Song of the Brightness of Water

This piece is an approach to answering the question how is Japanese culture perceived by me – a Polish composer. Several things come to my mind when I am thinking about Japan: meditation, contemplation of nature, sublime poetry – haiku, discipline and many more.

I tried to find corelations beetween both our cultures. I found several in a poem by Karol Wojtyła (later – pope John Paul II) entitled Song of the Brightness of Water (pl: Pieśń o blasku wody). Insight to oneself and growth of a spirit – this serene and tranquil, but unrestrained evolution is a topic both my piece and the poem.