MaryLiz Bender
Futurist Composer & Experiential Storyteller
Here, I share personal thoughts, poetry, and the latest happenings in my world of space exploration and music for space travel.
How will we take our humanity with us as we venture further out into space? How can we bring an entire orchestra on our journey? I've spent a decade pondering this question and experimenting with ideas. Now, I'm preparing to send my music gloves to space....
I feel like I live literally, on the "Shores of the Cosmic Ocean." After all, I refer to Cape Canaveral as "The Portal to the Cosmos." I walk outside, look left, and I see the future rising. Massive launchpads are being constructed, and rockets are launching almost once a week. Since the pandemic began, I began a new ritual of looking to that hopeful future by stepping outside onto the shore....
