Today I went across city of London, near by St Paul cathedral, in search of churches where I could find a priest to interview for my audio paper. After a deep thought I decided to shift the topic of my essay, focusing in contrasting DIY sound practices from the individual and the collective. For the collective I thought of spirituality and it’s connection with calmness. I decided to go to a Christian church and interview a priest that could give me an insight to what he thinks in the relationship of spirituality and calmness, and how sound can be the medium between them. I chose a Christian temple because Christianity is the most popular religion in the UK and I thought that it would connect better to what the individual might say. The interview took place in the church of Holy Sepulchre, where Reverent Nick Mottershead accepted to talk with me. Interestingly the church is considered as the national musicians church, making the practices of the temple deeply connected with sound. I went through my questions with the reverent and I got excellent responses, the reverent is quite an extraordinary man and he treated me with the finest attitude. We discussed the themes of my investigation and it seem that he was really engaged with the topic, as the church has a lot relevance with music he told me that he has indulge in ways of using sound as a medium of health and expression.

At the end of the interview I unfortunately turned of my microphone but we continued talking. He told me that in a near future the church was going to organise some sound practices, specifically creating a labyrinth inside of the church where the people passing through it will have to guide themselves through the sound and music of the church. He also invited me to come to that event and participate or even document it, he told me he was interested in my work and would like to read works of mine regarding the subject.

Without a doubt that has been the best interview I have ever made and I feel so grateful of that experience. Even though I consider myself an atheist I would like to get more in contact with the spirituality realm, to investigate its relationship with sound. Reverent Nick is a great contact to orientate me in that field of practice. The pictures below are from the church where the interview took place.