The wonder of a sleeping park, enveloped in the mist Where space and time and matter amorphously exist The air has slowed to a halt and rests without a stir The trees have ceased their shimmying and quietly concur Disembodied voices, the barking of a dog Softened by the dampened air, a muffler of fogContinue reading “The Cloud of Unknowing”
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Why Do Men Build Walls?
“The heart of the wall is where the unloveliest material resides, shoved in with less artifice to fill out the construction. But this is also a place of refuge, the voids between stones providing cover for invertebrates. As we worked, ants, beetles and spiders would often rush out from within when we disturbed their havens.”
Ambient Icon: Brian Eno’s ‘Music for Airports’
Many years ago, Brian Eno walked into a building in Germany and felt uplifted. The building was a marvel of contemporary architecture, elegant and spacious with glass walls allowing sunlight to completely flood the interior. The building happened to be an airport. As Eno took in the scene, there was just one thing spoiling itContinue reading “Ambient Icon: Brian Eno’s ‘Music for Airports’”
Under The Radar
To all members of the soiled siblinghood who cling to the city streets, that feral fraternity bequeathed to us by Madame Thatcher, for whom the park bench is a couch and the church steps a social club, who live alongside our absurd society and happen to be addicted to the wrong things… To these homelessContinue reading “Under The Radar”
The Polyphonic Spree – Live Review – 5/6/2014
I was on route from a meditation class. Sitting with my dharma chums before a golden buddha, I was on the verge of getting somewhere, but I had to cut short the session and catch a more immediate form of transcendence – the Liverpool return of The Polyphonic Spree. If you are a musician, there’sContinue reading “The Polyphonic Spree – Live Review – 5/6/2014”
How to Beat Facebook Addiction – The Jack Kerouac Method
I must get back that copy of Jack Kerouac’s The Dharma Bums that I lent to my friend Tobias. I keep thinking about it – it’s one of the most significant books I’ve read recently, and here’s why: it cured me of my facebook habit. For the two or three weeks it took me toContinue reading “How to Beat Facebook Addiction – The Jack Kerouac Method”
Tom George 