tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post7990101535205851729..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: No such thing as a naked lunchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-38647776968161295862009-10-18T17:18:27.040+01:002009-10-18T17:18:27.040+01:00Pliable - It might be that this post of Phil Ford&...Pliable - It might be that this post of Phil Ford's will interest you, at least the first four paragraphs, if how we "lean" is in some way a habit of mind. It could be just me, but there seems a Buddhist subtext to it all. You've come out and mentioned your interest, and Phil has mentioned Alan Watts several times over the years.<br /><br />http://musicology.typepad.com/dialm/2009/10/the-moving-soundscape-meditation-.html<br /><br />Would add to your "hardwired" comment that all the new brain imaging studies show we can to some extent "rewire" those connections through focused endeavor. Spend 10,000 hours doing something (like attentively listening to and analyzing recordings) and your brain will have more and different wiring than others, and that you did before you started.<br /><br />Great to have you back posting again, speaking of "unique stylistic signatures" and content.Lyle Sanford, RMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312150272934828223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-48061389646272044252009-10-18T15:04:55.870+01:002009-10-18T15:04:55.870+01:00Lyle, it is interesting what comes out of this har...Lyle, it is interesting what comes out of this harmless little game.<br /><br />What struck me was how the source of almost every sentence can be instantly recognised from its unique stylistic signature. <br /><br />It does show how far we "lean" in every sentence we write and speak, and in every thought we have. And it also shows how our synpases are well and truly hardwired.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-14232413354020484272009-10-18T13:43:20.087+01:002009-10-18T13:43:20.087+01:00Reading this post was initially a very weird exper...Reading this post was initially a very weird experience, as I follow a lot of those blogs, recognized phrases, couldn't figure out what you were up to, and wondered if my synapses had been rewired overnight. <br /><br />The Alex Ross post reminded me of my outlier status in reading these blogs. What fascinates me about those pieces is wondering how it is they connect with so many people. For his refined ear they're over-familiar, whereas for me that's a feature, not a bug. Like the lamas say, our minds create our realities.Lyle Sanford, RMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312150272934828223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-52783331488548923852009-10-18T12:01:44.915+01:002009-10-18T12:01:44.915+01:00Links to cut-up resources -
http://www.lazaruscor...Links to cut-up resources -<br /><br />http://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/v4/cutup/links.phpPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-26699272305618359512009-10-18T11:27:14.041+01:002009-10-18T11:27:14.041+01:00Why the second sentences? No, not because it conve...Why the second sentences? No, not because it conveniently makes a better join-up.<br /><br />A sub-editor once dramatically improved a piece written by me (not difficult) by cutting the first paragraph. She explained that often the first paragraph represents a gathering of thoughts, and the second paragraph is where the argument really starts to happen. (Does the same also work for music I wonder?)<br /><br />As blogging is a tighter medium than conventional journalism I tried it with sentences rather than paragraphs.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com