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Nothing Supernatural

by Eye Gymnastics

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Now you’re listening to the radio program called eye gymnastics We are here to help you to regain the fantastic eyesight you once had. The exercises we are going to practise today should not be done more than 3 times a day. The best time is before breakfast, lunch and dinner. And no more. So let us begin. Your head is stable. Eyes without glasses. Look in front of yourself. Blink lightly and quickly. Lightly and quickly. Yes. A bit more. Now look up. And down. Up and down. Up and down Up and down Up and down Now imagine following the snake in front of your eyes. Up and down. Start from down left and go up and down. Up and down Up and down to the right. Then start from the right. Up and down And go up and down to the left. Up and down to the left. Now warm up your palms and put them on your eyes. So that there is no light when your eyes are open. Now shake your head strongly and imagine yourself saying no Now shake your head strongly and imagine yourself saying yes The exercises we are going to practise today should not be done more than 3 times a day. The exercises we are going to practise today should not be done more than 3 times a day. The exercises we are going to practise today should not be done more than 3 times a day.
2.
Tree Tops 03:26
And those tree tops that were always so far away. As you passed them many times in the park, as you looked through your car window on the street. Now these tree tops are here as if you were lifted up straight in front of them. They aren’t as still as you thought. They’re flexible and pulsating. And they differ from each other. You discern them from the whole alley of other trees. You are facing them. Face to face. You are facing them Face to face. You are facing them Face to face. You're facing the grass slowly growing. You’ve never seen such silky stones before. That sculptures cheek in naughty marble wrinkles, Your manicured nails brush that little dimple. You’re facing the softness of that moisture moss and those puddles are outlined by sharp yellow pollen. A child jumps in and his eye slightly tickles - seems like a lack of magnesium. Lumen by lumen you see the evening thickening.
3.
Sadness and joy Once you enjoy One bite is quite Enough. Enough is rough And round is the ground one bite is quite And round is the ground.
4.
You can feel your eyesight Already becoming better. Dioptre by dioptre it brings the view into full focus. Your eye muscles become stronger, more flexible, you don’t need to strain them any longer. The world is here for you. You don’t struggle to see it. And you don’t have a blind eye to turn on it either. The whole world is opening up for you. The world is here for you. Enlarged, intense, luminous. As if in a movie theatre. The world is here for you. The colours you never wanted to experience, because you never knew they exist, now are opening up for you. The world is here for you. This intense green, so intense green, so intense green is opening up for you. The world is here for you. It is all pervading; it gets into you. The world is here for you, Even with your eyes closed. It vibrates, you vibrate together. In this greenness, in this lucidity of your sight. Now you notice that it’s not only the screen that you can see so clearly. You can see in the dark.
5.
Bitter Night 04:24
Read the magic formula. Push the sky. The bitter night. Read the magic formula. Push the sky. The bitter night. The false divorces from the right. Bitter night. Night. Stonework stalagmite. Weapons of fight. To weave the bond I might. Coca cola light. Read the magic formula. Push the sky. The bitter night. Read the magic formula. Push the sky. The bitter night. Blessings and thrive. Turn small by sight. Conjure up the moonlight. To the right. Right. To weave the bond I might. Coca cola light. Read the magic formula. Push the sky. The bitter night. Read the magic formula. Push the sky. The bitter night. Read the magic formula. Push the sky. The bitter night. Read the magic formula. Push the sky. The bitter night. The false divorces from the right. Bitter night. Night. Stonework stalagmite. Weapons of fight. To weave the bond I might. Bitter night. Night. Blessings and thrive. Turn small by sight. Conjure up the moonlight. To the right. Right. To weave the bond I might. Bitter night. Night.
6.
You destroy me, you are good to me Thou hast destroyed me. You are good to me. You busted me. You are good to me.
7.
In My Mind 03:47
In my mind there is a living mind inside my head there is a vivid idea within my head there is a lively thought There is a clear idea in my heart Inside my head there is a vivid idea In my head there is a bright idea There is a live idea inside my head in my mind there is a bright idea In my mind there is a living mind inside my head there is a vivid idea within my head there is a lively thought There is a clear idea in my heart Inside my head there is a vivid idea In my head there is a bright idea There is a live idea inside my head in my mind there is a bright idea
8.
Let It In 03:10
The world is here for you. Let it in. The world is here for you. Let it in. Let the world inside you, those trees slowly growing, just fall into the green moist, autumn winds flowing. Trees slowly growing, warm care, giving birth, pollution, traffic jams, crashes, autumn light, dirt. The world is here for you Let it in. Old fears, contamination, getting week, phantom limbs, decay, manipulation, desperation, giving in. The world is here for you. Let it in. Miracles, vocation, separation, running late, relief, anticipations, acid, ashes let it in. The world is here for you. Let it in.
9.
You never wanted to go on that big journey you liked your comfort at home you felt good participating in everyday life, knowing what and where everything is and how to play it you’re not clairvoyant you're not a witch you've only got your eyes fixed. you thought that change was about striving, struggling, fighting. about doing something. you thought you needed to have some enormous strength or some kind of magical pill. you’re not clairvoyant you're not a witch you've only got your eyes fixed. you never wanted any supernatural powers. you didn't think there was something to see. you didn't want any insight. but now you've got it – and there's nothing supernatural about that.

about

Nothing Supernatural is a debut album by Eye Gymnastics. Eye Gymnastics is a stage name of Viktorija Damerell and Gailė Griciūtė. Since 2018 Vilnius based artists collaborate on creating performances of experimental music, vocal instructions and incantations. In their investigations, sensual timbres merge with mental voyages, hypnosis and echoes of pop.

Curator Yates Norton:

Wonder and a certain form of vulnerability go hand in hand. To be open to the world and what is around us –– that is to be vulnerable to it –– is what gives us the capacity to wonder. We need to cultivate attention in order to wonder. But cultivating this attention means unlearning habits that close us off from the world. Often, we do not want to be opened out or have something opened out to us. We feel there is too much responsibility, too much at stake: if someone or something opens out onto us they implicate us in the decision to commit to them, to decide that what has been opened up to us is a gift and needs to be taken care of. When we are busy in our own worlds, living precariously and living in a culture where individualism is the supposed source of our integrity, this kind of commitment, care and attention seem risky, too risky. But we are impoverished as a result. Eye Gymnastics is a lesson in moving together in mutual vulnerability:


THE WHOLE WORLD IS OPENING UP FOR YOU.
THE WORLD IS HERE FOR YOU,
ENLARGED, INTENSE, LUMINOUS.
AS IF IN A MOVIE THEATRE.
THE WORLD IS HERE FOR YOU.

THE COLOURS YOU NEVER WANTED TO EXPERIENCE,
BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNEW THEY EXIST,
NOW ARE OPENING UP FOR YOU.
THE WORLD IS HERE FOR YOU.

THIS INTENSE GREEN, SO INTENSE GREEN, SO INTENSE GREEN
IS OPENING UP FOR YOU.
THE WORLD IS HERE FOR YOU.
IT IS ALL PERVADING; IT GETS INTO YOU.

credits

released April 17, 2022

In contribution with Vaiva Grainytė - song number 3 and Gabrielė Griciūtė - song number 8. Songs number 2,4,9 contain fragments of Arturas Bumšteinas composition “2020/02/02”.

Art work: Viktorija Damerell
All tracks written and produced by Viktorija Damerell and Gailė Griciūtė.
Mixing: Ignas Juzokas and Gailė Griciūtė
Mastering: Ignas Juzokas

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