Music and “Ma”(間)
By setting boundaries, not as a limitation but as a framework, one can find infinite sensory potential in time and space. 間 can serve as an antidote to greed and the modern addiction to speed, efficiency, stimulation and abundance.
The Intro to my Memoir
Music is a practice to celebrate our interconnectedness by reinforcing our nature as social animals in a communal harmonic resonance. Let the power of music heal us all.
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Music in the Age of AI
AI-generated music is like chewing gum. It may have the flavor. It may relieve your sense of hunger for a moment or two. But just as chewing gum will not sustain us, AI-generated music alone will starve us to death.
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The Future of Education
We no longer need schools to memorize facts and disseminate standardized worldviews. What we need are the time/space/community to brainstorm as allies facing shared challenges, creating synergy in our joint venture.
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On the 80th Summer
I was about seven years old, when I read the picture book, “Hiroshima no Pika,” by Maruki Toshi. The word pika is a Japanese onomatopoeia for flashing light. It came to refer to how the Hibakushas experienced the atomic bombs. The book follows 7-year-old Mii, and her parents. The watercolor illustrations of the family experiences
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