Author: playingintongues
Deserts 6
Be present. Maintain focus. No autopilot. Do not substitute muscle memory for purpose. Yes: You are welcome to download this and use it to make your own new sounds. Jam […]
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Contemplate an irrational number. Shiver in ecstasy. Contemplate an infatuation. Don’t. Don’t do that. Just stop. Contemplate a number. 2:40, for a Playlist 1:12, for Short Videos 0:30, for an […]
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For Norman, 112
On the phone, Norman’s grief was overpowering. I wanted to console him but anything I could offer would trivialize what he is going through. On the 112th take, I completed […]
Read more "For Norman, 112"pareidolia
Pareidolia (/ˌpærɪˈdoʊliə, ˌpɛər-/;[1] also US: /ˌpɛəraɪ-/)[2] is the tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulus, usually visual, so that one sees an object, pattern, or […]
Read more "pareidolia"Distressing
Distressed real estate, often referred to as “opportunistic” real estate,is property that is sold at a discount due to one of five specific conditions: deteriorating physical condition, incorrect pricing, mismanagement, […]
Read more "Distressing"Missing a Missing Girl
We were both 29 when the brain cancer she had beaten at 18 came back. Surviving her teen years was hard won. It left marks. She was reserved. She didn’t […]
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I don’t suppose I’ll be back here, daddy
MP3 My mom and aunt and uncle and brother and I were just done burying my grandfather. We were in North Carolina, where my grandfather lived and died. The cemetery […]
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