Stan Stewart

Musician, improviser, poet, human.

Blog: [muz4now.com](https://muz4now.com/ )
Profile: [muz4now.com](https://muz4now.com/author/muz4now/ )
Homepage: [muz4now.com](http://muz4now.com )

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2026-02-10 09:12:00 UTC

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On one hand, I’m really thrilled with the initial reception of “[Cosmic Theories](https://muz4now.com/2026/cosmic-theories-hopesongs-nowplaying/ )“. On the other, it has made me more aware of being down to earth.##
Where Am I?[<img width="1024" height="575" src="https://muz4now.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/CloudsSunrayBlog-1024x575.jpg" alt="Blotchy clouds with sun rays coming through them.
Photo by https://pixabay.com/users/scholty1970-7596740/" />](https://muz4now.com/2017/finger-lakes-clouds-beauty/ )I often have my head in the [clouds](https://muz4now.com/tag/clouds/ ). (Maybe that’s why I am so drawn to those fluffy things in the sky.) This is probably part of what makes me so driven to pursue writing music. My flow of creative output keeps some part of me fed.
This release (Cosmic Theories) definitely fed a part of me that needed to express itself. Between personal, regional, and global stories, there is so much for me to mourn and so much that concerns me.##
Earth[<img width="1024" height="576" src="https://muz4now.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/EarthBlog-1024x576.jpg" alt="A shadowy image of the earth from space.
Image by https://pixabay.com/users/ragobar-10588563/" />](https://muz4now.com/2019/clarity-dawns-human-beings-nature-becoming/ )I press my feet into the ground. Solid, I feel it uphold me. Daily life is not so solid. Often, I feel swayed around as if in a stormy sea.
That swaying led me into creating this suite. I needed something more cosmic, beyond this earthly domain, to slow that unsettling sway. And for whatever weird reason, that made me think of cosmic creation theories.##
Cosmic[<img width="1024" height="576" src="https://muz4now.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/CosmicBlog-1024x576.jpg" alt="A galaxy on the left and a supernova on the right illustrate the cosmic scenery.
Image by https://www.pexels.com/@zelch/" />](https://muz4now.com/2023/meditation-suite-2-beyond-silence/ )So, there I was. Back in the recording studio. (Not working on my [folk song album](https://muz4now.com/2025/is-it-too-early-to-tell-another-album-preview/ ).) I had recently updated some sound libraries from [Eduardo Tarilante](https://theartofsampling.es ), so they were right in front of me. “Hey, why not use these?”
Of course, they turned out to be the perfect tools for me in this project. Key sounds fed into the ideas for the next track. And a suite was born: [Cosmic Theories](https://muz4now.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-theories ). Thanks for listening.
https://youtu.be/UVjO6a1OsDc###
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2025-06-24 08:37:24 UTC

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Clouds and More from the Finger Lakeshttps://muz4now.com/2025/clouds-and-more-from-the-finger-lakes/
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2025-04-22 08:49:00 UTC

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Tracking The Toughest of All – Singing Vulnerabilityhttps://muz4now.com/2025/tracking-the-toughest-of-all-singing-vulnerability/
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2025-04-08 08:28:00 UTC

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Why “Wayfaring Stranger”? Why now?https://muz4now.com/2025/why-wayfaring-stranger-why-now/
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