just like you can gaze into the horizon, you can expand your field of listening
this is another way to extend your field of awareness in the alexander technique sense, and in my experience it's even more powerful than vision in terms of the intended effect
this is another way to extend your field of awareness in the alexander technique sense, and in my experience it's even more powerful than vision in terms of the intended effect
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a common form of self-sabotage when starting a new project or venture is worrying about champagne problems
champagne problems are problems of scale and success. if you get to the point where they're real and present you've succeeded! don't worry about them until then
champagne problems are problems of scale and success. if you get to the point where they're real and present you've succeeded! don't worry about them until then
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“The only worthwhile joy, [is] to release some infinitesimal quantity of the absolute, to free one fragment of being, forever.” - Teilhard de Chardin
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time and time again musicians speak of the witness disappearing when they’re in the flow of sound
the tone world is a bridge to formless realms
the tone world is a bridge to formless realms
I remember reading this quote when I was 20 and also reading Dogen and drawing the connection with the “cleaning the mirror” imagery
One of many breadcrumbs that led me to explore the convergence of improvisation and spiritual practices
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“Seeing forms with the whole body and mind, hearing sounds with the whole body and mind, one understands them intimately.” - Dogen
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putting maximum care into your work is not a quantity it is a quality, master musicians can do it with a single open hearted note
it takes a lifetime of practice and devotion to get there
it takes a lifetime of practice and devotion to get there
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tech brained creative approaches fail for a few reasons
one is below, another is forgetting that more output chasing the same finite attention of the audience does not math
the answer is more care, not more automation
one is below, another is forgetting that more output chasing the same finite attention of the audience does not math
the answer is more care, not more automation
the bitter lesson of creativity: no amount of process optimization or tech innovation makes writing great a song any easier, and may actually make it harder
the bottleneck is not technology, it is contact with god
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the mind has no existence by itself, it is only the glitter of the sun on the surface of the waters
“There is nothing of me that is alone and absolute except my mind, and we shall find that the mind has no existence by itself, it is only the glitter of the sun on the surface of the waters.” - D. H. Lawrence
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