Water is an essential ingredient for not only our bodies, but the entireplanet.  How is it that water has come to be honored? Through centuries of human civilization, the artists of all cultures havechosen to offer their understandings of the element by creating fountains.With this knowledge, we may say that fountains are a living idealization ofa marriage between art and nature.Feeling that these artworks can touch and unify people from allbackgrounds, pianist Jeremiah Bornfield has composed pieces in honor ofsome of the world's great fountains.  Each piece on the album MidnightFountain is named for the corresponding fountain which inspired the workitself.  From Asia through Europe to America, people of all culturesshare a love for our great landmarks.Just as the water itself, let us celebrate this music as a universalpoint from which to reflect our spirituality and also inspire our imaginationsto reach beyond ourselves, into freer cultures and viewpoints, into thefuture!