Peter
We walked around near the Domodossola (Piemont). Our path was lined with strawflowers, known for being immortal because their spherical golden yellow flowers retain their shape as well as their colour, even after drying. Strawflowers always remind me, I don ́t know why, of Radiohead ́s
Morning Bell.
Let ́s play a game, says my companion.
Which one?
I ́ll name a plant and you tell me which sound or tone you associate with it. Okay. Start.
Peppermint.
I thought about it.
Spontaneously.
A violin, a....Sicilian Tarantella.
Do you think so? Not like a flute? Sweet and spicy at the same time?
I looked at him questioningly –
Whatever floats your boat, it ́s your go.
Rosemary?
Let me think, Arabic Sufi music. – Thyme?
Thyme. Clearly Bebop by Thelonius Monk. Sage?
As leisurely as, say, some of Brahms. Then, chamomile?
A piano piece by Arvo Pärt. Laurel rockrose?
Trumpets. The sound of Miles Davis.
How about all of them together?
All together...a stew full of absolute silence.
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