- Anemone – coots, dippers, robin, geysers (2:31)
- Among flowers – double bass, voice (5:30)
- Mud rut – cranes, snipe, fumarole (4:03)
- I have seen water – assorted flutes, voice (10:34)
- Spadefoot – elk, squirrel, toad, vireo (5:43)
- The stars – violin: Stephen Nachmanovitch, voice (6:29)
- Paint pots – eagle, grizzly bear, thermal pots (2:55)
- Unexpected world – french horn: Randy Rischette, voice (13:34)
- Passerine – nutcracker, geese, grouse (1:41)
Cover art: painting by Nestor Toro, Copyright 2019 Ron Fein
Anima combines composed movements alternating with sounds from the U.S. National Park Service sound library. Multiple instruments and settings of haiku interface with isolated and montaged natural sounds. Nature reflects music and music reflects nature. Ultimately, Anima contemplates the destiny of the natural world.
Haiku poetry lyrics that run through the album:
coming with frost
the wind lies down to sleep with
a deserted child
it seems to stupid me
that hell is like this
late autumn
when saying something
my lips are cold
autumn wind
in the night
meeting a thief who also stole
the end of the year
already sad
blowing away the
bottom of discretion
ending the ending
even human dew, or
grass of the forgotten
not only the moon
staying among flowers
when is it a lifesaver?
earth, my bones resign
like me, with the dead,
the grass grows loud
between the forest trees
I have seen water
swaying in the evening sun
too dark to read the page
coolness fills the air
parched throat, roasted skin
my thoughts go to a calm place
death does not have ears
bursting sweetness, hidden seed
emotion piercing my thoughts
in the big open desert
cloak the waiting earth
the long night begins
blood-red on a snow-white sky
the vibrant season