Pathway to Center
Hurricane in Caribbean
Bach · Cello Suite 1 in G Major (1007)
Laura Zaerr
Harp, adaptation
Crew of ISS 53
Astronaut photographer
Hurricane fly-over, as a metaphor for struggles we go through, and the need to find inner peace when we most need it.
Pathway to Center musically describes walking a labyrinth. The journey winds in closer and closer. Then just when you think you must be at the center the path shoots you off again out towards the edge, traveling familiar steps but with a new perspective as you once again make your way toward the center. The orbital path takes you from serene clouds to the eye of a hurricane and back to serenity.
As you approach the eye of the storm, the music seems to come to a natural ending point, only to double back and retrace familiar measures. You unwind from the drama back to quotidian life, and the smooth sailing of drifting clouds in the Caribbean.
Photos by Astronauts on ISS 53 – Sep 7, 2017
