{"id":5887,"date":"2022-10-30T18:10:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T23:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/?p=5887"},"modified":"2022-10-30T18:10:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T23:10:18","slug":"the-story-behind-i-am-the-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/the-story-behind-i-am-the-river\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story Behind &#8220;I Am The River&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"I Am The River | Cora Rose | Official Music Video\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t3RIW9pAC_s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">The story behind &#8220;I Am The River&#8221; begins nearly fourteen years ago in Bar Harbor, Maine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was living in Maine while attending College of the Atlantic.  I had fallen in love, but I was still uncertain about how that relationship would play out in the future.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was confused by this uncertainty and began to reflect on it.  I ended up coming to a conclusion about myself; a deeper awareness of who &#8211; and how &#8211; I am.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you engage in such deep introspection about your own nature, it tends to pull at other strings.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have always felt a deep connection with the land where I was born and raised.  I grew up in rural Southwest Wisconsin, on 55 acres of forest and farmland.  The house was tucked into a valley, with a spring-fed creek and river running along the base.  My siblings and I had an amazing childhood in this setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AcousticsNearKickapooRiverBluffsPopularRecordingSite_2009Campout_PhotoPaulGaudynski_DSC_0407Sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AcousticsNearKickapooRiverBluffsPopularRecordingSite_2009Campout_PhotoPaulGaudynski_DSC_0407Sm.jpg 864w, https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AcousticsNearKickapooRiverBluffsPopularRecordingSite_2009Campout_PhotoPaulGaudynski_DSC_0407Sm-585x389.jpg 585w, https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AcousticsNearKickapooRiverBluffsPopularRecordingSite_2009Campout_PhotoPaulGaudynski_DSC_0407Sm-263x175.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I reflected on my connection to this place.  I realized that I don&#8217;t see myself in the deep-rooted forests, nor in the permanency of the valley.  Rather, I am the river.  Because I keep changing, moving, traveling to distant lands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fast forward fourteen years, and Jos\u00e9 Luis and I <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WC_HDPu1kOU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">were in the Driftless Area<\/a> with the Art We There Yet project.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I felt it was finally time to put &#8220;I Am The River&#8221; into its final recorded form.  And we both felt it would be deeply meaningful to film it right there in the valley.  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