https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJj1V0sUbxA It's a real thing: I've recorded an EP (thanks to Nickels Hawkeye!), and it's almost out there. It's called GOTTA GO ON, and there are five tracks available. Nickels was great to work with and did really quality engineering on the project, and while it's not perfect (in terms of my own performance), much …
100 Things I Know #5 – Meaning Will Not Be Found. It Must Be Made.
Though we stumble upon moments when our lives cohere and suddenly all the our experiences make sense, and these moments often feel as if we’ve discovered an empirical reality that was there all along, the truth is that these moments are moments of our own story-telling, moments we have made. There are facts, and then …
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The Seriousness of Delight
I posted a question on my Facebook page this morning: “When you hear the word delight, what’s the first thing that comes to mind?” Not unexpectedly, the winners were things related to children, laughter, music, and culinary treats. And “Turkish.” I experienced something this week that has me thinking more seriously about this seemingly airy …
It’s Already Been Done: A Particular Lie
At any given moment, there are millions of artists and craftspeople working around the world, making things that may or may not have any pragmatic use (depending on how you define pragmatics), and for most of human history, those artists worked in small corners, unnoticed except by the few. Not so today, thankfully. An explosion …
Poetry Tuesday: 100,000 Words
The most significant writing I did in 2012? Hard to say yet, but here’s one contender: over one hundred thousand words in lines of free verse tetrameter. 100,000 words in sessions of 15-20 minutes a day 5-6 times a week. Had no idea until I transferred all of it into Word files. Is it any …
JEFF BERRYMAN 