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Oh, Irony!: An Ode
Michael
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 »
You Have To Be In Love: MG Interviews Ken Wilber, Part Three
Michael
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 »
Complex Coherence: MG Interviews Ken Wilber, Part Two
Michael
[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 »
Art Beyond Irony: MG Interviews Ken Wilber, Part One
Michael
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 »
Interview: Scott Johnson of the Positive Music Association
Michael
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 »
Upcoming L.A. Integral Art Party, 9 February 2008
Michael
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 »
What Is Integral Art? (or, How To Spot An Integral Artist)
Michael
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 »
The Soundtrack To Your Funeral, Part III: Do It For The World
Michael
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 »
The Fullness of Emptiness: Riffing on Arvo Pärt
Michael
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 »
Visionary Instruments: the Light Harp & egalitarian creativity
Michael
"We are the music makers, the dreamers of dreams." - Arthur O'Shaughnessy I recently discovered another new instrument designed for use by more than one person: Jen Lewin 's ultra-cool Light Harp . Starting with... More »
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