About the Album

As I walk through the roads of my days, constantly present in the worlds of thought and creation, I encounter many unique moments of awe and inspiration, such longing that would make the seeker become impatient with the anger and frustration of having the perception that the attainable is in fact unattainable; a yearning that puts the yearner in such a state making him feel he is among the Sleepwalkers, that creates in him the perception that he will be of them who have chosen the comfort of blindness to the worlds of light, reality, and true progress. At times like this the yearning bird remembers rather the comfort of his own Home, his nest where the two lights of love and wisdom have nurtured his well-being and created in him the strength and understanding to continue his journey persistently through the trying roads where reside among every side and corner the abodes housing the dreamers of the night. As he encounters what appears to him as being such beauty, such comfort as does provide the homes of these charmers, these producers of endless-joy, the thoughts of "i2 have a reason to lay side by side among my fellow-yearners, my fellow-dreamers! Why shouldn't I?" Why should he not? After all, the celebration committed by these dreamers, these celebrators, has developed in the hearts of the involved no space but the space of celebration itself. And what space is left for the strength and care for the road that lies ahead? What purpose remains therefore to travel further up among the roads of progress and richer life when the comfort of the current station will suffice? Such Irresistibility, naturally inherent among everyone, all those who have the capacity to dream whether traveling or stationary, is the driving force behind the notions and actions of all the dwellers in this world of roads and paths. The direction of the power developed and exerted from such compelling natural desire will vary according to the value of the prism contained in each journeyman, a prism produced not by our own hands, but rather created itself by the Provider and the Guider. What Life can be obtained and revealed by the true light supplied through this prism; such beauty, complexity, diversity! Simplicity is only a word relating to that which is to be admired by the results created by productive hands and efforts; a process of arduous labors, whether physically or mentally-related, which is nonexclusive of the numerous difficulties that surround its formation. Difficulty then is the word relating to the hard-labored creation of simplicity. With what Realization it was therefore that this state was inflicted and revealed upon the traveler, a state which at first emerged incomprehensibly, creating many days of lonely unhappiness. But nevertheless, soon the winged bird, having been nestled full and bright within the dual lights of love and wisdom, emerged itself, with renewed strength and commitment, from the charms of the forest into a world of renewed understanding. It is a Prayer of Change he called for, a song he could whistle to reflect his new world of thought and creation, a harmony representing the turning-point for the reconciliation between the old and the new in the present time. With renewed passion and quickened devotion he strives toward his goal. With the tool of his specialty being to manipulate the vibrations of the air and transmit them harmonically to the receptive hearts, he aims to please the gradual formation of increasing Light in the world. With effort, persistence, and continual encouragement, he has been able to Focus on his loving task, despite the ever-present distractions seeking to deflect the beauty of the melody existent even from the beginning. Ever present however, with thoughts directed on the present, is the hope for what could lay ahead, confident of the vision that The Stare of joy, tranquility, and beauty will dwell within the being of the dwellers of all the roads leading towards their own goals, and to the goal of "One".

 

About the Artist

Pianist and composer Afshin Toufighian enchants the atmosphere with beautiful melodies that elevate the spirits of the listener. For him, the process of creation usually begins on the piano, from which ideas will usually mold into various forms ...

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