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Love is a Prayer
Love is a PrayerLove is a constant PrayerPerhaps that is what love is —breathin oceanson mountains Free as the bells of cathedrals that toll to believers and nonbelievers alikeYet, only touch the heart that mirrors the melody none other hears
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Simple, with Detail
To some, this might come as a surprise but to many likely not: simple is not the equivalent of flat and one-sided superficiality. There are wide ranging subtleties, and often contrasting layers which may all lead to the joy of simplicity — to eye, palate, mind… This is such a thing. This mashed potatoes were…
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Water to Fire
In the kitchen, I have been accused of being in my own world. The attention referred to is never to my own — if such a silly perception would ever even be possible. This attention is applied, considering the importance of the creative process, the essence of each ingredient, and the purity of the physical…
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in this moment
…listening to the “Aeolian Harp” — a piece from 1923, by Henry Cowell (1897-1965). It is one of the first piano pieces composed for extended piano techniques, including plucking and sweeping of the actual piano strings. Black tea goes well with it.
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Mirror
…found a mirror. Confide, I thought, and I did. It’s a fragile concept. Not that glass breaks — and reflections are of denser surface than mirroring glass — but viewing the self in the flesh, not in vain for vanity but in contemplation, does awake an odd sense of seldom auto perception which conveys much…












