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Oct. 4th, 2010 07:45 pmDogs have no sense of rhythm.
Among them, this is not counted as a flaw- they are not a People in need of the shared wingbeat or the pulse of a host to pass the time.
Rather, their Music is composed of melody and harmony unconstrained by notions of absolute time. There are songs for the single dog or wolf, songs of hunger and solitude and loneliness and defiance. The packs sing harmonies of hunting, of long mornings dozing and longer nights prowling. There is the opera of the songs for the full moon, but none of these have a fixed duration or standard arrangement. They vary as the seasons and the selfsame song may last a moment or a night without suffering alteration in any way meaningful to the singer. The sun rises, the sun sets, and the song may go on as long as it needs to. The song will tell you when it is through.
At least, this is what they tell me.
Among them, this is not counted as a flaw- they are not a People in need of the shared wingbeat or the pulse of a host to pass the time.
Rather, their Music is composed of melody and harmony unconstrained by notions of absolute time. There are songs for the single dog or wolf, songs of hunger and solitude and loneliness and defiance. The packs sing harmonies of hunting, of long mornings dozing and longer nights prowling. There is the opera of the songs for the full moon, but none of these have a fixed duration or standard arrangement. They vary as the seasons and the selfsame song may last a moment or a night without suffering alteration in any way meaningful to the singer. The sun rises, the sun sets, and the song may go on as long as it needs to. The song will tell you when it is through.
At least, this is what they tell me.
