Othon – Mona
“The melody of Piano seems to talk to you, helping to take another step on the way to something important in your life. Easy, minimalistic and so enveloping from all sides. Nothing more, only a light breath of a warm breeze in your back as a reminder that you are not alone in this vast world.” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Мелодия пиано словно разговаривает с вами, помогая делать очередной шаг на пути к чему-то важному в вашей жизни. Лёгкая, минималистичная и такая обволакивающая со всех сторон. Ничего лишнего, только лёгкое дуновение тёплого ветерка в вашу спину как напоминание, что вы не одни в этом огромном мире.”
-Nagamag.com
A sacred sound artist and a keen experimentalist, Mona was diagnosed with incurable cancer in April 2021 and was given a maximum of 6 months to live. The news of this diagnosis greatly stirred producer, composer, Papa Loko and Conscious Expansion founder Othon who had experienced his first sound bath, some years earlier, conducted by Mona; an experience that was to stay with him, guide him and inspire him to this day.
Gentle, melancholy, deeply touching and paradoxically hopeful Mona reflects Othon's feelings towards his friend but, to some level also, Mona's spirit. For the artist, Mona's recent life experience was no more than one episode in the vast cosmic series of continuous soul evolution. Viewed in this way, death is painful and meaningful at the same time, perhaps even necessary for one's own spiritual development.
Art: 'The Spirit Taking Five Minutes Before It Reveals Itself' by Hector de Gregorio depicting Mona back in 2015.
Reviewed by Nagamag on July 4, 2022