Idea: a play that combines elements of movies by using live cameras which display on large screens. It’s kind of like sports as well because you don’t remove the live theater aspect, but you also have the ability to see close-ups and more nuanced acting instead of having to project, which is very similar to … Read more
Deep Springs College This educational institution is one of the only ones that really make sense to me. It only has about 30 students, admitting 10-15 each year. It’s a full scholarship school like Cooper Union. It’s 40 miles from the nearest town. Students spend a portion of their time operating a ranch which sustains … Read more
Wrote out this groove. Please jam responsibly. Enjoy. PDF Version in concert pitch here: Heavy_on_the_F’s_(Groove) Concert PDF Version in Eb pitch here: Heavy_on_the_F’s_(Groove)_Eb_Version PNGs Below.
Have just discovered the philosopher Boethius. Spending the night reading about him with many insights and revelations there. 🎓 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boethius
It’s interesting to note that in #chess, like life, a player can have ample material but not enough time (tempo) to win or succeed. This is common in a chess game where the player with less material emerges ahead It’s an interesting but not entirely identical feature, shared characteristic between the two. (Chess games have … Read more
After 55 Years, though the originals were erased, the world kept a copy and we have this album of new material from John Coltrane’s Quartet. Just #thankful that it is here as a document. Coltrane the person, the soul, the musician is like staring at the sky. Thank you Ken Drucker and Ravi Coltrane for … Read more
It was an honor to stand behind this couple.. they were holding hands the whole time I saw them and clearly loved each other from their simple gestures. Because of their fragility, they navigated the world in a way that made our world seem Barbaric. They were dressed in absolutely pressed and formal clothing, and … Read more
I’ve been thinking about the concept of a shared frame of reference as the beginning of all understanding between 2 disagreeing parties. Is agreeing on axioms and shared perceptual frames the only way to start connecting and speaking meaningfully about something usually subjective? Noticing that people usually who speak from a subjective ‘I’/my frame, may … Read more
There is just something that I really love about this photo. Perhaps the balance of white and black, just a random moment in time. Waiting for the 7 Train in Grand Central Subway Terminal.
#Thoughtoftheday – The new most feared song in Jazz should be Giant Steps with 12 choruses of solos ascending a semitone or going down a perfect 5th after each chorus. Congrats to Vox on this video. I think the best explanation yet, without 20,000 hours of practice.