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The Old Light

from Makings by Jesse Olsen Bay

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Based on unpublished writings by my grandmother, author/activist Tillie Olsen.

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Orion, hunter, heavy and tired
Low and sparkling Sirius
Vega, rising
Glittering Taurus
Arcturus, bringer of Spring
Betelgeuse, Aldebarn, the Gemini, the Sickle
Flaring Venus in the western sky

The thousand year old light, shining from the hundred million suns
A thousand years and still traveling, to reach my eyes and travel on

The braid and combs of light, shining in an evanescent weaves
Tranquil, pure, and luminous
Center of dark radiance

Distance, distance, reaching on
To never see the new
And I’ll be dead a thousand years when the light of present reaches here

The old, old light

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from Makings, released June 29, 2014
Composed, performed, and recorded by Jesse Olsen Bay
Mixed by Carlos Arredondo and Jesse Olsen Bay
Mastered by Jonathan Burnside at A Secret Location

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Jesse Olsen Bay Montague, Massachusetts

Western Massachusetts based composer and performer Jesse Olsen Bay creates aural landscapes and narratives to explore the depths of the human experience.

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