I would like to go through the bible and hear all its sounds. I managed an idiosyncratic ‘listen’ of Genesis. What sounds can you hear?
I do believe in the Big Bang. I trust the scientists who speak about it. But I also know that it was possibly not that big. Nor was it really a bang. But it’s important we say it and mull over what we say. This is how we make sense of the world. Which is … Continue reading Genesis 1 A different voice sounds out. From the grand symphony of the previous story now things seem quiet. No shrubs… no plants… no one to work the ground. (verse 5) Just a stream bubbling away watering the planet. The KJV says mist. (verse 6) Even quieter. The dust of the ground is put together and breathed … Continue reading Genesis 2:4ff Where are you? When something is not quite right this sound occurs. A parent knows something is up in the house when things are too quiet. Adam and Eve hide because they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze… Gen 3:8 NRSV or heard … Continue reading Genesis 3 … noise is violence… It is a simulacrum of murder. …music is a channelization of noise… … a simulacrum of … sacrifice. Jacques Attali in Noise (26) Genesis 4 is violent. And noisy. Listen; your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground! Gen 4:10 (NRSV) Now Cain fears violence against him. God … Continue reading Genesis 4 I was fortunate enough to be in the room when my daughters were born. A distinct memory of the second one being born was the sound of her coming out. Splat! is the closest I can describe it. When I read Gen 5 in the KJV I experience a bit of that. Begat! Adam… begat… … Continue reading Genesis 5 Sound overflows. It is difficult to contain. Like The Flood. The Flood is something that literally overflows. Literarily overflows. It has flowed into different traditions; Mesopotamian, Hebrew and Hindu. As sea levels increase on our planet the Flood Story is around us as a human race. all the springs of the great deep burst forth, … Continue reading Gen 6 – 10 Scattered I dropped mustard seeds onto the black tiled kitchen floor the other day. They rushed in all directions, tick-ticking along the floor. Sound is a scattering. From its source it spreads as its strength allows. The people in the story didn’t want to be scattered. They had one language. One sound. They assumed greatness … Continue reading Genesis 11
Genesis 1
Genesis 2:4ff
Genesis 3
Genesis 4
Genesis 5
Gen 6 – 10
Genesis 11