Composing

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There is this objective or direction in meditation practices. Look at a candle, observe thoughts without attachment, recite a mantra…all variations of controlling thought, of trying to position consciousness away […]

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I started an incredible book by Daniel Kehlerman who died this year. Thinking Fast Thinking Slow. I never previously heard of him but I like Sarah Haider’s X and Youtube […]

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One of the big discussions in AI is whether robots can ever become conscious. I like how it assumes we humans are conscious and not also machines. Are we not […]

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The jazz course started with Fly Me To The Moon and Autumn Leaves. Now onto I’m in The Mood for Love and Falling in Love with Love. It is like […]

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I received an invitation to an academic seminar on the ethical challenges of AI in music production. Ethical? Who is positioned authoritatively to gate-keep the correct use of technology. Will […]

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It is very useful in writing to suspend judgement and pour out content even if you suspect it is horrible content and not up to scratch. It is just filling […]

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I’m writing something and each of my hands are like students. The left has been taught to repeat the part a zillion times, new ideas are suggested and it tries […]

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People sometimes imagine life is a dream. But I am real – aren’t I? Sort of like discussions of God. I used to balk. How could one doubt something invented […]

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My father’s birthday. He would almost be 100 years old. He was the only one in the family of six who did not play an instrument but he had an […]

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Where next to take this thing in Bb. The beginning starts with a statement that sounds very early, one friend said it sounded like the dance music of the 17th […]