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Hiiii, I just (slowly, over the course of like a year) listened through all the audio posts you have on you blog, and your work is absolutely stunning. It's rare for instrumental tracks to resonate with me in the way yours do. The emotions and storytelling are so clear and heartrending even without a single word. I really, really love your work, and I look forward to whatever you make in the future. Thank you for sharing it.

Thank your for the message, you’ve made my week <3 I’ll be freeing up from a day job this summer, so I hope to compose and share more soon.

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Artifact found in glovebox. Circa 2000 AD, Late American petro-empire civilization. perhaps used in religious rituals

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that’s me on the cello, losing my religion

got an idea for a song it’s called moonsetter

#i forgot i recorded for this #thanks for reminding me

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listen. when one of my ancestors asks “know any epic lays?” i need to be prepared with something other than “your mom”

anyway here’s a version without all the algebra, much easier to parse. just read this out loud in whatever’s your natural english accent and you might be intelligible to neolithic ghosts:

montímiz drúmizque pakróm kukróm whrégimn gehérdhero. tér haugizmóm vidizmóm hauzóm zehámend, quód hyagnóy deghyémi skéuhedo. pérwr tózmey kuki-whregméni dézndro. pólhewez hanérez hyagnóey deghyeméy zérhund, nékroque. héy tózmeod nézend né, de halitróz háludor pruénz zréwed. whrégz zeptém skówhimz zontéyed, nu hyagnózyo deghyeméz pérwr hárkind; undegwhitóm harkmóm, vélpend. de íha déheteyez zehamnéy hayúmiz hewéharo. nu gehyéudor, Hághunim, kuki-whregméni prépt; so harkmóm hripyéhedo. whrégim gwolhéyed, whrégz kérnz dehréughed. zeptém skówhiz hayévhonmz gónhomz spendskéd. nu whrégiz dehughatér Zéldha hézo viktóm déhaitim dehégwhado…

i learned some proto indo european so i could tell the Legend of Zelda to my neolithic great(×400)-grandparents:

*mn̥tímis drúmis-kʷe ph₂ḱróm kukróm h₃réǵmn̥ gʰérdʰro. tér h₂ugism̥óm widism̥óm h₂owsóm sh₂émn̥t, kʷód h₁ih₂ǵnóy dʰǵʰémi skéuHto. pérwr̥ tósmey kuki-h₃r̥ǵméni désntro. pélh₁ewes h₂néres h₁ih₂ǵnóey dʰǵʰméy sérh₃n̥t, néḱro-kʷe. h₁ey tósmeod nésn̥t né, de h₂litrós h₂élutōr pr̥wéns sréwt. h₃rḗǵs septḿ̥ skówhims sontéyet, nu h₁ih₂ǵnósyo dʰǵʰmés pérwr̥ h₂érkn̥t. n̥dʰgʷʰitóm h₂órkmom, wélh₁pn̥t. de íh₂ dʰéh₁teyes sh₂m̥néy h₂yúmis h₁wéh₂ro. nu ǵʰéwHtōr, h₂égʷʰnim, kuki-h₃r̥ǵméni prépt; so h₂órkmom h₁ripyéh₁to. h₃réǵm̥ gʷolHéyet, h₃réǵs kérn̥s dʰréwgʰt. septḿ̥ skówhis h₂yéwHonm̥s ǵónh₁oms spn̥desḱét. nu h₃réǵs dʰugh₂tḗr séldh₂ h₁éso wiktóm déh₂itim dʰégʷʰh₂to…

(literally) 'with Mountains And with Trees a Fair High Realm was Girded. There of an August-most Wise-most Aurum they Hymned, Which in a Holy Land was Hid. a Portal to There in High-Rule was Discovered. Aplenty People into the Holy Land Fought, And were Vanished. They from There Returned Not, But Loathsome Power from the Portal Streamed. the Ruler Seven Sages Sent, and the Holy Land’s Portal they Sealed. an Eternal Seal, they Willed. But These Deeds to Hymns by Ages were Waned. Now a Priest, Agahnim, in Hyrule Appeared; He the Seal Sought Riven. the Ruler he Quelled, the Ruler’s Heralds he Deceived. the Seven Sages’ Juvenile Progeny, one by one, he Sacrificed. Now the Royal Daughter Zelda’s Own Victim Time Approached…'

the italicized words are where i was able use a direct reflex in english of the corresponding prehistoric word above, which means these words still mean the same thing after all this time.

just a little link to the past for you today!

