Thoughts

Here is a growing collection of things that relate.   

Poetry

The Note, the Chord, the Breath, and the Wind

I.

There is a flowing stream of music always playing in my mind
It never ends, though it changes with my moods.  
I can hear the music playing, loud as radio
and change it into anything I choose.

The hard part is here in the hands,
making hands play what the mind hears,

 

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Anthology of American Folk Music

Harry Smith's (1952) Anthology of American Folk Music

Big influence on modern rock music.

Basic info & track list: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthology_of_American_Folk_Music

More info: 

http://www.expectingrain.com/dok/cd/97/anthology.html

 

 

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Essay

The twentieth century was characterized as the Modernist period in Western culture.  I have become aware that we, in the twenty first century, are in a new cultural period, which I will call

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