“Everything flows like this river, without stopping, day and night.” Lun Yü, Dialogues.
The soundscape that constantly surrounds us is like a river: it is a constant, endless, and unrepeatable flow of sound that can only move forward in time, unable to stop or return. It is also an inexhaustible source of surprises, memories, feelings, and sensations.
The Sonic River is a wide and complex river, formed by several different soundscapes that intermingle, juxtapose, and move forward; it is a river full of surprises and unrepeatable and endless sound variations.
Perhaps by contemplating this Sonic River we can perceive the sublime and reach a state of ecstasy: sharawadji.