Cross the Great Stream
by chrooke
- 01. "Force" 2:22
- 02. "Sprouting" 3:03
- 03. "Enveloping" 2:27
- 04. "Attending" 3:27
- 05. "Leading" 3:51
- 06. "Grouping" 2:10
- 07. "Small Accumulating" 3:51
- 08. "Treading" 3:27
- 09. "Pervading" 3:11
- 10. "Concording People" 4:09
- 11. "Following" 2:42
- 12. "Nearing" 3:54
- 13. "Viewing" 5:00
- 14. "Gnawing Bite" 5:56
- 15. "Stripping" 3:32
- 16. "Returning" 2:36
- 17. "Great Accumulating" 3:09
- 18. "Great Exceeding" 4:09
- 19. "Gorge" 2:48
- 20. "Great Invigorating" 3:05
- 21. "Darkening of the Light" 1:39
- 22. "Displacement" 2:57
- 23. "Coupling" 3:11
- 24. "Ascending" 6:51
- 25. "Confining" 3:00
- 26. "Shake" 2:31
- 27. "Infiltrating" 2:48
- 28. "Sojourning" 6:08
- 29. "Open" 2:48
- 30. "Center Returning" 3:58
Created entirely in February 2021 for the RPM Challenge. Special thanks to my partner, Julie, and the EvolVR community for their support.
After writing a batch of 30 songs with no real cohesion, I happened to try out an I Ching program on a lark. I pulled the album title from a bit of a hexagram description. From there, I realized I could use the I Ching to focus the entire project. The title inspired the cover art. From there, I used I Ching hexagrams to title the songs, and also determine the song order.