nature and the landscape - An area of discussion that has transpired over the last few of posts...
'Bird songs are a genuine challenge to the conceit that humanity is needed to find beauty in the natural world. Whatever processes of evolution have led to their flourishing, no rigorous natural logic explains why they are so multifarious and complex. With deft listening, we can abandon our prejudices to find new expanses of music beyond familiar constraints. Their music is essential not arbitrary; playful but purposeful; repetitive, not boring. It possesses the necessity to which human art aspires'.
(From David Rothenburg's Why Birds Sing)
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