Exploring Adaptable Art

Well, Eric (the artist I approached) was interested in a story about a girl from India who was born with a birth defect--in her case she was born with a parasitic twin, which gave her eight limbs in all. The girl's name is Lakshmi Tatma, by the way. You can find CNN's article here. It's funny, while researching this story, I learned that there were people in her village that began to revere her as a spiritual symbol, to the point where some people opposed her having an operation that would separate her twin & help her live a more normal life. Despite those with supernatural beliefs, her parents knew their daughter was special no matter what others thought. As a result, Lakshmi had what was an incredible & (for India) an unprecedented operation.

So...to tell the story, I decided that the girl and those surrounding her could be represented through music.

So as not to give the creative process away just yet, take a listen to the clip first.

I have to thank both free-loops.com (which houses unlicensed, public domain & creative commons audio) as well as the
Freesound Project. Thanks to these sites, I was able to find some great samples. See the extended post for attributions.

Samples used from Freesound

By djgriffin (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=45941)
tibetan chant 4 colargol 2.aif (http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=15488)
By Leady (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=34346)
women singing.wav (http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=26722)

Other Samples from Free-Loops.com
No specific licensing information was available for their audio clip, however from Free-Loops.com: "We include public domain audio, creative commons audio, personal works, and free unlicensed works into our database. "