Heinz Grill’s poem “Tocco la Roccia” (which means “I touch the rock”) describes how the movements on the rock develop into an expression of art. Very poetically he opens up a metaphysical secret: the climber can enter into a relationship with specific nature spirits and this has a liberating effect. (See the english translation of the poem originally written in Italian below)
The poem was set to music by the composer Stephan Wunderlich and in keeping with the poem’s content, it is very melodic and moving, and swings from a generally lower pitch to a higher pitch. The musician Lisa Quispe takes up the opened idea through singing and playing the piano and creates a magical sphere.
I touch the rock with sensitive hands, gently feeling with my senses. A space opens up in the light, which delicately reemerges: like a being, resurrected, which I myself carry in my soul. Revealed by the gentle touch, the fire spirit frees itself from the mysterious face of the rock in which it lived enchanted. Now this being from the depths of matter weaves and lives freely in the light for the souls of the world.