Beyond the veil and the pale of night with Lindsay Clark; photographed by Myles Katherine.

Artists that seek a certain sacred communion with nature are able to communicate knowledge from the the sublime sciences and the spiritual roads of the unknown. Between the cosmic skies of constellations, satellite moons, the gravity of the planets to the rugged rocks that line the shores that welcome the rushing rapids of brooks that feed out into the vast bodies of oceanic waters — the individual can witness revelations and wonders best communicated through the mediums of the arts. Just as the earth and its corresponding galaxies experience lunar and solar shifts, these changes reflect our own passages of growth from within. Even when the answers to existential questions might feel opaque by the gestures of the universes we inhabit; a discerning ear, eye, mind and heart can receive these messages from the holistic splendor that surrounds us and contributes to the environments of our realities.

Awakening us to these elements is Lindsay Clark with the debut of the song and video for “Evening Star”. Working with guitarist William Tyler on accompaniment and further production supplied by Amy Dragon, Jeremy Harris and Ryan Oxford; the Portland, OR by way of Nevada City artist presents reflections on personal growth in a grove of trees and rushing waters captured on 16mm by Edward Pack Davee. Featured off the forthcoming album Carpe Noctem for Audiosport Records, Clark channels the folk and trad arts in new ethereal expressions that awakens the sleepy dreamer from within the sanctuary of the human spirit. Like the mind streaming strums from the warm guitar strings, the topography of land and seas align in a corresponding congress with the interstellar displays and correlations of the seemingly infinite worlds that span above us.

"Evening Star" is an invitation to return to the edges where the rocks, flower and fauna meet the rumbling motions of the riverside. Lindsay Clark basks in the tides of change, observing the shifts from day unto night, trading the sun for its reflections in the moon's benevolent face while surrounded by the perpetual motions of a rustic habitant adhering to its own ecological cycles. The visuals contribute to the organic ambience of the song, allowing "Evening Star" to shine on the roaring rushes of water, the rich greenery that immerses Lindsay Clark's world and the majestic stones that offer places of meditative thought amid the chemistries of earth and outer space sciences that are consumed in the tributaries of constant change. Analogies and metaphors of observing these orders of flux contribute to the hymn of new realizations about the self, new discoveries and embracing the limitless and cosmic power of personal growth and development like the auspices of night that brings about the beauty of a brand new day.

The sheer gaze of of Lindsay Clark; photographed by Myles Katherine.

Lindsay Clark provided us with some meditations about the inception of the transformations and more that informed “Evening Star”:

I wrote “Evening Star” one winter when I was visiting my hometown in the mountains of northern California and the river there. I was struggling with some patterns in my life that kept ending in loss, but I was also in a time where I felt a sense of deep internal change. I had gone down to the river one day and felt soothed by the sound of water against rock. That feeling in the song is set against moon rise and the change of day into night and is reflected in the changing harmony and rhythmic patterns of the song.

When we went to record the song at Panoramic (in Stinson Beach, CA), I wanted to capture the darkness of night and the depth that water has, and William Tyler's guitar and bass parts added so much texture to the song. I always add a lot of layered vocals to my songs, and this one has a lot of those as well to create swells. Really, the song is about change and beginning a new cycle — feeling that before it's happened, but anticipating it.

Lindsay Clark’s album Carpe Noctem will be available June 24 via Audiosport Records.

PREMIERE | Lindsay Clark, "Evening Star"