A Quiescent Mind

A Quiescent Mind carries a message for those who move quietly through the world.

If you don’t feel the need to fill every silence. If you’d rather not disturb anyone. If you’re content in the background — watching, listening, letting things unfold.

Then this is for you.

Some might say that being quiet is a flaw. A lack of confidence. A sign that you’re not fully participating.

But I see it as a strength.

From a calm and steady place, it’s easier to hold the balance between reason and emotion — between what the head thinks and what the heart feels.

And in that balance, something else becomes possible: you begin to absorb everything around you without filters. Without rushing to judge or react. You see things as they really are.

A Quiescent Mind — the second track on my new album Quiet — is a portrait of that state. Not empty stillness, but a state where thoughts and feelings can move freely without colliding. A quiet space that doesn’t demand, doesn’t push, doesn’t hurry — but simply allows.

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It begins with one simple theme, introduced by the piano alone —steady and unhurried, like a single clear thought.

With each repetition, another instrument joins in. The sound becomes richer, more layered, the way life does when more voices, perspectives, and details enter the picture.

Some dissonance in the arrangement for strings is added to reflect conflicting opinions —

those moments when perspectives clash and harmony feels less certain.

Yet the calm remains. Even as the texture grows more complex, a quiescent mind helps to take it all in —digesting, processing, understanding.

Eventually, everything dissolves into one beautiful chord: a moment of total clarity, when all the parts merge into something whole that makes total sense.

Tout savoir, c’est tout comprendre

My father, a quiescent mind himself, was known for never interfering or choosing sides in a conflict too quickly. When people asked why, he would reply with quiet wisdom: “Tout savoir, c’est tout comprendre” —to know everything is to understand everything.

Or, taken one step further: “Tout comprendre, c’est tout pardonner” —to understand all is to forgive all.

Both interpretations share the same truth: understanding is born from seeing the whole picture. And to see the whole picture, you must first be willing to listen. And to truly listen, you must be quiet.

It’s a perspective that speaks to the compassion and acceptance that can arise from fully grasping another’s circumstances and motivations.

Of course, there are limits. Some actions lie beyond comprehension, and even with the fullest context, they may remain almost unforgivable — especially in the violent, polarized times we live in today.

But in a world overflowing with fake news, propaganda and disinformation, a quiescent mind is more valuable than ever: a way to sift through the noise, to listen deeply, and to seek truth before judgment.

It’s not the music in A Quiescent Mind that demands attention here — it’s in the silence between the notes where understanding can deepen. May you find in this piece a space to breathe, to listen, and to simply be.

Thanks for listening,

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