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HOMOLOGY
CloudPillows | November 7th 2008 by Tim
Tentacles of longing,Stretching out,Blindly,Into the murky unknown,A sometimes alien worldOf unfamiliarAnd paradox,Reaching,Praying,Stumbling,Suddenly a touch,A tender warmth,A hand that holdsBut does not grasp.Beneath a dark horizon,Undeniably and a read more
I Love Your Blog Award
Smoke Signals | October 16th 2008 by Tim
I am completely bowled over - to have received this . . .. . . from CarolinaZ - whose deliciously haunting style I have enjoyed for some while now.Thank you CarolinaZ - I am honoured and thrilled, simultaneously.And so, not wishing to thwart the cent read more
The Zeitgeist Movement
Smoke Signals | October 9th 2008 by Tim
Who are Zeitgeist Movement?If it did not exist, would we need to invent such a movement?Do the times we live in require an organised solution?Picture courtesy The Venus ProjectI have just spent a couple of hours watching a film that was linked to me read more
A Journey, Love & Abuse.
Smoke Signals | October 4th 2008 by Tim
What started my mind whirring in the direction that resulted in this post being written?Photograph courtesy JJLeeming abd.org.ukQuite simply - a journey.Driving home after a Saturday morning doing some work - it's a lovely sunny day.Faced with the c read more
NONE OTHER
CloudPillows | September 23rd 2008 by Tim
There is none other,Sister, Brother,Watching nowFrom out those eyes,There is none other,Father, Mother,All of lifeWithin you lies,And none who questionFind that nameIn libertySo unprescribed,Yet blesséd areTo ask the sameIn loveSo vast and undenied, read more
Babel
Smoke Signals | September 14th 2008 by Tim
The Tower of Babel by Pieter Breugel - courtesy de-conversion.comPlease click on pictures to enlarge.The traditional representation of the Tower of Babel is that it depicts diverse nations, the multitude of races - in an apparently confused and futi read more
SEA AND SAND
CloudPillows | September 14th 2008 by Tim
King CanuteAnd Dorian GrayAs ghostly spirits,Met one dayAnd walked the sandThen swum the sea,Hand in handFor company.And no disputeBetween them lay,A new agreementHolding swayAs they walked the sandAnd swum the sea,HistoryAnd fantasy,Each resoluteIn read more
TALL STORIES
Smoke Signals | August 22nd 2008 by Tim
TRELLICK TOWER(Photograph courtesy of London Open House)Whenever I come across photographs of this groundbreaking building - a host of memories come flooding back.I lived there for about a year in the 1970's - in fact the family I lived with must hav read more
Bloggus Septimius. 1 - Introduction
Smoke Signals | August 9th 2008 by Tim
We find our unlikely hero languidly supine upon damp, hard cobblestones that are the cold floor of a cell - behind walls of unpenetrable thickness, isolating the prisoners captive in this Roman jail from their liberty.Breathing, instead of the blosso read more
COUNTER-CULTURE
Smoke Signals | August 8th 2008 by Tim
Please do not propagate my mediocrity,Resist the artificial hasteningOf my fifteen minutes of fame,Do not digg my daily dalliances.Stumble not upon my Stygian stupidities,And I shall avoid the agar of optimisationLest my uncultured concerns become a read more
WHO KNOWS?
Smoke Signals | August 3rd 2008 by Tim
Have you ever laid on the ground, it's a beautiful, cloudless summer day - and instead of looking up at the sky - just for a moment, imagine that you are looking down at it . . .We spend the majority of our time with our individual awareness focused read more
TAGGED!
