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The Beautiful Math of Coral

from Black Inscription by Rabbit Rabbit Radio

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This song is inspired by a TED talk of the same name by Margaret Wertheim in which she effortlessly debunks Euclidian geometry, armed with a ball of yarn and a crochet hook. It is also informed by the reproductive cycle of coral. Coral spawns on one night each year, a few days after the full moon in September.

Most of the world’s coral reefs are threatened, including 97% of the Great Barrier Reef. And now we're realizing that not only should we work to save them because it's the right thing to do, but that without them, we are much more vulnerable to rising tides and storm surges, and that vast numbers of the species we rely on for our own survival are disappearing without them.

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I feel the moon full and low.
My swollen body aches.
She pulls from me, hope and sorrow and joy.
She draws the most beautiful lines with them.
She draws the most beautiful lines, intertwining.

This math eludes your logic.
This logic defies your perfect lie.
This tender geometry brings Euclid to his knees.

I am where the point meets the line -
infinity spills over.
I am where logic and love collide
and spin out forever.

Selfish savior, I'll staunch the flood.
Selfish savior, I'll stem the tide.

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from Black Inscription, released January 11, 2018
Music by Carla Kihlstedt, Matthias Bossi & Jeremy Flower
Words by Carla Kihlstedt

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Rabbit Rabbit Radio Falmouth, Massachusetts

Rabbit Rabbit Radio is the song-spinning duo of Carla Kihlstedt and Matthias Bossi. Collectively, they are founding members of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Tin Hat, 2 Foot Yard, Causing a Tiger, The Book of Knots, and Fred Frith’s Cosa Brava.

Drawing on their love of both art & folk song, industrial & improvised music and heart-wrenching balladry, their songs are raw, beautiful, sparse and rich. ... more

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