Dorothea Hofmann

Fantasma - song without words

Sul fondo del lago was the initial idea - and images of clear cold mountain lakes, unfathomable warm moorland lakes, huge deep, green and blue lakes full of creatures, mythical creatures,
mermaids and unimaginable wonders just waiting for you to get involved in the underwater world - that would capture you and pull you down into the realm of Undine, the fantastic
water woman, ruler at the bottom of the lake.
"But below lies a land
Reflecting fruits without end
In the ageless lakes."
(Hugo von Hofmannsthal)
The surface of the lake slowly begins to ripple, a fragment of a melody appears, as if dabbed in a flageolet - and then the water rushes up, strong movements, dancing rhythms, turmoil is in the lake - gradual calming in search of the melody that was almost found before.