In wandering years, parks
were portals. In Korea, I would
tell myself if I could just hike the next ridge line, I would be home. As if parks were points of
teleportation, all connected in the same grand spirit park. Hampstead Heath in London, Yogogi Park
in Tokyo, Lincoln Park in Chicago, Boston Common, Griffith Park, Central Park,
even little Marvin Grove in Lawrence, Kansas where my parents would take us on
fall Saturdays – all connected. Parc de la Tiete d’Or in Lyon was no
different. On my first visit, I
stayed past dark and thought I was losing my mind when I became frightened by
the sounds of wild birds and animals.
I didn’t yet know that the park contained a zoo – the Jadin zoolólogic
de Lyon – so I wondered if it was somehow a close spirit connection of a park
in Africa. On my many subsequent
visits I would stay late to hear the wildlife welcome the darkness and pretend
that I had still not solved the mystery of the zoo.
Audrey Herren - Cello
Andra Kulan - Violin / Viola
Recorded spring 2015, Chicago, Illinois / Lawrence, Kansas.
Mixed and Mastered by Matt LaPoint.
Release Date: 22 September 2017.
Image: Heidelburg Castle, Germany (viewfinder card from Morgan family archives).
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