Impermanence Is
Impermanence is available throughout the known universe to hear here & here now.
Impermanence is a cycle of songs.
Impermanence is a meditation.
Impermanence is an awareness.
Impermanence is a process.
Impermanence is in constant motion.
Impermanence is gradual evolution.
Impermanence is incremental.
Impermanence is continual transformation.
Impermanence is recurring.
Impermanence is indomitable.
Impermanence is uncertainty.
Impermanence is a period of calm followed by an unanticipated interruption.
Impermanence is things going just fine until something happens.
Impermanence is the zen of emergencies.
Impermanence is pretty scary, actually.
Impermanence is decay.
Impermanence is learning the value of a thing by its absence.
Impermanence is losing some of you on the way to losing all of you.
Impermanence is having every last bit of you stripped away piecemeal.
Impermanence is being temporary by design.
Impermanence is an implied ending.
Impermanence is beginningless and endless, though.
Impermanence is circular.
Impermanence is a return to the start of Impermanence.
Impermanence is 36 minutes long.
Impermanence is 108 minutes long by the end of the 3rd consecutive listen.
Impermanence is recurring.
Impermanence is naturally occurring.
Impermanence is growth.
Impermanence is addition by subtraction.
Impermanence is regeneration.
Impermanence is everything changing because everything IS change.
Impermanence is quantized to the rhythm of the breath.
Impermanence is birdsong becoming crickets.
Impermanence is rolling waves.
Impermanence is just a word for something without a real name.
Impermanence is what it is.
Impermanence is.
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Written by Peter Silberman between 2013-2016 in Brooklyn, NY; Block Island, RI; Somers, NY; Woodside, CA; Big Sur, CA; Portland, OR; Saugerties, NY
Produced by Peter Silberman & Nick Principe
Engineered by Nick Principe at People Teeth in Saugerties, NY
Mixed by Andrew Dunn
Mastered by Joe Lambert
Nature recorded in Woodside, CA; Big Sur, CA; Block Island, RI
Peter sang, played various guitars, rhodes, pedal steel, accordion, & tibetan bowl throughout
Nicholas Principe played percussion on Karuna, Gone Beyond, Ahimsa, snapped his fingers & sang doo-wop on Gone Beyond
Hana Tajima sang doo-wop on Gone Beyond
Kelly Pratt played flutes & brass on New York
Michael Lerner played percussion on Gone Beyond
Tim Mislock played guitar on Gone Beyond
David Moore played piano, pump organ, & farfisa on Impermanence
Peter Tullio practiced Ujjayi breath on Karuna & Impermanence, & snapped his fingers on Gone Beyond
Management by Dawn Barger & Chris Robbins, Post Hoc Management
Cover photography by Justin Hollar
Design and packaging by Zan Goodman
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“You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.”
-Thich Nhat Hanh
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