La memoria es un tejido
Que va creciendo con el tiempo
Que nos va creando por dentro
La memoria es un tejido
Que se va rompiendo
Va doblando y dando forma
A la humanidad y la palabra
Al sentir en el silencio
La memoria es un tejido
que nos cubre como un manto
va formando piel y hueso
mente, oído, ritmo y canto
El tejido se deshace
Se desdobla y decolora
Se transforma y se remienda
Y ante todo se comparte
Es un vínculo infinito
Que como un hilo se enreda
En mares de momentos
En el océano del tiempo
¿Y si hilamos la memoria
Juntos como hermanos?
La pintamos como un cuadro
Y así contamos nuestra historia.
Memory is a cloth
That is growing over time
That is creating us inside
Memory is a cloth
That breaks
Folds and shapes
Humanity and words
The feeling in the silence
Memory is a cloth
That covers us like a cloak
It is forming skin and bones
Mind, ear, rhythm and song
The fabric unravels
Unfolds and discolors
It transforms and mends itself
And above all, it is shared
It is an infinite bond
That, like a thread, gets tangled
In seas of moments
In the ocean of time
And if we spin memory
Together like siblings?
Well paint it like a frame
And this way tell our story.
回忆是一块布
随着时间增长
在内里创造
回忆是一块布
它破灭
折叠，又塑造
人性，和词句
沉静中的感觉
回忆是一块布
像披风一样遮盖我们
让皮肤和骨骼塑形
意念、耳朵、节奏和歌
织物拆散
展开又变色
它转化又自我修补
在所有之上，它分享
它是个无穷尽的纽带
像线一样纠结
在片刻的海域
在时间的海洋
如果我们编织记忆
像兄弟姐妹般一起？
我们像在画框上绘图
用这种方式讲我们的故事
La Memoria es un Tejido is a multi media piece produced by Ellie Jakes, Rafael Luna, María Paula Vásquez Sepúlveda, and Smee Wong. This group of musicians from Oregon, California, and Bogotá, Colombia, gets together virtually at the Westben Performer-Composer Residency in June 2022. During their time at Westben, María composes the poem La Memoria es un Tejido, and each musician works on flute, piano, and vocal improvisations, producing synth sounds, field recordings, and visual arts. They aim to create a dreamy musical image to capture the memory of nature. The process of this ensemble is to convey collective activity, perceiving what shapes their individualities and history. Though it is a complete project, the different sections are unraveling transitions creating a sense of cognitive flow. La Memoria es un Tejido hopes to take the listeners on an immersive yet interactive journey about memory through one's mind(s) and nature as space or environment being part of history.