Memento Mori by In The Absence of Words

It wasn’t just the winter. It wasn’t just the darkness. It wasn’t just the fact that, over two consecutive weeks, news bearing incredible weight was revealed to me. It wasn’t just the revelations that followed. It was all of those things.

January was a time where meditation replaced logic and emotion, where sound became the voice in the absence of words.

Memento Mori is the realisation that our earthly concerns are minimised when we contemplate our own mortality.

Memento Mori is the first piece of music in six months and the first outside of the original 12 "chapters".

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I am a copywriter by day and humbled to work with words for a living. However, whether it’s a stark or dramatic landscape, the serenity and solitude of the forest, a connection with another human being, or the grief of losing one, sometimes it’s difficult to find the words.

IN THE ABSENCE OF WORDS is a project I started as an outlet to express experiences and moods in other ways than words. The original goal was to create “chapters” every month for one year. With each chapter, the aim was to create a "story" based on a mood or feeling. After achieving this goal, I decided to record and release new music only when I felt I needed or wanted to.

As a copywriter, I am humbled to work with words. However, whether it’s a dramatic landscape, the serenity and solitude of the forest, connection with another human being, or the grief of losing one, sometimes it’s impossible to find the words.

IN THE ABSENCE OF WORDS is a project I created as an outlet to express experiences and moods in other ways than words.

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