Illuminations came about quickly, unexpectedly, and joyously. While I had written one of the songs in the spring of 2019 and finished and released another this past April, I wrote the other five this May and June, composing four and recording and producing five during a long weekend. I have not had an experience like this, and all I can say is that it felt fun and exhilarating – very instinctual, like I was receiving rather than intellectualizing. This formed the opposite of a cerebral crafting.
Yet at the same time, I consciously, eyes, ears, and heart open, made this collection with clarity and intention. The words, numbers, and sounds have meaning, and though these are personal songs, I hope any listener could relate to them as well, speaking as they do through archetypal imagery. The songs stand alone but also work together as a cohesive whole: this is, after all, a concept album. And I ask, if possible, that you listen to it in order and in one go; it is quite short. It does not adhere to a specific religious (or non-religious) denomination, but it is contemplative and devotional.
May it bring you peace on your peregrinations and illuminate something positive for or in you.
Sincerely,
Deborah Stokol, Kairos Records, Summer 2025
Illuminations came about quickly, unexpectedly, and joyously. While I had written one of the songs in the spring of 2019 and finished and released another this past April, I wrote the other five this May and June, composing four and recording and producing five during a long weekend. I have not had an experience like this, and all I can say is that it felt fun and exhilarating – very instinctual, like I was receiving rather than intellectualizing. This formed the opposite of a cerebral crafting.
Yet at the same time, I consciously, eyes, ears, and heart open, made this collection with clarity and intention. The words, numbers, and sounds have meaning, and though these are personal songs, I hope any listener could relate to them as well, speaking as they do through archetypal imagery. The songs stand alone but also work together as a cohesive whole: this is, after all, a concept album. And I ask, if possible, that you listen to it in order and in one go; it is quite short. It does not adhere to a specific religious (or non-religious) denomination, but it is contemplative and devotional.
May it bring you peace on your peregrinations and illuminate something positive for or in you.
Sincerely,
Deborah Stokol, Kairos Records, Summer 2025
