Box Vaulper

Box Vaulper – an appreciationBy Dr. Elsie Carnustie“Box Vaulper”: Embodied in sound. A name that chooses its place. Sonorous corporeality. Musical avatar. Scalar cathexis.Let she whom hath understanding reckon the name Box Vaulper; for it is a human name. Coordinates:• No letter is repeated.• Each word might be a noun or a verb.• “Vaulper” is phonetically familiar to all major language groups but no vocabulary contains this word or an assonance of it.• If one says “Box Vaulper” three times whilst facing oneself in a mirror, one will receive one’s greatest desire; or the greatest desire of the next person to look into that mirror. If these two desires are the same, one will learn the full meaning of Box Vaulper.There have been many incarnations of Box Vaulper: individuals both sacred and profane. Box Vaulper currently expresses itself through Garrett W. Brown and G-Vaulper. Neither of them will be interviewed until an unspecified time in the future (for reasons that remain obscure); nevertheless, it is possible to assemble an interesting biography of each of them.GWB. Cosmopolitan mind, Malthusian heart – a representative of the spiritual schizophrenia inherent in humankind. Often describing himself as a Schezwan buffet, ‘full of colour, but largely tasting the same,’ he borders on the borderless, yet enjoys the finer categories that life affords. He likens rhythm and music to an all encompassing consistency, as if sitting at a Samuel Beckett play, as if boxed in a continuous Vaulper.G-Vaulper. White skin, black mask – the Self that Fanon might have had nightmares about. Excitable, but vulnerable to the detritus of modern life in The West. His Ego is based in denial as much as assertion, which lends him to extended waking dreams, many of which inspire the lyrics to Box Vaulper’s songs.The reasons for Box Vaulper’s recent emergence are unclear. Both GWB and G-Vaulper have accumulated substantial life-experiences and might properly be described as Global Citizens. Also, the future of Box Vaulper is obscure. It hangs in existential suspense and infinitude. Perhaps, ultimately, this is the meaning of Box Vaulper.Take a good look at yourself. Now, say it: “Box Vaulper, Box Vaulper, Box Vaulper…”April, 2008 (Edited excerpts from the Journal of Musical Psychology)