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"we all flirt with the light by day

yet at night, we lie with the wilderness"

Soul Traveler, To lie with the wilderness

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landscapes

We are part of the land and the sea and they are part of us. Welcome to a journey through the landscapes of earth and the inner landscapes of the self...

My debut album landscapes was inspired by Mary Reynolds Thompson’s book Reclaiming the Wild Soul in which she details a soul journey through the five archetypal landscapes of earth: Deserts, Forests, Oceans and Rivers, Mountains, and Grasslands.

Writing this album started in 2017 and took me almost five years. During this time I went to different places both inside and outside. I wandered the landscapes, I started photography, I continued writing poetry and music. I got more familiar with my acoustic guitar and my style of playing changed over these years, which can be observed comparing the first and last song to the rest of the album.

My deserts were the lava fields of Iceland and the emptiness between the stars in the night sky, my forests were the primeval forests of Germany and the Taiga of Sweden and Finland, my oceans were the Atlantic as well as the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, my mountains were the rock formations of Norway, and my grasslands were the Norwegian fjords and lush valleys. I went there sometimes with my guitar, sometimes with my camera, and sometimes with just a pen and paper. Throughout all these years of writing poetry and music, every time I went afar, I brought back stories of the wind, the trees and the stars, or sometimes ... just myself.

One story in particular quickly materialized as the main threat woven throughout the album. The journey of a blank soul not only through the landscapes of earth but through the inner landscapes of the self. Piece by piece putting itself together, uncovering the darkness and the light, the softness and the wildness, the maturity and immaturity. Guided by nature and animal spirits, this blank soul could be anyone and no one in particular experiencing life.

Dear traveler, may you find something inside these notes and words and this life that resonates within you.

To all of us together
góða ferð

Sebastian

Credits

Music and poetry written by Sebastian Malinowski
Mixed and mastered by Charles at Studio Greywolf

Cover photo by Matt Johnson
Instagram: @mattj.pnw

Released March 20th
“landscapes”, Soul Traveler, 2022

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Writings

The void between the stars is the darkness within

Black sand
monochromatic beaches
and a distant sun
this is where it all began

a sleeper awakens...

where am I?
darkness inside me
bleak volcanic rock

barren lava fields
where steam is rising 
from the hot ground
where dragons breathe
beneath the earth

Who are you, I wonder?

Desert Witch:
Me? I am wandering stardust 
a cosmic jester
playing with infinity

and you?
who would you be 
if you’d forget who you were,
are souls etched in eternity
or shaped by experiences?

I? I don’t know
What is this place?

Desert Witch:
Hahaha, everywhere is nowhere here
each step forward brings you back
one step closer to where you came from

Can’t you hear the song of the stars?
the song of the night sky?
a serenade of nothingness expanding

Leave me be then
if you need mocking me

Desert Witch:
Since when is truth mockery?
The desert is merciless 
she will reveal your truth
always
you might not like the truth
no one ever likes it... at first

The desert witch turns away
in front of her sits a black cat
their eyes meet

little soul? little life?
No
just soul, just life

the cat meows

his name is warrior

a notion of sorrow moves through her face
as she looks at me

and the chasm at my fingertips opens

Desert Witch:
between life and death
lies a grey indifference
when you stand on the edge of the void
it’s just a mirage of the self
to watch one universe end 
as another one begins

unearth the darkness
you carry it with you wherever you go

there is no place that is all light

She runs her fingers through my abyss
and marks me with the sign of ash

no mask anymore 
just raw self

this is my gift to you

and the desert witch
with her outstretched arm
gives me a heart

Sometimes a little less suffering
is all we can hope for

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