Smoke Signals | July 30th 2008 by Tim
Help! Oh my goodness - I've been tagged!This has never happened before - it's a meme - "10 things that make me happy."Thank you Lucy Lopez for passing it on to me.Well - it's quite strange when it comes to actually focussing on happiness, what exactl read more
SHADES OF EUPHEMY
Smoke Signals | July 18th 2008 by Tim
Words are a type of currency - tokens.With the spoken or written word we engage in an exchange - communication - whereby the currency we use transfers its real value.The real worth of words is in the ideas that they carry - single words or many words read more
THE NORM
Smoke Signals | July 17th 2008 by Tim
"Why can't you be normal?"How many times have I heard that said, to me. The trouble is, nobody has ever explained quite what it is to be normal.I would have to take an average, of all the various versions of "me" that exist, in the infinity of paral read more
The Way of The Pianist
The Way of The Pianist | July 7th 2008 by Tim
To You, dear student, in your sincere search for perfection.Throughout this book , I will be treating you as a great friend, and offer these thoughts, discoveries, ideologies and scientific analyses to simply plant seeds in the fertile soil of your c read more
The Way
The Way of The Pianist | July 6th 2008 by Tim
Another useful phrase to remember . . ."Einmal ist Keinmal"I remember that from a novel and the translation is "Once is as if it were Never."Or put another way, some people will practice only until they get it right, but there are others who will pra read more
General Principles
The Way of The Pianist | July 5th 2008 by Tim
First and last rule: There are no rules here, only observations. If I can help you to make them your own observations, and you find something worthwhile or useful, it is yours forever.Golden rule: Never undervalue your own creativity, in either the s read more
Object of Concentration
The Way of The Pianist | July 4th 2008 by Tim
So, the practice object is what we set out to absorb.What that object is will be defined by musical phrase, spatial movement, fingering sequence, tonal balance or any of those in combination. It could be anything that requires special attention, for read more
Questions
The Way of The Pianist | July 3rd 2008 by Tim
Awareness during your practice sessions will bring to light many insightful questions and answers about yourself.Try to not play incorrectly at all.A tall request you may think, but your time is valuable and not a commodity to be squandered, so you o read more
Apprehension
The Way of The Pianist | July 2nd 2008 by Tim
Relaxing into the here and now is the doorway into that world of potential.You will then be able to avoid the pitfalls of tension and fear.We all have fears of many kinds, some that may appear to be useful in terms of survival, and some that we carry read more
Growth
The Way of The Pianist | July 1st 2008 by Tim
General principal of growth: Growth must mean that we are alive.How incredibly, ineffably wonderful that is! We all grow at a pace that is perfect for us. Anything that is force fed or artificially hastened will incorporate weaknesses. So let us acce read more
Reading Music
The Way of The Pianist | June 30th 2008 by Tim
I have all manner of topics to present to your mind for your consideration and at this point, I wish to step aside a moment from the main thrust of this discourse, which is your approach to playing, and put before you the subject of reading music.Tra read more
Energy Flow
The Way of The Pianist | June 28th 2008 by Tim
We have touched here on the fundamental issue in playing the piano. I shall put it in capitals to imprint it firmly on your mind.ENERGY FLOWIt goes without saying that nothing exists without energy, no pianos, no books of music, no composers and sadl read more
The Teacher Within
The Way of The Pianist | June 27th 2008 by Tim
OK, as promised, I'll introduce your friend for the journey.A moment of quiet reflection will lead quite simply, profoundly, yet effortlessly, to an understanding that you are a part of this magnificent Reality. The pure magic of existence. You will read more
The System of Music
The Way of The Pianist | June 26th 2008 by Tim
Music is quite remarkable in its ability to portray the world we live in. Not only in terms of TIME and SPACE but also in Human Emotional terms.From the playful to the sombre, from joy to melancholy, celebrational to mournful and all the variety betw read more
A Mini-Glossary
The Way of The Pianist | June 25th 2008 by Tim
SCALE : A series of notes in alphabetical order, ascending or descending.MAJOR SCALE : A series of notes (as above) that define a major key.The degrees of a major scale can be described in ascending order as: Tonic, Supertonic, (above the tonic) Medi read more
The Mandala of Keys
The Way of The Pianist | June 23rd 2008 by Tim
Let us examine the system of the keys. It is a very worthwhile exercise, and can lead to a broad understanding of the way that the twelve semi-tones that we have divided the octave into relate to each other.Firstly let us understand that this is our read more
Magnetic Semitones
The Way of The Pianist | June 21st 2008 by Tim
Perhaps you will have already noticed a symmetry within the major scale.The first four notes being identically constructed as the second four.These are often referred to as the two tetrachords.Each consists of two tones and one semitone, and are sepa read more
The Rhythm Is Life
The Way of The Pianist | June 19th 2008 by Tim
Music at the piano can be so wonderfully fulfilling. Perhaps the reason for this lies in the fact that at the piano, one performer, that is you my dear friend, can represent a very whole and complete balance of the triune nature of music.The three se read more
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