Music is known as the universal language of humanity and the Bird's Eye Pause, or fermata, is a musical symbol cueing the reader to hold or stop. And if that sign is on top of a “rest of silence”… Then the performer needs to hold that silence for a beat longer than instinct. The exact length of time is determined by the person, not dictated by the music, so you can develop your own individual, syncopated rhythm. Inserting silence, allows us to live in this moment and we begin to feel something. That something is our internal compass, our inner knowing.

Sometimes you need to pause, to reflect, and to look inward...