Writings
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Firstly, why are we asking a question? What, how, and why? Where does our question come from – moving from association, curiosity, expressing an opinion, pushing an agenda; or something deeper, set in motion by the need for an answer? This is where the question warms up. Is our question useful or necessary, seeking information…
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Paradise is our natural condition. This is the good news.Our condition is unnatural. This is the bad news. Love cannot bear that even one soul be denied its place in paradise. This is even better news.But, we cannot bear Love. This is terrible news. Paradise is always available. This is more good news.But, we are…
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It’s very hard to see what we’re looking at, if we believe we already know what we’re seeing. Q: How do you push the reset button?A: Firstly, why would we want to hit reset and to see things as they actually are? Most likely in response to necessity, external and/or internal. External necessity, in the…
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ITimelessness And Succession The creative moment takes place where timelessness and the stream of successive events meet. This moment is where, experienced from within the time stream, time stands still. When we move more fully into that moment, where time ends. This is where we were, before we were born. Robert FrippFriday 17th. February, 2006Mount…
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Although I have no authority, I give myself permission to have authority in the affairs of my own life. If someone wishes to comment usefully on those affairs, better they have an equal, comparable or, preferably, greater authority. When we recognise in someone a “greater authority” to our own, wise to seek them out and…
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A principle is universal, a rule is inflexible, a law is invariable Music so wishes to be heard that sometimes it calls on unlikely characters to give it voice, and to give it ears. This wishing-to-be-heard calls into existence the Performance Event; where music, musician, and audience may come together as one, in Communion. This…
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A common assumption of the counter culture was that music can change the world, and this was a primary moving force in the formation of King Crimson. So, the good news: music can change the world. The bad news: it comes with musicians. Part of this common assumption was also that, even simply by listening…