Hypnosis is a state of human consciousness of focused attention, reduced peripheral awareness, and a distorted sense of time and place.

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Hypnosis is achieved by using one or more of the many known hypnotic induction techniques. This piece draws inspiration from those techniques.

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Using a steady stream of quarter notes in the piano throughout the piece, the listener’s sonic “gaze” is directed to this auditory pendulum. This provides the listener with a familiar and repetitive anchor to latch onto, but at the same time acts as a diversion that keeps the listener’s attention away from the “subconscious” events that grow increasingly intricate around the piano.

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At the end, we are left with an impression imbued in us by the piece, but with a fuzzy memory of its actual components.