Generational Transmission by Marsha Swanson: When Music Becomes Memory

What is generational transmission? An invisible weight—or a living material we can reshape? With “Generational Transmission”, Marsha Swanson answers through music. A delicate piano, poetic strings, and cinematic soundscapes intertwine with her pure, authentic voice to form a ballad where the personal turns universal.

Why music? Because it speaks what words alone cannot. Here, art becomes a mirror of our inheritances, exposing trauma, resilience, and hope. The claymation video, crafted by Sam Chegini, extends this vision—sculpting memory like clay, fragile yet transformable.

And you—what will you choose to pass on? Perhaps that’s the truest definition of art:

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