writings

> "i have nothing to say and i am saying it and that is poetry as i need it." --j.cage

mechanical time keepers (20230116)

i have lately begun to think again about metronome time- and how useful it can be inside and outside of various (musical) contexts.

despite any evidence to the contrary, humans are not machines; accordingly, the sounds some humans may listen carefully to for various reasons (this is "music") also should not be made for machines. so a mechanical tempo is not as fitting for humans as a human controlled tempo (which means changes (irregularities)).

> "i am the fucking click!" ringo star to jeff lynne

as a final thought, let me say that a "steady" tempo can be a good thing- i like to dance as much as the next being. but a steady tempo can be a human tempo too: and not simply a mechanical function.

20230107

she only wants to talk about our relatives or the church

(topics i abhor)

no reason to call

(again)

20221216

reading my food diary

thinking it could be poetic

listening to ambient sounds

thinking they could be musical

looking out my window at the moiré patterns on the wet screen

thinking they could be artistic

( all mind )