Writings
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This has just flown off to an industry person with an interest in a period of my professional life. As usually the case, despair was never far away, and my personal life in disarray. The industry person expressed apologies for asking questions about this; without being aware of the distress involved… One of the features…
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What is The Orchestra Of Crafty Guitarists? One possible answer: a lot of people making a lot of noise with guitars. Sometimes they even perform in public: as in Sant Cugat, Seattle, Sassoferrato, Funes, and Farnese. Another possible answer: a specialist study in the self-organising properties of complex wholes. How does Intelligence act in […]
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Silence is a friend to Guitar Craft, and its visits a precious gift to the courses. This is where the distance between the real world and our everyday world suddenly closes. The real world is as available to us as we are ourselves available; that is, to the extent that we can bear to be…
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Q: I would like a suggestion about how to treat women.A: Treat women, and all people, as you would yourself wish to be treated. Immediately, three elements to consider: 1. Our actual behaviour towards others.2. What we think of […]
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At this particular moment in time, let’s go to Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The Assumption Of Virtue: Assume a virtue if you have it not. So, how do we do this, how do we do anything? If we are able, in some way, to present to ourselves the virtue which we wish to represent, embody, or transmit, or…
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For those engaged in the flows and flurries of contemporary living: what is the challenge? The challenge is to be present in the maelstrom and the nonsense; respond to its demands where necessary; and not react to its pressures. The word for this is freedom, but […]
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Q: How can an ordinary person do little things to become extraordinary?A: An act of quality. So, how do we perform an act of quality? An act of of quality conveys intention and presence, and serves necessity. But, in order to change our […]
