Category Archives: paying attention

Video: Harry Frankfurt on Bullshit

Posted on July 2, 2016 by randomyriad

Originally posted on Vox Populi:
. Harry Frankfurt is an American philosopher and author of the New York Times bestseller “On Bullshit”. Although first conceived as an essay over 30 years ago, his theory on bullshit is more relevant today than…

Posted in banality of evil, Being Human, Check this out, delusions of progress, Other peoples words, paying attention, philosophy, thinking in words | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Tolmie State Park Evening

Posted on April 19, 2016 by randomyriad

The tight fist of day Softened in the light Fading over the still water  beyond the rock mossy flat. My footsteps on the bridge as I walked back to the car The sound of wood vibrating.  

Posted in capturing light, NaPoWriMo, On the Salish Sea, paying attention, poetry, spring, Walking | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Composing the Present: An Interview with John Cage

Posted on February 23, 2016 by randomyriad

Originally posted on synthetic zerØ:
related interview with Cage http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/fa/2009/07/20090731_fa_02.mp3

Posted in All part of the process, Chaos and Order, conversations, mindworks, music, my museum of inspiration, paying attention, philosophy, Telling Stories, thinking in words | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Video: How to be Alone

Posted on November 8, 2015 by randomyriad

Originally posted on Vox Populi:
A video by fiimmaker Andrea Dorfman and poet/singer/songwriter Tanya Davis. Davis wrote the poem and performed in the video which Dorfman directed, shot, animated by hand and edited. The video was shot in Halifax, Nova Scotia.…

Posted in All part of the process, Check this out, developing relationships, internal landscape, mindworks, my museum of inspiration, Other peoples words, paying attention, thinking in words | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Tom Waits and Bukowski/ Nirvana

Posted on November 1, 2015 by randomyriad

Waits’ voice and Bukowski’s words make poetry to the second power.

Posted in Check this out, Other peoples words, paying attention, poetry | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment