May 2013
“Hindu mythology elaborates the theme of the divine play on a fabulous scale,...”
– Alan Watts, The Way of Zen (via ludimagister)
“Music at its best…is the grand archeology into and transfiguration of our...”
– Cornel West (via psychedelicmandala)
In Image (Pt. 1)
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In pictures, it is hard to recognize the craft of the individual: these things are not just images. Though—even if it was brief—it was necessary to the production, to the manipulation, the lighting, the angle, and ultimately the experience for the photographer to be part of the image itself.
One example of this sticks out in my recent memory: seeing the image in my parent’s house of a...
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“Find meaning. Distinguish melancholy from sadness. Go out for a walk. It doesn’t...”
– Albert Camus (via hellanne)
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In Image (Pt. 1)
In pictures, it is hard to recognize the craft of the individual: these things are not just images. Though—even if it was brief—it was necessary to the production, to the manipulation, the lighting, the angle, and ultimately the experience for the photographer to be part of the image itself.
One example of this sticks out in my recent memory: seeing the image in my parent’s house of a couple...
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“Shrugging. ‘No one can write it anymore. It is only sounds. It traveled in...”
– The Names, Don DeLillo.
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“‘With sweet words you make them naked,’ Vosdanik said to us.”
– The Names, Don DeLillo
“We tend to think animals are lower than us, but all the scientists in the world...”
– Stuart Wilde (via neuromanticism)
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Rudresh Mahanthappa On Piano Jazz : NPR →
Mahanthappa brings an explosive blend of jazz and South Indian classical music to the studio.
Can I say how ridiculous the playing is in this interview?
The Alpha Fever
yen-yaw:
You know it is one of those “Alpha” neighborhoods where people parallel park next to the businesses, where you can eat at an Italian Bistro—or the Subway across the street if you’re obviously not from around here— or get a fake tan next to the nail salon across the way from the jeweler’s right next to (not so much “consequently” as much as “predestined”) the bank where men in pleated...
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The people who have taught me about jazz have said...
Finished Reading: The Painted Bird by Jerzy...
This book came with a warning:
Dear reader, This book is extremely graphic.I give you this warning because I wish someone had warned me.
I am glad I received this warning. As far as Post WWII fiction goes, I haven’t read much describing the events that occurred in a fictitious setting.
Kosinski has slowly become one of my favorite writers after having read Steps and The...
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“ADHD is a fictitious disease”
– Remember, there are two ways drug companies can make money:
Invent new drugs
Invent new diseases already invented drugs can treat
In the past decade or so, Big Pharma has created less than 10 new novel drugs per year.
As an example of Big Pharma inventing diseases is “short, normal” children....
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How Good Things Come (Pt. 2)
In a perfect world, business wouldn’t be a part of music and music wouldn’t be a part of business. But the problem therein lies withing the financial sector of music and how musicians can live without making money. Fact is, they can’t really.
I am blessed in so many ways right now, mainly that tonight I was more than floored by an experience I was more nervous for than I have...
“All this might have been wonderful if, at every stage, you had been able to play...”
– Alan Watts, The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are (via wellareyou)
How Good Things Come (Pt. 1)
Openness. I used to think it was a joke. “Just be open to all possibilities and life will give you tenfold.” Turns out, people aren’t kidding. Literally trying anything without the preconception of it being a “bad thing” is blessing.
Last night, I was invited to sit in and play “Fire” by Jimi Hendrix at the Blue Martini in Orlando. I thought at first me...
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I suppose it isn’t a joke when a piece of mine is featured for the first time. Thanks, tumblr. for your support. I’ll keep writing.
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Man, the groove here is impossibly deep. I love...
The Alpha Fever
yen-yaw:
You know it is one of those “Alpha” neighborhoods where people parallel park next to the businesses, where you can eat at an Italian Bistro—or the Subway across the street if you’re obviously not from around here— or get a fake tan next to the nail salon across the way from the jeweler’s right next to (not so much “consequently” as much as “predestined”) the bank where men in pleated...
“How do you feel about everything?”
“You’ve got to stop asking me that. We’ll be here all year.”
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The Alpha Fever
yen-yaw:
You know it is one of those “Alpha” neighborhoods where people parallel park next to the businesses, where you can eat at an Italian Bistro—or the Subway across the street if you’re obviously not from around here— or get a fake tan next to the nail salon across the way from the jeweler’s right next to (not so much “consequently” as much as “predestined”) the bank where men in pleated...
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The Alpha Fever
You know it is one of those “Alpha” neighborhoods where people parallel park next to the businesses, where you can eat at an Italian Bistro—or the Subway across the street if you’re obviously not from around here— or get a fake tan next to the nail salon across the way from the jeweler’s right next to (not so much “consequently” as much as “predestined”) the bank where men in pleated pants or...
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