#loz #linguistics #necromancy

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i learned some proto indo european so i could tell the Legend of Zelda to my neolithic great(×400)-grandparents:

*mn̥tímis drúmis-kʷe ph₂ḱróm kukróm h₃réǵmn̥ gʰérdʰro. tér h₂ugism̥óm widism̥óm h₂owsóm sh₂émn̥t, kʷód h₁ih₂ǵnóy dʰǵʰémi skéuHto. pérwr̥ tósmey kuki-h₃r̥ǵméni désntro. pélh₁ewes h₂néres h₁ih₂ǵnóey dʰǵʰméy sérh₃n̥t, néḱro-kʷe. h₁ey tósmeod nésn̥t né, de h₂litrós h₂élutōr pr̥wéns sréwt. h₃rḗǵs septḿ̥ skówhims sontéyet, nu h₁ih₂ǵnósyo dʰǵʰmés pérwr̥ h₂érkn̥t. n̥dʰgʷʰitóm h₂órkmom, wélh₁pn̥t. de íh₂ dʰéh₁teyes sh₂m̥néy h₂yúmis h₁wéh₂ro. nu ǵʰéwHtōr, h₂égʷʰnim, kuki-h₃r̥ǵméni prépt; so h₂órkmom h₁ripyéh₁to. h₃réǵm̥ gʷolHéyet, h₃réǵs kérn̥s dʰréwgʰt. septḿ̥ skówhis h₂yéwHonm̥s ǵónh₁oms spn̥desḱét. nu h₃réǵs dʰugh₂tḗr séldh₂ h₁éso wiktóm déh₂itim dʰégʷʰh₂to…

(literally) 'with Mountains And with Trees a Fair High Realm was Girded. There of an August-most Wise-most Aurum they Hymned, Which in a Holy Land was Hid. a Portal to There in High-Rule was Discovered. Aplenty People into the Holy Land Fought, And were Vanished. They from There Returned Not, But Loathsome Power from the Portal Streamed. the Ruler Seven Sages Sent, and the Holy Land’s Portal they Sealed. an Eternal Seal, they Willed. But These Deeds to Hymns by Ages were Waned. Now a Priest, Agahnim, in Hyrule Appeared; He the Seal Sought Riven. the Ruler he Quelled, the Ruler’s Heralds he Deceived. the Seven Sages’ Juvenile Progeny, one by one, he Sacrificed. Now the Royal Daughter Zelda’s Own Victim Time Approached…'

the italicized words are where i was able use a direct reflex in english of the corresponding prehistoric word above, which means these words still mean the same thing after all this time.

just a little link to the past for you today!

#legend of zelda #zelda #proto indo european #linguistics

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i wroted you a poem, but i deleated it …

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I started listening to the soundtrack for Psycholonials, and realized that I've heard one of the songs before. Turns out The Influencer was originally a piece you made like 10 years ago called "Nepeta in Three" and it was a song I'd just listen to all the time whenever I wanted to feel happy. I'm really glad you got to use it in some official capacity!

me too!! psycholonials ended up being a supercut of my best b-sides that never got to shine. good catch remembering the nepeta track deep cut after so long!

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today i learned that the song "together" from psycholonials is also the song "someday" used in the "high tide" animation, and today i also learned that you did the music for high tide, and. what is HAPPENING today (its really good, im just kinda blindsided by cosmic happenings)

yahaha! you found me~

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I love u windwaker. I love u random 14 year old boy who got kidnapped by a boat and groomed into the hero of courage. I love u grandma. I love u midlife crisis demon king ganondorf. I love u aryll. I love you tetra!!

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serenade and requited are easily the best pieces of music ever composed. if someone told me to write the quintessential song about love I'd say sorry but requited already exists

ty, now i have to write a version with vocals to live up to this

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my corn (snake) is sprouting

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painted something for once!

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i’ve been drawing again lately, this here is the god twins Gemini

#art #gemini #dioscuri #heavily cross-pollinated in my mind with the maya hero twins #and of course apollo and artemis

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pet death mention -

This was the last thing I truly painted/drew before my hiatus, of our late cat Sinko. I've been torn about posting this, but I really feel like I captured her (even up until the end she was rolling around and asking for pets!) Her loss is still felt immensely, and blindsided me in ways I couldn't have ever anticipated. It's been months and I'm still recovering. Y'all I miss her so much.

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"I get Misty, just holding your hand"

melodic epitaph. i miss you so much, baby Sinko

#music #cat #i don't always know how to express myself outside of melody and harmony #love #jazz

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small clip of a hymn, don’t listen too closely or you may find yourself in contact with undesirable powers

#music #anasyrma