action
I ask my daughter to eat more vegetables she shoos me away. So I place cut red peppers before her and they disappear. I place cucumbers before her, they vanish. […]
Lessons
the study of consciousness
To wonder about consciousness is to get tangled inside one’s own awareness, to play a kind of Sherlock Holmes with the endless inner dialogue that never pauses, never lets go. […]
my favourite part of the Judee Sill movie
“But it hurt so much to play stand up bass. I’ve got real thin fingers. Stand up bass is really hard. I used to shoot heroin and be able to […]
first draft
Reading through my novel for its first round of edits. So far, so good – no nervous breakdowns, no setting fire to the manuscript, metaphorical or otherwise. Thirty pages to […]
but it’s…
Two young musicians went to visit an old master known for having played with legends but now teaching in obscurity above a hardware store. They asked him, “How do we […]
paul dutton
The last time I saw Paul Dutton we were standing on Bloor and he was excited about my PhD addressing an improviser who wasn’t good. He had great magic improvising […]
control
Student: I’m sorry I screwed up. Teacher: You didn’t screw up. Student: Yes I did I was supposed to hand it in yesterday. Teacher: It’s ok. I never said there […]
virtues
Sometimes, people don’t really listen to each other. They wait for their turn to speak rather than pause to consider the other perspective. Arguing becomes pointless. It only works when […]
the clothes on the ground
Hard to convince my daughter I am not her butler. Been trying to help her grasp me picking up her clothes tossed on couches and chairs, might not be my […]
rice and sriratcha
After my teaching shift each Wednesday at Seneca I walk over to the Korean place by the subway and order rice and add sesame seeds and sriracha. They like me, […]