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Well, How Did I Get Here?

Well, How Did I Get Here?

The title of this post, for those not familiar, is from the Talking Head's 1981 song "Once in a Lifetime." A song NPR listed as one of the 100 most important musical works of the 20th Century. A song some interpret as a commentary upon the excesses and absurdity of...

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Ambiance

Ambiance

I have really let my posting frequency drop off over the past two years and have recently encountered a challenge that I thought might energize it.   It is called the AtoZ Challenge that has been around for a number of years, but I only discovered it recently.   I was...

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When is it done?

When is it done?

I am a supporter of Gary Numan's latest project on PledgeMusic, which is a pledge campaign to support the creation of his 21st album.   He is doing it as an experiment to take his fans along during the entire process of creating a new album, and is forthright about...

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Creativity is messy

Creativity is messy

In Issue 104 of Lenswork magazine, Brooks Jensen's comments for this issue really resonated with me.   He goes into describing the process of doing any creative project, and how more often than not, things typically don't work out the first time around, or the second,...

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