Nov 04 2009
fog filled mornings a
reminder so. cal. summers
do indeed relent
—
I’ve decided I need to get back to a habit of writing more. Both on this blog and in general. So to help kickstart this goal, I’m going to start posting a haiku every Wednesday on the blog.
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Aug 26 2009
Maybe
Sweet Jesus, talking
his melancholy madness,
stood up in the boat
and the sea lay down,
silky and sorry.
So everybody was saved
that night
But you know how it is
when something
different crosses
the threshold–the uncles
mutter together,
the women walk away,
the young brother begins
to sharpen his knife.
Nobody knows what the soul is.
It comes and goes
like the wind over the water–
sometimes, for days,
you don’t think of it.
Maybe, after the sermon,
after the multitude was fed,
one or two of them felt
the soul slip forth
like a tremor of pure sunlight,
before exhaustion,
that wants to swallow everything,
gripped their bones and left them
miserable and sleepy,
as they are now, forgetting
how the wind tore at the sails
before he rose and talked to it–
tender and luminous and demanding
as he always was–
a thousand times more frightening
than the killer sea.
–Mary Oliver from House of Light
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Aug 25 2009
Lyrics to the song AZADI
by Rumi
SHOW ME YOUR FACE
i crave
flowers and gardens
open your lips
i crave
the taste of honey
come out from
behind the clouds
i desire a sunny face
your voice echoed
saying “leave me alone”
i wish to hear your voice
again saying “leave me alone”
i swear this city without you
is a prison
i am dying to get out
to roam in deserts and mountains
i am tired of
flimsy friends and
submissive companions
i am blue hearing
nagging voices and meek cries
i desire loud music
drunken parties and
wild dances
one hand holding
a cup of wine
one hand caressing your hair
then dancing in orbital circle
that is what i yearn for
i can sing better than any nightingale
but because of
this cityʼs freaks
i seal my lips
while my heart weeps
yesterday the wisest man
holding a lit lantern
in daylight
was searching around town saying
i am tired of
all these beast and brutes
i seek
a true human
we have all looked
for one but
no one could be found
they said
yes he replied
but my search is
for the one
who cannot be found
Lyrics and images from http://www.djspooky.com
post inspired from nevermind the bricolage
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Aug 08 2009
Found this from my friend Reuben…he’s right…so simple, yet so amazing:
Is our response to music hard-wired or culturally determined? Is the reaction to rhythm and melody universal or influenced by environment? Join host John Schaefer, Jamshed Barucha, scientist Daniel Levitin, Professor Lawrence Parsons and musical artist Bobby McFerrin for live performances and cross cultural demonstrations to illustrate music’s note-worthy interaction with the brain and our emotions.
See the whole program here: http://www.worldsciencefestival.com/video/notes-neurons-full
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Jun 01 2009
On Beauty
No, we could not itemize the list
of sins they can’t forgive us.
The beautiful don’t lack the wound.
It is always beginning to snow.
Of sins they can’t forgive us
speech is beautifully useless.
It is always beginning to snow.
The beautiful know this.
Speech is beautifully useless.
They are the damned.
The beautiful know this.
They stand around unnatural as statuary.
They are the damned
and so their sadness is perfect,
delicate as an egg placed in your palm.
Hard, it is decorated with their face
and so their sadness is perfect.
The beautiful don’t lack the wound.
Hard, it is decorated with their face.
No, we could not itemize the list.
Cape Cod, May 1974
— Nick Laird (via On Beauty by Zadie Smith)
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Apr 20 2009
Both graciously stolen from Tamie:
“In the West we have a tendency to be profit-oriented, where everything is measured according to the results….In the East – especially in India – I find that people are more content to just be, to just sit around under a banyan tree for half a day chatting to each other. We Westerners would probably call that wasting time. But there is value to it. Being with someone, listening without a clock and without anticipation of results, teaches us about love. The success of love is in the loving – it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done. The more we can remove this priority for results the more we can learn about the contemplative element of love.”
– Brother Geoff, as quoted by Mother Teresa in the book, “A Simple Path”
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Apr 13 2009
Thanks to the fine folks at Losanjealous, I was able to head over to the El Rey to see Alexi Murdoch last Wednesday. I had conflicting plans the last opportunity I had to see him perform (at the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland a few years ago). I arrived a little after 9pm, to a pretty full crowd already standing around (and sitting on the dance floor). The opening act, the Portland Cello Project (or PCP as they joked), consisted of 5 cello players and a percusionist. They played a wide variety of interpretations of songs from such diverse artists as Dave Brubeck and Pantera.
After a short break out came Alexi. The place was completely quiet as Alexi began his set, and really for the most part remained that way throughout the entire set. He played a nice mix of songs from his LP and new songs from a forthcoming “long EP or short LP.” A nice surprise was that they had just received a limited run of this new materials that were hand stamped and individually numbered (I ended up getting number 26/5000). I’ve got to say, Alexi hasn’t missed a beat with the new songs. Of them, the one that’s been played over and over again is called “Through the Dark.” The album should be in stores in a few months. He doesn’t tour often, so if you get the chance, go see him. It’ll be worth it.
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Apr 05 2009
as inspired by Röyksopps Remind Me video:
Slagsmålsklubben – Sponsored by destiny from Tomas Nilsson on Vimeo.
School assignment to reinterpret the
fairytale Little red ridning hood.
Inspired by Röyksopps Remind me.
Music: Slagsmålsklubben, Sponsored by destiny
www.smk.just.nu
Animation: Tomas Nilsson
www.tomas-nilsson.se
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