being middle aged and circular breathing
There were books about the Kabbalah I obtained as a teenager with introductions that warned readers the material wasn’t meant to be read by anyone other than people in their […]
guy on stilts
At my daughter’s school party this evening there was some entertainment, a man on stilts juggling and doing some magic. The music he had playing behind him was pretty elevator […]
stories
It’s all about stories, that’s why there is a love of films, books and music etc. And what hurts additionally when someone dies, they take their stories. Can no longer […]
dinosaurs
I’m doing a few performances upcoming and I asked a couple of my former songwriting students to sing with me. It’s fun to have someone else sing your song. Feels […]
Destined to see clearly and make them look good
My mother is a painter. I would sit for her when I was a little boy. She sketched in charcoal or oil pastels. I think it is all thrown away […]
game on
There is a simple game my daughter saw somewhere & later I got it on my phone, she plays it a bunch. I teach a boy the same age as […]
eco arts
I planned to play some instrumental music on the grand piano at the show the other night but I chickened out. By the time I was on half the audience […]
sound waves
In the cinema studies class students discuss virtual reality and how convincing it is or isn’t. Then the conversation focusses on why there is so much interest in making it […]
coasting
Listening to a podcast with Waddy Wachtel (The Everly Brothers, Keith Richards, Linda Rondstadt, Stevie Nicks), when they get to the end and he’s asked if he listens to contemporary […]
being there
at the Y everyone is wearing a headset or else watching a tv on their treadmill. what is it about working out that makes people desire placing their mind elsewhere? […]