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yes indeed the big day is finally upon us!
Trevor, Edu, and I will be onstage together again at last on saturday at pete’s candy store—a fun and unique venue that feels sort of like being in the back of a school bus.
show starts at 8pm. add it to your calendar here.
I’ve also picked up another two dates this month:
wednesday 11.13 at sugar mouse: a Grateful-Dead-themed set at the weekly groove jam. bring your instrument!
tuesday 11.19 breaking sound @ brooklyn music kitchen: a solo show, I’ll be part of an all-night music showcase. grab your tickets here! ($15 adv)
we’ve got something special planned for each night—hope to see you soon!
I’ve come across two books from the same bookstore (village works*) in the past week that have each opened up my brain a bit.
the zen doctrine of no mind and philosophy of modern music detail two philosophers’ attempts to reconcile the paradoxes of life through precise adherence to discrete ways of thought.
the two approaches differ in that the former fosters individual enlightenment, while the latter emphasizes behaving within the context in which theory takes place. they chase each other around in that regard.
now, I’ve yet made it through no more than two-dozen pages of either book. such is philosophy. but even just the prefaces and opening chapters illustrate that through the wide variances in walks of life, we still carry many things in common.
primarily, people are united in that there are things—facts, beliefs, you name it—that either individually or collectively we will never fully comprehend. nascer, viver, morrer.
art inhabits the space between our experience and our understanding. we must allow ourselves to feel discomfort and be surprised by where it takes us.
if that feels overwhelming, the best advice might be the simplest: don’t stop.^ whatever the school of theory or thought, the people who are successful are the ones who manage to just keep going.
*name dropping this bookstore is a bit like touting the wonders of Pet Sounds—you’re definitely not the first to discover it but that doesn’t make it less wonderful
^shouts out Jed Scott, I just googled and his site came up