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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 on top. Cut it up into samples. Put a donk on it. Looooooop as you please. Yes-And.
Read more "Deserts 6"The Numerologist
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 End Roll
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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 the playing for this recording. I went through a lot from the time I first encountered this song to the time it was what I […]
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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 meaning where there is none. Common examples are perceived images of animals, faces, or objects in cloud formations, seeing faces in inanimate objects, or lunar […]
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, a short-term environmental problem or excessive debt causing the property to become vulnerable to foreclosure. ——————————————————- Distressing Disdressing Dressing I’m thinking about the methodology of […]
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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 love me as I loved her. It was understood. I didn’t expect her to. She didn’t understand why I was like that. After we broke […]
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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 had dug a hole a couple feet deep and left us to do the ceremony. We took the plastic bag of ashes from the crematorium […]
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