Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto,

This week’s project includes some background information on a foundational concept of the Disquiet Junto. I won’t repeat it here, since it appears a few paragraphs down. Just want to say thanks, as always, for your generosity with your time, creativity, and curiosity.

Oh, and last week the instructions email went out on time, but WordPress delayed posting the instructions on disquiet.com. A friend and I are looking into why that happened. It may happen again this week. We’ll know tomorrow.

Best from San Francisco, where it has felt like it’s below zero (F) even if it isn’t actually below zero,

Marc Weidenbaum
marc@disquiet.com

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Disquiet Junto Project 0738: Speak Not
The Assignment: Saying something without saying it.

Step 1: Think of something you want to say — an expression of affection, a statement of dissent, a story, a bit of personal history, a joke, a complaint.

Step 2: Say what you want to say by recording a piece of music that employs only instrumental/non-verbal sounds. Use no words, not even transformed speech.

Background: Among the foundational concepts of the Disquiet Junto is an exploration of the commonplace idea that music is a universal language. The working theory is that while that statement holds some truth, music is a language perhaps most clearly spoken between musicians. Underlying all Junto projects is the idea that we are exploring a given project’s concepts by using music, rather than discussing the project’s concepts with words. (Of course, we do some of the latter in discussion threads, but that comes after the music, not before it.) This week’s project simply takes that overarching approach literally, so to speak.

Tasks Upon Completion:

Label: Include “disquiet0738” (no spaces/quotes) in the name of your track.

Upload: A person participating in the Disquiet Junto should post only one track per weekly project (SoundCloud account preferred but not required). If on occasion you feel inspired to post more than one track (whether to a single account or across multiple accounts), you should clarify which is the “main” rendition for consideration by fellow members and (if on SoundCloud) for inclusion in the SoundCloud playlist.

Share: Post your track and a description/explanation at https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0738-speak-not/

Discuss: Listen to and comment on the other tracks.

Additional Details:

Length: The length is up to you. How much do you have to say?

Deadline: Monday, February 23, 2026, 11:59pm (that is: just before midnight) wherever you are.

About: https://disquiet.com/junto/

Newsletter: https://juntoletter.disquiet.com/

License: It’s preferred (but not required) to set your track as downloadable and allowing for attributed remixing (i.e., an attribution Creative Commons license).

Please Include When Posting Your Track:

More on the 738th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Speak Not — The Assignment: Saying something without saying it — at https://disquiet.com/0738/