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still point

At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor flesh­less; Neither from nor to­wards; at the still point, there the dance is, But neither ar­rest nor move­ment. And do not call it fixity, Where past and fu­ture are gathered. Neither move­ment from nor to­wards, Neither as­cent nor de­cline. Except for the point, the […]

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All that is solid melts into air

All fixed, fast-frozen re­la­tions, with their train of an­cient and ven­er­able pre­ju­dices and opin­ions, are swept away, all new-formed ones be­come an­ti­quated be­fore they can os­sify. All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is pro­faned, and man is at last com­pelled to face with sober senses his real con­di­tions of life, […]

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  • Microbiography

    Chris Swithinbank is a British-Dutch com­poser who works with both acoustic in­stru­ments and elec­tronic sounds. He is cur­rently a stu­dent at Harvard University with Chaya Czernowin.
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