Fiddle Works

09/03/2025

Our Theme Song: "Light of Lucentia"

https://verdantlucentia.bandcamp.com/track/light-of-lucentia

05/19/2025

🔥 Just dropped my new bluegrass album American Life — 10 songs, 10 true stories: from hiking the White Mountains & falling for Mount Desert Island, to chasing storms, splitting wood, and the lessons passed down from my Dad. Tradition meets real life here — fast banjos, weeping fiddles, tight harmonies, and raw heart.
🎧 Listen now: https://adamsweet.bandcamp.com/album/american-life
Let this music remind you why we sing — and why we keep going.

10 track album

04/20/2025

In Lucentia, there is no membership form, no official declaration, no need to "join." All living things—whether human, animal, plant, or the very Earth itself—are automatically members of this path because all are part of the living, breathing world. To be part of Lucentia is simply to acknowledge the light within you, to honor the natural world, and to walk with gentle presence and gratitude. There is no hierarchy, no beginning or end to membership—just the shared experience of life itself, and the awareness that every moment is an invitation to connect with the light that is always present.

04/20/2025

🌞 The Radiant Seed
At the heart of this symbol is a small circle of light—the essence of Lucentia: clarity, presence, and the living energy within all things.
From this circle, gentle lines extend outward in every direction. These are not sharp rays or beams of dominance, but rather roots, filaments, or soft radiance—a reminder that light is not about power but connection.

The symbol exists between sun and seed:

Like the sun, it gives life and warmth, reminding us of the eternal return of light after darkness.

Like a seed, it contains all the potential for becoming: forests, flowers, futures.

It is humble, quiet, and waiting—not loud or declared.

Importantly, the outward lines are equal, balanced, and non-hierarchical—there is no top, no throne, no greater ray. This reflects Lucentia’s core: no centralized authority, no scripture above soul, no one above another.

This symbol can be drawn simply: a circle with small, even lines radiating from it. It can also be complex—textured like a flower, or layered like light through mist. It belongs equally in a journal margin, a pendant, a garden stone, or a ceremonial fire ring.

🍃 The Leaf and Light
Here, a single leaf floats, curves, or rests gently—cradling a small golden orb: the light of Lucentia.

The leaf could be any kind—oak, maple, birch, or a stylized curve of green—but it always speaks to life, nature, and the temporary beauty of being.

The orb it carries is not blazing or overwhelming; it’s a warm glow. A sun or moon, a firefly, a seed of insight—always gentle, always present.

This symbol teaches us:

Nature is the vessel of light. We do not dominate the Earth to reach truth; we walk beside it.

The light must be carried carefully. It is not wielded as power, but held in balance.

Even something as simple as a leaf can hold great meaning. This is the humility of Lucentia.

The visual is calming. It evokes autumn breezes, moonlit fields, or a candlelit room. It could hang above a hearth or be etched into a walking staff.

When worn or shared, it’s a gesture of gentleness, a reminder to tread lightly and love deeply.

04/20/2025

🌞 The Radiant Seed
A small circle of light at the center with gentle rays or roots extending outward in every direction—like the sun and like a seed germinating. It suggests inner light, growth, potential, and non-hierarchical energy.

🍃 The Leaf and Light
A single floating leaf cradling a small orb of golden light—like it’s holding the sun or moon. It speaks to balance, gentleness, nature as guide, and humble clarity.