CURRENT MISSION

To be / Être

ABOUT ME

Er... breathing is the key to life. My life, I don't think of it all that linearly, but it's still quite a journey. Kind of an overused metaphor, but it is, and I don't particularly know if I have the right compass, but I also don't particularly care if it is right. Damn metaphors, aren't they supposed to make language conveyable?
Beginning at the University of California, Berkeley, I had a love for the idiom of jazz, especially the improvisation aspect of it. However, I think I had some uneasiness in playing spontaneously and on the fly... I think I thought too much, like the amount of time light takes to travel in reflecting off of infinite mirrors. From that, I involved myself in meditation practice and every action became just that, meditation. An interest in unconscious states grew and I read more and more about dreams, specifically musical dreams. Are we creative when we sleep? What causes the music we have in our dreams? And then I was subsequently turned on to the work of Pierre Boulez and surrealism. Bam. That's still kind of where I'm at. Not that I'm stuck at some point. But that is about as clear as I can explain myself. Completely irrational, but as clear as can be. I suppose if you really want, you can listen to two surrealist pieces I arranged in Max/MSP at www.myspace.com/magnifeye
But the best way to know would be to ask.

PHILOSOPHY

JE NE SUIS PAS SEUL

par Paul Eluard

Chargée
De fruits légers aux lèvres
Parée
De mille fleurs variées
Glorieuse
Dans les bras du soleil
Heureuse
D'un oiseau familier
Ravie
D'une goutte de pluie
Plus belle
Que le ciel du matin
Fidèle

Je parle d'un jardin
Je rêve

Mais j'aime justement.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

As of yet, I have couchsurfed only once, but even so, in my opinion, it's absolutely genius. If I ever have a couch and comfortable abode of my own, it will open to all those 'round the world.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

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Interests

sound and words
contrasting elements
'round midnight
the unknown, the unconscious

jazz and poetry

• poetry
• causes
• meditation
• flying
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

monk, bird, trane, miles, jj, sonny, roach, lots of cats

poetry s'good, non? Recently I read a couple books by Italo Calvino. So good...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Going to sleep in the wilderness listening to "A Love Supreme" over and over. Doesn't sound all that amazing, but for me, such a simple experience was something "amazing".

Teach, Learn, Share

practice, folks. You are your own lifelong teacher.