Stories

As Above, So Also Below — a Musical Ambigram

Music, like the cosmos, is woven with hidden symmetries that reveal themselves only when the perspective is reversed. This short piece introduces a musical ambigram—music that remains true even when turned upside down—echoing the medieval insight that what is above is reflected below. It is less a puzzle than an invitation to listen differently, and to sense the deeper unity that holds both views at once.

The Letters Never Sent

A musician writes letters to a woman he met only once, never knowing her name or where to send them. For years, the unsent letters become a private ritual—a way of keeping Longing alive without expectation. Then a box arrives, revealing that he was not alone in the silence after all.

The Garden Without Thorns

In a land without pain or struggle, a young woman discovers a single thorn and, with it, the first taste of being truly alive. Defying a perfect but stagnant Garden, she steps into a harsh world of loss, labor, and fire, where meaning is earned rather than given. Far beyond the Garden’s walls, she learns that suffering is not the enemy of life — but its price.

The Listening Light

It begins with a glass armonica alone — pure, shimmering, otherworldly. Other instruments join in, like soft footsteps in a chapel lost to time. Even the dust motes sparkle in the light and begin to dance.

Branches Longing for Birds

A solo piano piece, reaching toward the sky. Branches Longing for Birds is full of longing and hope.

The Choice Already Chosen

At a crossroads shaped by memory, ancestry, and unseen causes, choice begins to feel less like invention and more like discovery. What we call free will may be the slow revelation of a path already written into us. To live well is not to force the story, but to embrace it as it unfolds.