Unknown Sounds

20 Letters: #4

This is the fourth instalment of a series, 20 Letters, where I share letters I wrote and sent via the post, throughout 2020 and 2021, to people in my life. Read more about the project here.

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Hey D!

I know we text all the time but one of my many goals for 2020 is to write and send 20 letters. This is letter #4. All of my letters have used song titles or lyrics as a thematic starting point and although this letter was inspired by instrumental music, while writing it I was reminded of this excellent lyric from Vancouver songwriter Veda Hille's “Instructions”:

15. Don't think of it as reasonable, think of it as terrifying
16. When blinded, construct images around unknown sounds
and assume you are correct