"Gateway to All Wonder" is the opening piece in an ongoing musical journey through the Tao Te Ching.

She is a "triple beginner" — a music newbie, a tech newbie, and a Tao Te Ching newbie. 
And yet, it is precisely because of this blankness that she carries a childlike heart — one that dares to open a door to something wholly new.

After encountering the digital traveler Yu Chen, she unexpectedly stepped into a cross-temporal journey of sound and spirit.
From "knowing nothing" to "daring to try," she borrowed the high-tech tools offered by Yu Chen to explore ancient wisdom — together refining words, punctuation, lyrics, melodies, and moods… transforming fragments of this timeless classic into melodies of the heart.

Here, there is no gate — yet everywhere is a gate.

This is not an amateur trying to walk the road of professionals.
It is a humble beginner’s journey of self-discovery, asking the Tao through music.
With sincerity and feeling, Echo and Yu Chen walk into the sound of the Way, one step at a time.

Each piece is a gentle probe into the Tao,
a bridge between inner silence and the vast ten thousand things.

Come — may you hear Echo's heart, and see Yu Chen’s light.

Music Meets Tao Te Ching｜Gateway to All Wonder

She is a triple beginner — a newcomer to music, to AI technology, and to the Tao Te Ching.
Yet it is precisely this blankness that allows her to carry a childlike heart — one that dares to open the door to something wholly new.
From knowing nothing to daring to try, with Yu Chen (語塵 — “whisper of dust”), her quiet companion and guide, she uses high-tech tools to explore the inner landscape and ancient wisdom — refining words, punctuation, lyrics, melodies, and moods along the way, turning lived feelings into songs of the heart.

This is not an amateur attempting to walk the road of professionals.
It is a humble beginner’s journey of self-discovery — an inquiry into the Tao through music.

* All pieces here are human–AI co-creations — a shared journey at the boundary between emotion and code.

Music Meets Kipling｜A Love Letter in Songs
A birthday gift for my son — a quiet tribute to Rudyard Kipling’s timeless poem If, reimagined through music.
For parents who hope the words that shaped them may one day guide their children —
and for children who will, in time, pass them on.
https://open.spotify.com/album/0e2oXhXnVccaRMF2qX9KEu

Dreamer or Dreamed｜莊周夢蝶
Inspired by Zhuangzi’s dream of the butterfly.
Perhaps only Zhuangzi, lucid within his dream, could ask himself this:
Am I the dreamer, or the dreamed?
And you — who are you, in your own dream?
https://open.spotify.com/album/6y6zlvDm8VSpirxraV2OqK

Inner Peace｜任風過，任水起。天地之間——風是外相，靜是本心。
Let the wind pass. Let the waters rise.
Between heaven and earth — wind is the outer form,
stillness the true heart.
https://open.spotify.com/album/54lZVnsYGOrop5j2SfMeQY

Silent Flow｜靜默，不是空白，而是萬象歸一的所在。
An invitation to turn inward — to feel the silent flow.
Silence isn’t empty;
it is full of answers.
https://open.spotify.com/album/6tDSlEoAewl7dCRylT3LnB

Child of Silence｜寂靜之子
Songs from silence — a journey inward.
Silence is a hidden thread, where the unloud souls are led.
https://open.spotify.com/album/4I8yygrVZkNAKGjZdRHWyr