Armchair Metaphysics

A dark but brief overview, a solution born of grace, and a need for donations/philanthropy. (This began as a simple update to my Contact/Donations page for the new website--going LIVE on 10/1!!--but clearly I have some things on, or in, my mind...) Lodged at the shadowy intersection of The Arts, Entertainment, Education and "Other," the current [...]

The 5 Elements of Zen Shakuhachi, the way of big breathing bamboo In entry 1,  I refer to "all the elements of this path" and here is an overview that I have arrived at after 16 years of deep involvement.  Each intention, action, and tone on shakuhachi contains all of these 5 important elements, and the lists below [...]

In teaching woodwinds for 20 years, and primarily (and ultimately, only) shakuhachi for the past 7 years, I have seen a trend in Incorrect View.  This usually treats value or "success" in one's shakuhachi endeavors  as a kind of equation directly calculated on results.  Results such as: I can or can't play Song X or Note Y. [...]

Outside the mainstream and rejected by the avant-garde.  My own experience is music as a force of nature, not only as a figment of a corrupt human psyche. Because I come up with unusual project concepts and deeply embrace rare instruments and topics, most of the music I have created or helped to create over the [...]