I've had my hands full for months creating this website. I hope it brings you all joy, as it's my mission to assist in that crossing. This entry symbolized the End and the Beginning, and I can think of no other way to signal this incredible change than with Richard Strauss's "Death and Transfiguration", for though one version of Duirwaigh has passed to the land of the dead, we have indeed transfigured, and a new day dawns.

This blog then  - on more than one occasion - is going to lead into this world and that, from the shores of the world known to the living to the unknown, beyond the river Styx and back again. We explore this by means of art and music, and by remembering more about our selves which has its natural roots in both worlds.

So, what could be more appropriate for me than to make "Death and Transfiguration" the first piece of music to be recommended here! It is also the one single piece of music I would choose on the question "name one piece of music that is ever most influential to you".

I found a video/recording of it on youtube. Of course a much better idea is to listen to this laying on the floor, with the lights out, and from a good recording on CD... then there is a better chance to experience the mesmerizing and transforming power of this incredible masterpiece.

I look forward to sharing with all of you.

My best,

Silas