Snow Meditation
Posted in Habits of Mind, Random Thoughts on Jan 12th, 2011
I offer a koan for winter – obviously a variation on a classic: What is the sound of snow falling? I came up with this last night, with the thought […]
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Musical Reflections on Thanksgiving
Posted in Random Thoughts on Nov 25th, 2010
Like most holidays, Thanksgiving gives us a chance to be reflective, which of course I love. Musicians think in musical terms – about relationships between pitches and harmonies, rhythmic patterns […]
The Principle of Vibration – Intro
Posted in Habits of Mind, Practice on Nov 22nd, 2010
I don’t know the specific biological or neurological mechanisms that would pertain to whether the Vibrational Model is literally accurate or more of a metaphor – but at some level it feels right. Even if only metaphorically, each of us does both transmit and receive vibrations from others; and we are deeply influenced at both cellular and energetic levels both by these vibrations, as well as by the range of vibrations we detect as sounds (music, speech, or ambient sound or noise).
Zen Mind, Musician’s Mind
Posted in Habits of Mind, Practice on Oct 28th, 2010
The inspiration for this blog is my favorite book, Shunyru Suzuki’s Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. Every time I pick up the baton or the trombone there is the feeling of […]