The Oken Stone Podcast
Poems, stories and thoughts from Galloway, Scotland.
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Geology
Walking, I passed between stones
unnoticed leaving left and right
divided by geography.
An accident of place or time?
It wasn't clear but crystalline.
My hemispheres are cut through.
Thought is hard and ordered,
slow; blood seems
an unnecessary fluid,
heart beats a series
of shocks across
tectonic continents of skin.
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Episodes
26 episodes
Monument Road
Some thoughts on the most peculiar relationship that the fast moving modern town has to its situation. Executive versus historical. Nature versus Cafe Latte. Rocks versus paper and scissors.
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5:36
Loch Ryan
Some musings from the Irish Sea on the way from Galloway to Galway.
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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9:32
The Life Lived
This is a further exploration of transience..... of passing to and fro...of lives begun, lived and ended. It is also a celebration of all life. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Life LivedThe Life Livedbrought ...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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6:55
Becoming Other
A few thoughts about the process of change, the fragile nature of human relationships and the value of learning how to be yourself.Becoming OtherWhen the hysterical becomes historical,I’ll see you there - Don’t mean ...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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9:44
The Scales of the World
The Scales Of The World is an allegorical story following the life of a tree and a man as they are both cut down. The story is presented in several short sections, each of which takes both branch and man on a transformative journey from riverba...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:04:40
Reality Is Gone
These are a few poems written over the past couple of weeks. I'm not sure if they are about anything, except perhaps my reaction to the passage of thoughts and emotions within myself and a reaction to the places in which I find myself.The d...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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14:56
Heart Murmur
Awoke to a head full of histories. The birds here are going doolally for new blossoms in the trees around the house, feeding chicks, drinking heavily on nectar, facing the day as it arrives. Thought that I should try and do the same.
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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3:00
Otaihanga
This is a short poem written looking across at Kapiti Island north of Wellington in New Zealand. Heavily influenced by jet-lag and what has been a very curious year for me.
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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2:12
Kroovan Wings - a tall tale.
This is a studio recording of the story and music from my 2024 project Kroovan Wings. This recording will be released as an album for streaming on the 6th of December 2024 and is available now on Bandcamp:https://oceanallover.bandcamp.co...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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29:27
Body Memory Mapping
Body Memory MappingDuring this period in our lives of altered behaviours and patterns many of us will change the way we are living, even if the changes are momentary. These changes may be large or small, physical or psy...
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8:04
Monster
This is a poem from 2002. It was a very colurful year amongst many such years. Hindsight - does that mean looking at the deer's tail? The monster in question here is my libido I supose, or the hidden clockwork mechanism that drives one.<...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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4:31
Kroovan Wings
Kroovan Wings is a homage to trees. In Gaelic craobh (pronounced kroov) means 'tree'. It is a celebration of two magnificent trees, an Ash and a Sycamore, that stand at the gateway to the Galloway Forest Park and at a meeting point on the South...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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13:15
Skin Piel
This is a new piece of work that I am developing with Nomoss, a dance and music collaboration based in Edinburgh. In this instance the sound is some reworked recordings that I made whilst on holiday in East Wittering some while back.The ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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17:07
A Derelict Building
This is a short story about getting lost in the dark. Part of the problem is that you can only get lost if you knew where you were in the first place, and the problem with darkness is knowing whether or not you have your eyes open.This s...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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11:14
Man
.....and even as the eagle soared above the rocky slopes, the tortoise encaged in its talons, the petals encaged in the jaws of the reptile, so a young naturalist ran forwards - last of his kind, taxidermy on his mind.............. The stricken...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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2:50
Eagle
However, a shadow moved swiftly, thrown down onto the land by a majestic golden eagle, last of its kind on the mountain. Even as the beak of the tortoise closed upon the exquisite blooms, the eagle stooped........~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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3:31
Tortoise
On the lower slopes a tortoise had begun its ascent. Armoured carapace, last of its kind. Hungry and smelling petals on the air......
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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3:42
Flower
Upon the Mountainside there is a flower, a most beautiful flower, last of its kind. It is opening its petals to the sky, an invitation and a celebration..........~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Go to:https://oceanallover.bandcamp...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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5:17
Out
In which you discover a door in your own foot, and enter through it.OutI’ll take a story from you, hillside;I’ll make something from you, something deeplike a door in your foot, a way in.There will be singing, voices ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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2:24
Side
You continue to ascend, becoming less and less of yourself and more and more mountainous............
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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2:51
In
In which the mountain appears before you in many guises. All is what it seems it is not. You are lost until...................
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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2:34
Way
You begin to climb the mountain. Perspectives slide. You find a door..........
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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2:27
Orographic - Prelude
Here you are met by your guide. They will lead you on your journey into the mountain. You must trust them, they must trust you. Hold hands and go with them.........~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sound on this track was made by me using recordings take...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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2:56
