Dolphin Surf: A few things you can learn from dolphins

Have you ever seen dolphins in the wild? If so, what did you do?Did you glance over at the dolphins nonchalantly, then continue about the business of your day? Or did you stop, point, and say something like, “Look over there! Dolphins!”

Probably the latter. Why?


We know that dolphins are deeply intelligent. Dolphins have language, and names for each other. They communicate not only with each other but with other species. They use tools. They help their own kind and other species as well— banding together, for example, to drive off sharks, even to protect swimming humans. They have a wondrous ability to navigate and to see in sound-pictures. Here’s what Albert Einstein (also a dedicated musician, by the way) said about them:


"There's no question dolphins are smarter than humans as they play more." — Einstein

There are a few other things as well, their joy, their inventiveness, their deep connection with the waves and ocean. We can learn from dolphins when to move swiftly, when to repose. When to focus the mind, when to let go, relax, and recharge. And ultimately—how to move with nature, how to be in accord with the greater flow…


It’s in this spirit that we offer our latest track from Planetudes, Dolphin Surf.
 When you play the music, and listen, we hope it's also an invitation to invite a spirit of play and invention into you own world. Enjoy!

Notes on the music:

We’ve chosen a surf music instrumental world, with jumps our of the ocean and dives into waves, emulating the grace and daring of dolphins. We ran across a quote which hints at the why:

"Surf instrumentals paint…sound pictures of an imagined negotiation with the wild, untamed, elemental beyond. In the surf world (real or virtual) the participant genuflects to the Earth’s gravitational surge and the moon’s secret momentum…It’s the sound of sine waves merging with breaker waves, pick-up clicks syncopated to euphoric heartbeats that rise and fall with the ocean swell…”—Rob Chapman

Dolphin Surf streaming now everywhere.

Enjoy! And more soon…

Love, Planetudes

P.S.
Do you have a dolphin story? Let us know about your dolphin encounters— real, (or even imagined). How have dolphins affected your world?