April 17ths

4/17/1997

Interesting piece on PBS on Ed Paschke. He was talking about the “inner” world of art, which stands in stark contrast to the “common” man.  

[Absolutely love Paschke--a Chicago artist. There's nothing that comes close to his uniqueness. It certainly wasn't common, but he was kind of a regular guy]. [More]. Interesting what he says about the effect of ambient sounds and music on the creative process]

 

Guitao (sic)

An idea for 4/17 based on diary entries--most likely to be atmospheric in its production. Essentially, Music For Places.

4/17/1998

Book: Vernacular Landscape by John B. Jackson. Book of essays drawn from lectures about the application of various disciplines to the development of environments.

4/17/2010

Interesting: Even though Stravinsky spent most of his life outside Russia, he always considered himself deeply rooted in his homeland. The music sounds like the product of cultural deracination, but is nostalgic at its core. He said, "I have spoken Russian all my life. I think in Russian, my way of expressing myself is Russian. Perhaps this is not immediately apparent in my music, but it is latent there, a part of its hidden nature." (Childhood is not necessarily the ground your life is built upon, but rather the pedestal on which the statue of your life sits.) 

The distilled poem idea:

The power of a word to define us
Rooted in a homeland
Returning to the shore

A vernacular landscape
A lexical landscape

Extending things beyond their completeness
A part of a hidden nature
Is a childhood at the core

The statue of a life on a pedestal
Cultural deracination
Is nostalgic at the core
 

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4/17/2013

A fine dusting of snow.