Notes // on giving the voice space

Lately, I’ve been paying attention to what happens when I don’t rush the voice. When I leave space around it, when I let silence do part of the work, something changes in how it arrives.

For a long time, singing felt like something that needed to be placed carefully, almost guarded. As if it had to justify itself by being strong enough, clear enough, convincing enough. These days, I’m learning that the voice doesn’t need to prove much. It needs room.

I notice it especially in moments where nothing is demanded - when there’s no need to fill the space, no need to manufacture intensity. The voice settles differently then. It becomes less about sound and more about presence. Often, it’s the pause around the note that decides its weight.

There’s a quiet trust growing in that process. Trust in timing, in restraint, in letting things unfold without forcing shape onto them. Less about control, more about placement. Singing feels less like an act of projection, and more like standing somewhere and allowing something to pass through.

For now, that feels like enough. Listening more closely. Letting the voice arrive on its own terms.

Gidi Farhi