Walden and the Gift Cycle
I’ve taken a break from reading about Walden to read Lewis Hyde’s The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property. This is an intriguing book that examines the place Continue Reading →
I’ve taken a break from reading about Walden to read Lewis Hyde’s The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property. This is an intriguing book that examines the place Continue Reading →
As of right now, this is the full script for Not Less Than the Good. (1) Invitatory [chapter 2, paragraph 14] The morning, which is the most memorable season of Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →