Mirrors of Emptiness – for marimba and digital delay by Grigory Smirnov

“Digital delay (echo) produces reflections of sound like a mirror produces reflections of light. Sound of marimba reminded me of something empty: marimba actually uses a physical emptiness for the acoustic resonance. I thought about how emptiness can produce some illusion of ‘fullness’ just through numerous reflections of itself. In the same way some of our ‘empty’ thoughts growing by external reflections and repetitions may produce an ‘empty’ reality.” – Grigory Smirnov