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Mess Over Neatness
Mess Over Neatnessby Michael DoyleShall we live as Lucy or LinusAs a spreadsheet of plus and minusMinimalism can be said to be neatBut life as messy has this beatIt is a deep-seated emotional needThat a life well-lived is one freedFrom … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Clumsy, Clutter, Constraint, Emotional Need, Eventually, Family, Freed, Hassles, Life, Linus Pauling, Lucy, Mess, Messy, Minimalism, Neat, Neat-Freaks, Neatness, Paperweight, Personality, Plus and Minus, Poetry and Poems, Possessions, Restraint, Sentimentality, Spreadsheet, We Were Here, Well-Lived
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Chinese Shelf Help
Some say that the change in Chinese away from satire and critique is just the chase of the almighty dollar. That seems a deficit explanation given the official statements by the Chinese government. I am no expert. But, this poem … Continue reading
Sonic Gems: Erik Satie – Gymnopedies & Gnossiennes
When is a composer and pianist not a musician? Give up? When he is a “phonometrician” or a “gymnopedist”. Ask Erik Satie and he would tell you that his slow somewhat clumsy pieces are not so much compositions as measures of … Continue reading
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Tagged Composer, Erik Satie, Gnossiennes, Gymnopedies, Minimalism, Paris, Phonometrician, Sonic Gems, Surrealism
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Sonic Gems: Tangerine Dream – Rubycon
Rubycon is the breathtaking nod to primitive electronica released as Tangerine Dream’s sixth studio album in 1975. The highly experimental Krautrock band managed to be quietly cosmic in a progressive manner while sticking to a proto-punk minimalism that said … Continue reading
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