Slide Whistle Bird: new species.
Mar. 18, 2022.

RayBird Sings a Tiny Late Afternoon Dream for Ione's 27th Annual Dream Festival.
April 21, 2022.

Very brief late evening katydid/cricket meditation dedicated to one of my oldest friends, Barbara Ghoshal, who just checked up on me because she realized I hadn’t posted anything for a while. This is what I’m experiencing on my back porch these summer nights. August 20, 2022, Kingston, NY.

A little pre-Autumn Equinox song. September 17, 2022, Kingston, NY

Pauline Oliveros had a long-standing interest in collaborative performance at a distance, which included her pioneering work in telematic performances over the internet as well as telepathic and imaginative participation. In her score to “The Witness” (1989), she writes that it “may be performed by a soloist as a duet with an imaginary partner or as an ensemble for two to a hundred or more performers.”

I was unable to be present in the flesh at a presentation of “The Witness” at Carnegie Hall on January 21, 2023. I was there however by way of telepathy, my imagination and by real-time editing of two videos which documented previous presentations. Click above to see the result. Feb. 4, 2023.

Fireplace Chat #8. Tunnituaruit has a say about our recent sub-zero weather, probably including some expletives regarding human-caused climate change.

(Tunnituaruit is an Inuit term meaning literally "little beings who only have tattooed faces" - magical half-bird and half-human creatures whose language of communication is "katadjait," throat singing). February 6, 2023.

Out on walk on first day to hit 73°F in Kingston, NY. Of course, tomorrow high will be 48. April 1, 2023.

A brief Sonic Meditation for Earth Day, April 22, 2023.

Sunset, July 27, 2023, 8:27 PM, Kingston, NY.

Autumn meditation, with RayBird. October 6, 2023, Kingston, NY.

Autumn meditation #2, Buddha with Swan. October 19, 2023, Kingston, NY.

Autumn meditation #3. October 23, 2013, Kingston, NY.

As I offer these brief meditative documentations of autumn in my local environment, Pauline Oliveros’s pertinent message for our time sounds in my imagination:

“Deep listening is the foundation for a radically transformed social matrix in which compassion and love are the core motivating principles guiding creative decision making and our actions in the world.”

Miniature Autumn Meditation #4. May this tranquil couple moments in our backyard in Kingston, NY bring some measure of peace and pleasure to those who need it in our troubled times. November 12, 2023.

Saturn Walk" by China Blue. Composition by China Blue (http://chinablueart.com) & Lance Massey. Norman Lowrey sounding with “Sheeoué Windhorse” at D.R.A.W. Kingston, NY, December 2, 2023.

This is a full video of my slow walk meditation. The collaborative sounding occurs at about 6'.

China Blue writes:

"In this sound walk experience performers are immersed in the acoustics generated from Saturn’s rings. Through mindful meditation and embodied listening participants explore our relationship with each other and the cosmos.

"The intent of this work is to foster compassion. As a public art work viewers are encouraged to also participate and experience the work.

"The composition is inspired by the sonics of Saturn’s rings that the artist discovered for NASA and composed with Lance Massey, creator of the T-Mobile ringtone."

Tunnituaruit singing for peace and joy throughout the holy days of the winter solstice. December 24, 2023.

A gentle fireside song by Anima for a Happy New Year. January 1, 2024.

After the first snow of winter, tracking, some old, some new, many indecipherable. Kingston, NY, January 9, 2024.

I’m admitting here that I have been posting little videos to TikTok for awhile, most of which have provided a means for me to tap into my silliest self to provide some smiles in our dark time. A recent series consisted of renderings of silly children’s songs I composed years ago, presented by one of my VR personas, Foxie. I’ve now started a series of quotes. Some will be silly. Some serious. Who knows? This is the first. February 2, 2024. Oh, and here’s my TikTok link @normaskman.

Happy Lunar New Year, February 10, 2024.