Every once in a blue moon, one stumbles across a rare gem of beauty that reaffirms one's faith in the wonder of creation and life. The One is - to me - aesthetically perfect, both in form and substance. It is structurally coherent, yet diverse in its use of voice and instrumentation; the whole is unified by a single theme: we have one life, and as we journey through its cycle - the circle of existence - our souls are united by our shared humanity.