#1076J - Music of the Spheres
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Dimensions: 12 in High; base, 9 in wide, 11 in deep
Wood: Manzanita, Mountain Mahogany, Jeffrey Pine, Mt. Lassen, California
Stone: Agate, Sonoran Desert, California
Sand: Mystical Blend
When mortals wander high in the mountains to the edge of the tree line, the only sound they can usually hear is the wind; which is exactly why Joren, Fairy Composer Extraordinaire, lives here. A wild, windswept place is the perfect home for him because his finely tuned hearing has trouble coping with the cacophony of sound found elsewhere in Faerie. Nature sounds are the source of his music and the joy of his life. He revels in the resonance of the West Wind, the chatter of the chipmunks who live in the woodpile, the laughter of the stream behind his house. He wanders down the mountain to eavesdrop on the whispers of trees, hikes up the mountain in the early morning to listen to stones wake up to the touch of the sun, and sits on his rooftop in the winter to hear the hiss and click of the snowflakes as they touch the world around him.
Not even he knows exactly how it happens, but something in him records each sound and allows him to weave them all into a fabric of music that warms and enchants all listeners. The Bard Mistress personally makes the long trek up the mountain periodically to collect the new melodies. They sit together quietly listening to the tunes that have been born from the sounds of the wild. She will take them down the mountain where they will become vehicles for tales and teachings, conveying truth in ways that words alone cannot.
Joren rarely hears the completed songs his music has spawned. But sometimes, late at night, when he’s listening especially hard to catch a star tune, his friend the South Wind creeps up the mountain bringing faint echoes of a song that sounds familiar. Joren smiles and hopes the stars can hear it too.
$265
