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The Phenomenological Ecriture of Motherhood (feat. Josie Doolan)

from Divine Affliction, Vol. 1 by Orthentix

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This song is a lullaby to my daughter, expressing my deepest thoughts, feelings, and love for her. It speaks about the maternal connection between motherhood and our maternal ancestors who are always with us. The composition resembles my journey of motherhood from birth to teenagehood and the many trips and tumbles we have along the way. Embracing the afflictions that mothers endure along with the divinity of motherhood.The lyrics to ‘The Phenomenological Ecriture of Motherhood’ are written like a mother reading a bedtime story to her child, whispering my love and aspirations to my daughter, lulling her off to sleep.

The Phenomenological Ecriture of Motherhood translates to the phenomenological writings of motherhood. This term is theorized as a feminine aesthetic, as many females have composed works based on the subjectivity of motherhood. A child's first experience of the phenomenological ecriture is at birth when mother and child meet for the first time. "The infant's experience of phenomenological ecriture is the first meeting between flesh and cognition. Such an experience of the Eleusinian emotions reactivated in later life in an archetypal renewal of the self offers women that maternal genealogy between mothers and daughters." (Teresa & Duncan, Ed. 2003, p, 255.). This is what I had in my mind while composing the song. The emotional experience and memory of the first time my daughter and we cast eyes on each other, along with memories of my mother's face.

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When I look down at your face, My heart is filled with elated grace
An eternal connection, Never to be replaced
When I look down at your face, And hold you in deep embrace
A feminine rite of passage our souls make
Forever guided by this space, A love that can’t be displaced
Totally wrapped and encased, In a mother daughter embrace
A deep and tender space, A feminine bond is our base…
I’m binded to you by blood, Maternal lineage in our veins
And in that blood runs deep, Gender bound in chains
I walk this path of subversion, Show you the strength that we bare
Show you the power of that blood, Our gender is fierce yet fair
Suppressed for our sexuality, Feared for sake of sin
The female sexuality will help you rise, Feel its power deep within
Never let anyone tell you different, Or censor your feminine force
The female is the sustainer of life, We are the very source…
When I look down at your face, I see me in you, I never have thought of disgrace, And I see you in me
An eternal connection, Never ever can be replaced
When I look down at your face, I see me in you, My heart is filled with grace, And I see you in me
A feminine rite of passage is our fate
When I look down at your face, I see me in you, And hold you in deep embrace, And I see you in me
Forever guided by this space, A love that can’t be displaced
Totally wrapped and encased, In a mother daughter embrace
A deep and tender space, I see me in you, A feminine bond is our base, And I see you in me
Totally wrapped and encased, In a mother daughter embrace
A deep and tender space, A feminine bond is our base
A deep and tender space, A feminine bond is our base…
I’m binded to you by blood, Maternal lineage in our veins
And in that blood runs deep, Gender bound in chains
I walk this path of subversion, Show you the strength that we bare
Show you the power of that blood, Our gender is fierce yet fair
Suppressed for our sexuality, Feared for sake of sin
The feminine sexuality will help you rise, Feel its power deep within
Feminine sexuality will help you rise, Feel its power deep within
The feminine.

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from Divine Affliction, Vol. 1, released December 25, 2019

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Orphic, authentic, electronic music. Orthentix's music takes you on a transformative journey, like a sonic ritual. The orphic nature is entrancing, mystic, brooding & emotive. Her musical genre would be defined as a fusion of downtempo indietronica, resonating with deep chill, experimental bass, future ambient & trip-hop musical styles. ... more

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