transcendental
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Fragility, Hunger, Strength
Art and music can not ever be sold or bought — only the so called pieces may. Seen and heard art can not be class bound. The artist with depth is inherently hungry, just because art and music can not be sold or bought. When I tremble in emotions, in bolts of clarity, in sudden…
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Unnoted Music — I
There is a spiritual space, physical space, mental space between the moment understood as the end of a music piece, and the moment in which no notes are left to be intonated. This moment usually bridges the music performance with the reaction of the audience, customarily known as applause. I question the conditions and conditioning…
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Prolonging Transcendental States
“Transcendent states are often desperately short-lived: a few moments late at night or at dusk; on a plane or train journey across wide open country. But we can, through certain ingredients (especially lavender, cardamom, turmeric, and cinnamon), access them a little more systematically and thereby loosen the grip of our insistent egos.” In “Thinking &…
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The Transcendental
The transcendental way is the quotidian simplicity and complexity — grinding coffee, smelling the grounds, seeing the watering process; observing the slow transition of bacon in the pan; dwelling on the crucial liveliness of the ing form; playing with breathing…
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Anna Bolena — tragically interrupted
Anna Bolena wrapped her long hair in one hand, lifted it above her shoulder, arm stretched, and walked decisively a few steps before an abrupt stop, swinging her black tail frontwards in an arch over her head where it hung before her forehead, as she took a drastic bow that exposed her neck to the…
Sila Blume 