Giving In To Astonishment
(I'll be making this available as author-read audio; email me at michaelgarfield at gmail dot com if you are interested in a copy.) Giving In To Astonishment: Scenes From Burning Man’s American Dream “The myth... More »
(I'll be making this available as author-read audio; email me at michaelgarfield at gmail dot com if you are interested in a copy.) Giving In To Astonishment: Scenes From Burning Man’s American Dream “The myth... More »
Normally I don't do this. Normally I don't dip into the bedlam of internet discussion forums. They're engaging, but only until you realize that pearl diving in a flame storm is usually fruitless. Bless the... More »
Form Is Emptiness, Emptiness Is Form [Here are links to Part One & Part Two of this interview, highly recommended if you intend to make sense of the lingo. And immediately below is the audio... More »
[Continued from Part 1 . I highly recommend that you read these in order, as a great number of confusing terms are explained in annotations throughout the interview. The audio for Part Two is available... More »
I recently had the immense honor of interviewing author and philosopher Ken Wilber , known worldwide as the premier living philosopher of integral theory and the pioneer of the AQAL Model . For over thirty-five... More »
This blog inaugurates the visionary music interview series I'll be starting on this blog. The goal is to bring you the fresh ideas of musicians, philosophers, and other luminous minds whose unique insight into the... More »
Guys. I am so excited. My dry academic veneer has been pierced and I'm bleeding all over the upholstery in joy. My friend Paul Lonely (awesome interview with him here ) is about to celebrate... More »
As a primer for my forthcoming interview with integral philosopher Ken Wilber - and because I like to consider myself an "integral artist" - I need to properly situate things with a definition of "integral... More »
There are at least three levels of motivation for making a funeral mix. As I have mentioned, personal comfort - planning-as-insulation from an intensely impartial and unforgiving void - is one. But beyond the narrow... More »
With this entry, I'll be commenting on the sage wisdom of visionary composer Arvo Pärt. Pärt's minimalist soundscapes are a major feature of the Twentieth Century's musical terrain; his is a particularly windblown and barren,... More »