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Across

by Syd Kitchen

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1.
Water 09:43
2.
Earth 09:43
3.
Air 07:46
4.
Fire 12:00

about

ELEMENTS

The kite in its freedom remains tethered to the hand
Its illusion is beyond what we understand

The corridors of consciousness
Remain dark, impenetrable gulleys
Until the lights switch on and they transform
Into avenues of possibility

Illumination brings order

The basket of life is balanced
On the arm of providence

The ebb and flow
Of what we salute as intrinsic life
Is nothing more
Than the sum total
Of our collective misunderstanding

We accept and transform
Baggage we don't own
Our journey becomes the service of others

Only illumination brings order

Light is the conduit to inner peace
When the lights are on and the stairway lit
The ascendancy to that place of all knowing
Becomes a journey to surrender
Acceptance that no force
Can destabilise the purpose of our breath

Air to Water, Fire to Earth
The cleanse is done
The purge engaged

I am everything and nothing of it all
In my inalienable choice
I invoke peace

- Syd Kitchen, 2006

credits

released February 14, 2022

"I yearn for the island of songs across this heaving sea of shouts"
- Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds

Thanks to Pete Kitchen, Wynand van der Walt, David Maclean, Colin Rock, Matthias Roux, Marc Maingard, Peter Bircham, Michael Cross, Kirsten Wolff, Musikland (Durban), Musica (Tshwane), the Georgiades Family, Elisa & Blackjack Davie, Rabindranath Tagore for the conduit, the Creator for the privilege to be alive, all those pockets of beautiful people who love and feed me in my journey across.

For Lanikai, Vega and Eric

Written, Arranged & Performed by Syd Kitchen
Production Co-ordination: Michael Cross
Recorded & Mixed at Lava Lamp Studios (Tshwane, South Africa)
Engineer: Wynand van der Walt
Mastered at Maclean Mastering (Cape Town, South Africa)
Engineer: David Maclean

Cover Concept, Design & Photography: Peter Bircham at the Sunshine Factory
Syd Kitchen uses a Maingard Grand Concert steel string guitar
Produced by Syd Kitchen for No Budget Records

Original Cat. No. NOBUD003
© Syd Kitchen ℗ Kitchen Kulture 2007
2022 Syd Kitchen Digital Archive Cat. No. KK04

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Syd Kitchen Durban, South Africa

Digital works from the archive of South African singer-songwriter and guitarist Syd Kitchen (1951-2011). Curated by Sharp-Flat Records.

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