Tag: Art
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Can You Wiggle Your Voice?
Can You Wiggle Your Voice Can you wiggle your voiceSome can, some can’t, but I canThough I guess that’sTechnically incorrectThey call it vibrato Is that ‘vibe’ with an ‘auto’Like ‘auto-tune’ or ‘autoimmune’ Or just a random waveSound waving upAnd down orIn and out orRound and round Or, perhaps, just a vocal ‘wiggle’ –LE – 6/25/25
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Perception
Perception All sentience reliesOn perceptions forSurvival But in the case of humansIt’s mostly mis-perceptionsEven to those from the sameFamilies and communities There are theUnconsciousAssumptionsPrejudicesAnd fantasiesBased on the ‘invisible’HormonesPheromones And let’s not forgetIndoctrination andConditioning Even with millions ofDictionaries and thesauriHumans mis-perceiveMore often than notBoth intentionallyAnd not. The thread of human historySeems a continuousStitching of mis-perceptionsSince our…
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Hey, Diddle, Diddle
Hey, diddle, diddleThe cat and fiddle… So did the cat, the cow, or the little dog run away with the spoon? I guess you’ll have to recite the whole nursery rhyme to remember…; -) –LE – 6/23/25
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Memoir Addendum – On Listening
When I try to explain this to people, they usually don’t listen, and I suspect, don’t really care. They are more interested in bulldozing their own personal perspectives through, looking for acquiescence, and not interested in anything that might differ. On Listening And Hopefully Understanding There’s a trick to audio learning. I didn’t invent it,…
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My Favorite Music
My Favorite Music Bass lines that rumble theDeep foundations of my beingWith highs like butterflies on the wingCause a fundamental shiftIn awareness Some inspires dancing spontaneousLike no one’s watchingOr deep contemplation ofHamonics and overtonesAnd some’s just for Relaxing, meditating And yes, there’s room forHeadbangingIf you’re really in the moodWords may give someSpecial meanings But are…
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A Story From My Childhood
A Story From My Childhood When I was a child, my dad would tell us a story on ‘dark’ nights: It was a dark and stormy nightThree bold, bad robbersSat around a campfireFinally, one stood up and said“I say, Bill, tell us a story”So Bill began “It was a dark and stormy nightThree bold, bad…
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Older Flamenco And Nouveau
I’ve never seen a flamenco dancer live, but have seen them on TV. So, seeing a live performance is on my bucket list. But the peotry and representations in art facinate me. I’ve even tried painting a couple myself… But first, here’s one from one of my favorite poets, Rainer Maria Rilke: The Spanish Dancerby…
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Response To An Old Prompt
There was a prompt a while back: Have you had any broken bones? And I’ve decided to ‘riff’ on it a bit… In short, the answer is yes… Way more than I’d like to admit… Having been a Judo tournament competitor for more than 40 years, not to mention the daredevil inclinations and exploits of…
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Sol’s QR Coding
Sol’s QR codingTaurus projected – dappledshadows under trees shadows of yellowpalo verde blossoms rainetch the QR code –LE – 5/3/25
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Another Memoir Memory
Crush On A Greek Goddess Antoinette my half-hour violin lessonfollows her’sI’m sitting in the professor’swaiting room – hiskitchenhis apartment’s mainroom – his studioI hear her playingbeautifully my turnshe comes out aGreek goddess tallclassically beautifullooking only at the kitchenexit to the hallwayshe heads straight forit looking neitherleft nor right knowing of my crushshe purposefullywalks by ignoringthis…
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