A clip that I just discovered, cited by Merlin Sheldrake in his book "Entangled Life" -- Sheldrake is an expert in fungi and he wrote a truly amazing book about the intricacies of fungal life - I am still reading it and I am more amazed after every page. The author uses the term "holobiont" only occasionally, but it is clear that it is a concept that merges very well with his description of how "mycobionts" merge with "photobionts" to form the fundamental unit of life on Earth: plants and fungi.
This song by Baka women is titled "Song for Gathering Mushrooms" -- it is a completely different idea from what we call "music" -- I'd say that our music is an organism where all players act according to an overall plan under a central control. The Baka music is something where everyone sings something different: there is no "rhythm," no synchrony, nothing like that. The result is a "sound holobiont" an entity that somehow mingles the various sounds in an organic and fascinating entity. It takes some time to get used to that, though!
After an intense air bombarding raid, B-52s, Phantoms, Harriers, Cruises and all others unloading their death on the city, and you appear still in one piece after it - one hears a unique sort of silence - as if Life is gathering itself again from the grave - and keeps going...
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There is 'rhythm' in everything, but we don't see it all.
I think Elgar's Cello Concerto is an example on when humans feel helpless but inundated with extreme emotions after a traumatic experience such as war - where in its very loud chaotic screams and ground shocking noise - they start seeing rhythm.
I loved this post. Thank You.