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Rough Cut Palestrina

Submitted by admin on Fri, 06/10/2011 - 20:11

It’s a neat trick: some people come in off the street, settle in some chairs, and invisibly align their diverse attentions to transform from a crowd to a choir.

Singing requires a body

Submitted by admin on Fri, 06/10/2011 - 12:00

By day I’m a librarian, doing librarian things and website things. Temperamentally, as my wife and two boys will confirm, I’m a little uptight. Physiologically, I live the life of a micro-serf, atrophying before a screen. None of this helps the act of singing, which requires that the body loosen and expand into space. The singer, in turn, must open out from whatever cramped existence he or she lives and, over time, learn to flow. I find the process fascinating, and not the least straightforward.

High school ruins

Submitted by admin on Sat, 11/21/2009 - 01:57

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The Ewan files 7: 1 year on earth

Submitted by admin on Sat, 02/09/2008 - 03:10

In approximately two hours, our son will commence his 366th day in the external world. Much more has happened than I have been able to keep up with in words, relying on some photos to capture changes and to do memory’s heavy lifting.

The Ewan files 6: Synapses firing

Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/10/2007 - 01:32

Synapses firingEvery day he fights to become less alienated from the world. He alternates between battling to know, and wanting comfort and rest to process what he sees. He hasn’t yet found the deep comfort of repetition—endless peekaboo and books worn out of their bindings—but he leans toward that.

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