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DREAM 01 01 1975 ft Pt Kartik Kumar

DREAM 01 01 1975

Dream: Tibetan mother and child, the young boy sitting high in his mother's arms and smiling at me. Beautiful sitar raga's played in the background, the only sound, even though they are in a crowded market place. They remain untouched by the jostling crowd, serene in their station and purpose. The unflinching gaze and radiant smile of the child shoots excellence into the background music and a very fast but exquisite run shines out, clear, but with the dream echo of an empty hall. I know his smile, it is as knowing as the Mona Lisa's, it is inspiration, it is ego; it is the thin red thread between nothingness and eternity.

© Phil McWalter 1st Jan 1975

Thanks to Pandit Kartik Kumar for the amazing sitar playing.

P.S. Purportedly there is an East Asian belief that the gods tie an invisible red cord around the ankles of those that are destined to meet one another. I was unaware of this in 1975 when I made these notes of my dream. I have never been able to recreate the actual majestic run I heard and my memory has faded. Maybe one day I will have the dream again, or wake up.