「TOKONOMA」 — an old-movie frame: the center garden stays clear, sepia film, grain and scratches thicken toward the rim · The music plays the small circles: bass makes the inner element plates bloom, ripple and spin · highs do the same for the outer garden plates · falling petals, leaves, snow and rain bars drift smoothly on their own, off the beat · the brass guide rings slowly rotate · now and then a shooting star crosses the night sky, slipping behind the plates · the deep sky drifts slowly and a few far stars softly twinkle · the breeze follows the song's energy · the bonzai grows on the beat · every sequence of beats a soft mist rises from the moss and veils the center while a new pot + bonzai arrives, then clears · tap a plate for a soft chime · tap or brush across the bonzai's leaves and they flutter and rustle (the center tree is never cut) · drag across an outer plate to prune it, it regrows with the breeze · seasons turn with the song (spring → summer → autumn → winter) and recolour the leaves, glazes and sky · new weather (clear, sun, clouds, rain, storm, sunset) or a new season blows in on a vertical wind-scan carrying its emblem: ahead of the wind the old sky, behind it the new.