Corona Shift 2020

Audio Book #1 #Dragonae

Narrating #audio #books was certainly not expected. It was a random stroke of luck (or was it)? I randomly auditioned to produce an audio book. Listening to it back, I thought... "wait a minute.... this is awesome." Next thing I know, i've certainly produced a piece of art that i'm proud to share. My #creative passion being music and audio production, I have embraced this audio book endeavor bringing that mentality to the table. Visuals through sound. Transmitting emotions, which in turn affect thoughts, which in turn affect reality, through vibration and sound. Never considering myself a good singer, I play instruments. Well the voice is the ultimate of all instruments. Whether it's singing or speaking, the voice harnesses the most power. This I have learned in my experience as a musician and producer.

“We'll go northwest as my brothers did, Stump. That accursed Empire has already eaten everything to the south and east.”

Duggal Roden, Chapter 1 "Ravens Field"

Duggal is a ruthless #warrior, unbeatable in battle. When narrating a book, it requires voice acting all the characters. As I communed with the main character I uncovered all these things about myself that I didn't know existed. Me and Duggal are much alike in so many ways. I will forever be bonded to him. My narrator voice is Duggal's voice. Well, not completely. I certainly thicken the accent, and try to spice it up a bit when speaking as Duggal. As the beginning of the story unfolds Duggal falls in love with Eillen. I found myself falling in love with her right beside him.

Sweet Eillen the Lady of the Axe

Creative flow. How do we tap it? Inspiration. How do with manifest it, and keep it? That has been a quest I have pursued for as long as I can remember. It has come and gone in phases. Sometimes it's absent, other times it's overflowing. And that could be the essence of the #Aesthetic #Audioworks "blog." This is powerful stuff. I'm figuring it out as I go.

EMPATHY

I have recently realized of myself that I am a highly sensitive person. Not in the sense that I don't have "thick skin". Rather, in the sense that I am hyper sensitive to other peoples' emotions. I struggle to discern whether i'm feeling the emotion, or feeling the other's emotion. It has been quite the burden, and largely why I am introverted as I am, or have become as I have grown older. Until recently I have identified this about myself. It's further how the #Corona #Shift of 2020 has affected my understanding of who I am walking this earth and trying to find my place in it. I'm certain that many of us are experiencing this same ascension in our own unique way. We all do everyday, and have for a long time. Right now that sense is heightened for all of us across the globe. It's as if the earth is moving into it's next phase of a great cycle. Yes, I have read this here and there for many years, through many forms. But it's not just that. I say this based on what i'm experiencing with the people around me. Ascending toward what impossible to say. But it is upward and forward. This I feel with clarity.

I digress. What I have preserved in the audio book is #empathy. I empathize with the characters, the story, and the relationships. I get in touch with them emotionally, which makes (what has been a curse) an excellent opportunity to present itself as a gift, and in an art form. It allows me to embrace the narrating role with a whole heart, which I believe is what comes through in the works.