As drops of water might plop into a pond from a leaf weighed down with beads of water after a Summer rain
blue dots, quivering beads, soft and velveteen
placed about the leaf as if plotted
as they are, chanced as they are
each drop as each plop as
each coy sound that Kate NV arrays
as flowers in a vase
as candles on a shrine
as brushed stones placed along a path
in a Japanese garden, say
a moss garden, say
tips the scale of the rest to keep each held in crooked balance and with wabi-sabi grace.
Each winking instance of “пес DOG” tips its wrist in perfect time and with the perfected surprise of a shishi odoshi fountain
or, “deer scarer”
there, underneath a tree
doe eyes grow wide
pupils dilate, and in a blink
long eyelashes whip
and wobbling knees bound home
A dog barks. There’s so much to sound and see. Kate NV knows it. She takes her synths on walks. She lets them feel the wet air. It must be so fresh and refreshing as they sound each time around.
Hear more of Kate NV’s resplendent rain
on her forthcoming LP,
для FOR,
released next month on RVNG Intl.,
and check out some beautiful illustrations by Kate NV below.