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Greenhouse Acoustics Vol. I
A short ambient piece created using tape loops and rain on a glass roof.
from a chromebook. tending the soil.
Posted by Nathaniel Nystrom • Field Note #001
There are two primary survival emotions we hold onto as children, from which we then build our limited perception of self: hurt and scared—usually both.
These emotions become the hard-packed dirt of our operating system. Just like DOS turned into Windows 11, our perception gets compounded over the course of our interactions with the world, creating layers of sediment.
We break free when we realize we can return to the roots of our system. That is to say, the warm sunlight that is encapsulating each and every one of us at this very moment.
Think about the miracle that is the fact that you can read this very piece: the amount of people it took to design the technology that created the screen you are reading this from; not to mention the RAM, CPU, and GPU underneath, all woven together like mycelium beneath the forest floor. Is that beautiful or what?
Beloved reader, we need to see the fake GUI that is in front of us. Be hurt. Be scared. Like seeds buried in the dark, you have to crack open. Then be brave enough to push through the soil toward the light.