Distillations

This is an unintentional video of a conversation my nephew and I had while hiking this past weekend.

Sony NEX-5 HD digital camera

Distillations

refraction,
a period.

intentionally unsettling masses
resetting a spread-spectrum solution
on the arc to purity,
concentration.
watch it condense through existential balance,
(not some fruity hippy crap.)
and through iteration strip away more unwanted components.

the final meaning is wrought here.
we combine the non-zero zero point of the universe with
the right set of words
and get one idea,
expressed completely.

Distillations

watercolor, dog fur, dental floss, condom wrapper

Response to Distillations

Take a look. My first post. The title links to the video. Thanks for inviting me into the fray.

Here is the link it is on SoundCloud

http://soundcloud.com/elisa-faires/distillations

Distillations

This is my new song recorded with layers upon layers of voice and electronics..This piece was inspired by a subject I have been obsessed with for awhile now ... Alchemy...

Distillation is a method of separating mixtures based on differences in their boiling points. Distillation is a unit operation, or a physical separation process, and not a chemical reaction.

The first clear evidence of distillation comes from Greek alchemists working in Alexandria in the first century AD.^[2] Distilled water has been known since at least ca. 200 AD, when Alexander of Aphrodisias described the process.^[3] Arabs learned the process from the Egyptians and used it extensively in their chemical experiments^{[citation needed]}.

Clear evidence of the distillation of alcohol comes from the School of Salerno in the 12th century.^[4][5] Fractional distillation was developed by Tadeo Alderotti in the 13th century.^[6]

In 1500, German alchemist Hieronymus Braunschweig published Liber de arte destillandi (The Book of the Art of Distillation)^[7] the first book solely dedicated to the subject of distillation, followed in 1512 by a much expanded version. In 1651, John French published The Art of Distillation the first major English compendium of practice, though it has been claimed^[8] that much of it derives from Braunschweig's work. This includes diagrams with people in them showing the industrial rather than bench scale of the operation.

So my friends.....

there are many layers to this definition..... the chemical, to Carl Jung and many mystics psychological and the spiritual, to the Moonshiners in the hills...

sorries

hi guys.

i haven't had a computer for a bit. now i do! so that's good. let's keep this train going.


i believe it's elisa's turn!