November update

Posted on November 19, 2015 by David — Leave a reply

I’ve been busy making music for a couple of other projects, so this blog has been neglected. I’m ready to jump back in. Things are continuing to progress nicely. The Continue Reading →

Recording at Walden Pond a success

Posted on September 17, 2015 by David — Leave a reply

I traveled to Walden Pond on August 28 & 29 to collect field recordings for Not Less Than the Good. It was an amazing experience. I am not a morning Continue Reading →

The Sounding Woods

Posted on August 27, 2015 by David — 2 Comments ↓

Yesterday, I wrote these words in my notebook: I am sitting in a park. To be honest, calling this place a park is being generous. I’m in a public space Continue Reading →

The Insect in the Table

Posted on August 16, 2015 by David — Leave a reply

Thoreau closes Walden with a simple image of an insect hatching from within old wooden table. It’s a beautiful metaphor for the potential appearance of something amazing and surprising in Continue Reading →

The morning wind

Posted on July 6, 2015 by David — Leave a reply

I’m rereading sections of Walden and was struck by this: The winds which passed over my dwelling were such as sweep over the ridges of mountains, bearing the broken strains, Continue Reading →

American Cynicism

Posted on June 29, 2015 by David — Leave a reply

I’m continuing to read Thoreau’s Importance for Philosophy. I just finished a fascinating article by Douglas R Anderson titled “An Emerson Gone Mad: Thoreau’s American Cynicism.” Anderson views Thoreau as Continue Reading →

Blessing

Posted on June 23, 2015 by David — Leave a reply

I’m still in the process of gathering text for Not Less Than the Good. I know that I want to conclude with a blessing, and this is the text that Continue Reading →

A lifestyle of philosophy

Posted on June 3, 2015 by David — Leave a reply

There are nowadays professors of philosophy, but not philosophers. Yet it is admirable to profess because it was once admirable to live. To be a philosopher is not merely to Continue Reading →

In praise of morning

Posted on May 17, 2015 by David — Leave a reply

  Thoreau writes about morning a couple of times in Walden. His praise for the early hours, and his use of dawn as a metaphor urging us to awaken our Continue Reading →

Introducing Not Less Than the Good

Posted on May 12, 2015 by David — 1 Comment ↓

I’m working on a new music project called Not Less Than the Good, based on Thoreau’s Walden. It’s going to be for New Thread Quartet (a NYC saxophone ensemble) with Continue Reading →