Featured Track
by Apolog
Red King Rising
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Apolog
Navigating the Site
Photography by Nuno Antunes
an unexpected find
On a trip through the UK with Dan and a few of our band mates we stopped at a very old book shop in Edinburgh. The proprietor was in no hurry to have us leave and engaged us in conversation. He was selling out his life work of book collecting and moving to the Scottish highlands to continue his beloved passion for shepherding. I told him about my love of the old world and my own passion for writing. We bought some books from him and left on good terms. Later, when we were riding on a charter to Fort William to survey the mighty Ben Nevis which we intended to hike, I opened my book bag and found this, which I have discovered is The Book of Sorren. Quickly I realized what an enormous gift I had been given. The book was hand written, and was not a book at all, but more properly a fragmentary chronicle, possibly a form of diary. I knew that this could be no accident. The proprietor had chosen me to receive this book.
GETTING STARTED
K begins reviewing and curating the mysterious book and documenting his findings on the website, TheBookofSorren.com.
Photography by Yousef Espanioly
99 LEAVES
The First Branch: Sorren begins his writing.
The Second Branch: Sorren undergoes crisis, leading to his abandonment of the book and departure from the isle.
The Third Branch: The book is recovered by Sigmus and he begins to diarize. Curation is now picked up by D but is suspended after the Fiftieth Leaf as the book’s fate meets another inflection point. D, now convinced that the book is indeed affecting him as much as all the others, temporarily sets it aside. However, very soon he is visited by dreams which appear to follow the story of Sorren after his departure from the isle.
MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS
Included in The Book of Sorren are to be found various writings, stories and poems, which help to define the times.
THE PATH OF K
After reading the Fortieth Leaf, K resigns as curator and begins a research project to discover the fate of Sorren. This research begins in The Tree of Fragments. K eventually decides to return to Scotland and to query the bookseller for more information on The Book of Sorren. He lives through a series of highly unusual days which he diarizes as podcasts, one for each day. These podcasts are combined in Stones. Upon his return to the U.S., K struggles to understand the meanings buried within his trip to Scotland. He continues to diarize in the form of podcasts. These podcasts are also included in Stones.
THE PATH OF D
D begins to document his unusual dreams in Dreaming of Sorren as well as to begin writing micro-fiction in The Sound of the World.
apolog
As this site is curated by two amateur musicians, original music is interspersed in nearly every section. In addition, the section named Artists Den seeks to spotlight compositions from other artists we have met over the years, as well as some original pieces from members of the band Apolog.