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SE3 Windchimez Milner Messias Hershberger

I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,
BY EMILY DICKINSON

I felt a Funeral, in my Brain, 
And Mourners to and fro
Kept treading - treading - till it seemed 
That Sense was breaking through - 

And when they all were seated, 
A Service, like a Drum -
Kept beating - beating - till I thought 
My mind was going numb - 

And then I heard them lift a Box
And creak across my Soul 
With those same Boots of Lead, again,
Then Space - began to toll,

As all the Heavens were a Bell, 
And Being, but an Ear, 
And I, and Silence, some strange Race, 
Wrecked, solitary, here -

And then a Plank in Reason, broke, 
And I dropped down, and down - 
And hit a World, at every plunge, 
And Finished knowing - then -

Statement:
I wanted this piece to be dark. I read about how often Emily Dickson thought about suicide. I  transition from a realistic feel to a more subconscious feeling/emotion. I started with more realistic sounds that you would hear at a funeral. I used an eerie sound for the coffin begin open (recorded a door opening, then reversed it) and closed because I thought of the creepy atmosphere of an open casket funeral. I then used a bell sound that was higher pitch that reminded me of the coffin going away to heaven. Next I used the deeper, lower bell sounds that resembled the "wrecked" or "broken" plunge down back into reality and the realization that the funeral is "all in your head". I finished with the heartbeat to resemble that she is in fact still alive and it was just a Funeral in her brain.


Sonic Narrative--I felt a Funeral, in my Brain

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