Origin Music at Squam Lake

i captured this video of squam lake in northern new hampshire while standing waist deep in the water at dusk. i then played a traditional, 19th c. blowing zen piece, honshirabé, into the scene. honshirabé is composed to two ideograms: hon means “origin“ and shirabé (jap. shiraberu) means “investigation“. while playing this piece, a performer pursues a contemplative investigation of his or her ultimate origin. this practice is similar to the contemplation of koans in rinzai zen. the first shakuhachi not