Essences as Songs

Willow Wenial Mimetes · **Joined:** September 27th, 2009, 1:28 pm **Posts:** 1588

So, I just wondered if any of you had considered putting your essence maps into song form.

I haven't exactly, but after long and hard searches, I have found songs that I have been able to put into my essence maps.

My favorite ones are in my signature.

What about you all?

Suiauthon Mimetes · **Posted:** July 1st, 2012, 11:12 pm

Interesting idea.

Lady Elanor · **Posted:** September 16th, 2013, 6:54 am

Hmm, I love this idea, Willow. I should try it sometime!

Lady Eruwaedhiel · **Posted:** September 22nd, 2013, 9:38 am

Oh, this could be seriously beautiful. Would you add filler, so it wouldn't just be a song crammed full of metaphors?

When I was composing my elven lullabye, I started building a kind of essence to provide fodder for the lyrics. It wasn't very conventional, but I was using the concept. I would take a feeling or an impression I wanted to include, and then list things that reminded me of it. It's been a long time since I wrote a proper essence. [Context: the elves were fleeing the humans who wanted to kill them, and they built a magical barrier to keep the humans out.]

Peace -
moonlight on leaves
rivers/rivercity
new life in the fields
precious children safe now
Starflowers

Safety -
white trunks: fence posts
winding paths in the forest; maze of lies
first harvest in the solitary land
Elchion's wisdom

Reassurance -
future, magic dome
no change
no pain
no time
Quintor, invisible like the dome
Faithful's magic
dancers at a festival: bright and fast and orderly

Lament -
Portals taking them far, far away
white trunks, prison bars
alone
Tahaidan drums, calling those who will die
the white star dimming (Faithful)
embers of pyres
yellow stone, blood, empty elven Level, lost throne, Kalon, misunderstanding

It may not make much sense to anyone who doesn't know my world, though.

What about using essence to actually compose music? As in, the actual notes? You could give each note an essence and work from there...that's an interesting and possibly impossible idea.

Mistress Kidh · **Posted:** September 23rd, 2013, 7:00 am

Celtion wrote:

What about using essence to actually compose music? As in, the actual notes? You could give each note an essence and work from there...that's an interesting and possibly impossible idea.

Whew...that's a really interesting idea. I can't even think how that would work, really....

Celtion wrote:

Oh, this could be seriously beautiful. Would you add filler, so it wouldn't just be a song crammed full of metaphors?

I think a song crammed full of metaphors would be cool. * grin * Kind of like one of the entries to one of the earlier writing contests we did...I can't remember who it was, but someone wrote a poem about the eclipse of the moon. If I remember right, it was heavily metaphorical. I loved that poem.

Celtion wrote:

When I was composing my elven lullabye, I started building a kind of essence to provide fodder for the lyrics. It wasn't very conventional, but I was using the concept. I would take a feeling or an impression I wanted to include, and then list things that reminded me of it.

That's a brilliant idea...I should do that when I'm having problems with a poem.

* wanders off pondering the idea of making an essence song *

Lady Eruwaedhiel · **Posted:** September 23rd, 2013, 11:43 am

A song full of metaphors like this one?

Although, these are technically similes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2AshX3tfHU

Kiev Shawn · **Posted:** September 25th, 2013, 2:44 pm

This is an absolutely beautiful idea.

Celtion wrote:

What about using essence to actually compose music? As in, the actual notes? You could give each note an essence and work from there...that's an interesting and possibly impossible idea.

Ohh, if only there was some way... Music can express essence without any words, so I think to at least some degree it would be possible. If you could arrange the scales with metaphors... Maybe something like Listen to Wikipedia?

*pondering*

Lady Eruwaedhiel · **Posted:** September 25th, 2013, 3:47 pm

Shawnie...that's mesmerizing.

You just wasted the entire rest of my day.

Kiev Shawn · **Posted:** September 25th, 2013, 7:17 pm

Oops?

If there was some way to categorize types of essence-shards by instrument, and then weave together the notes.... Hmm.

Calista Bethelle · **Joined:** February 10th, 2011, 9:15 pm **Posts:** 3095

*Just found this* *Is intrigued*

Oh, if only I had oodles of time to waste!

*Would love to experiment with these ideas*

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