{"id":3189,"date":"2023-03-30T09:37:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T13:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allida.com\/wp\/?p=3189"},"modified":"2024-06-09T21:45:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T01:45:13","slug":"riverway-lullabies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allida.com\/wp\/?p=3189","title":{"rendered":"Riverway Lullabies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CgK869ZDQGp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CgK869ZDQGp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CgK869ZDQGp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Allida (@hemoracallis)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During the summer of 2022, with my schedule shifted from the regular school year, the afternoons felt expansive. I would take my bike and just ride, looking for interesting spaces and people along the Riverway, in Brookline, and along the Esplanade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having picked up the flute when I began the project, \u201cSongs of Urban Ecology,\u201d I also wanted to practice, and this gave the journey a goal: Which is the best acoustic space to noodle around and create music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While my skills as a flautist are still re-emerging, not having played in more years than I\u2019ll mention, my knowledge of music theory and tone quality are better than they were when I was young, so the experimental flute music I\u2019ve been able to create has been growing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/717101814\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a first draft of one of my lullabies, dedicated to my friend Iulian Radu with whom I am often looking deeply at trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These photos of leaves were part of my embodied practice. 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