Everyone is an artist of some kind whose special abilities, even if almost insignificant, must be encouraged as contributing to an infinite richness of collective life. – Herbert Read
August 12, 2023
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May 1, 2023
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Quote of the Month
I have no real idea as to the provenance of this quote, it’s just something I found on Facebook. Let’s just take it at face value and marvel at its wisdom: At 19, I read a sentence that re-terraformed my … Continue reading
April 21, 2023
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Art, higher learning, politics, economics—none of these activities today is properly related to human needs: all are fragmented. Like science, art has become remote from living: not, as in primitive societies, an integral part of our culture, existing in all … Continue reading
April 16, 2023
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Toward a “post-literate art music”: With new computer software and techniques of sampling and synthesis found in traditions from art music to hip hop, it is now possible for people with access to technology to create their own music, … Continue reading
June 17, 2020
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As an artist, I objected to streaming for many reasons. […] With streaming, the person who wrote the song gets paid, but those who performed on the record get very little or nothing. The digital age has made it possible … Continue reading
October 31, 2015
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Make the present your past, enter the flux before it gets frozen over, write about change, write about transformation. William H. Gass
September 13, 2015
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If Pac-Man had affected us as kids, we’d all be running around in dark rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive electronic music. Marcus Brigstocke
May 25, 2015
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So, real musical rhythm comes when you listen to the note that’s been played before you, and you know when and where to place your note—and you listen to the note that comes after! This is how ensembles swing […] … Continue reading
July 22, 2013
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Our imaginations, haunted by the old archetypes, have remained far behind the sophistication of the machines. The various attempts to integrate modern science into new myths remain inadequate. Meanwhile abstraction has invaded all the arts, contemporary architecture in particular. Pure … Continue reading
July 22, 2013
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Our struggle is to open every moment and fill it with an activity that does not contribute to the reproduction of capital. Stop making capitalism and do something else, something sensible, something beautiful and enjoyable. Stop creating the system that … Continue reading