• On The Edge, an awesome four-part BBC series on improvisation written by Derek Bailey (1930-2005) that surveys a range of music making. • An article about waking and creativity. “What is it about walking, in particular, that makes it so amenable to thinking and writing? The answer begins with changes to our chemistry.” •… Continue reading

• A very short film showing starlings flying in synchrony. • An article on writing, walking, and freedom. “There was only the track, or the idea of it. The way forward was often unclear, the trail ambiguous and sometimes impossible to see. Like writing, it was infuriating and freeing, terrifying, and absolutely necessary to me.”… Continue reading

• A brief video on a composer’s music and the intersection of music and food. • Brian Eno’s lecture “The Recording Studio As Compositional Tool”: • A critic discusses his life as a failed artist. “My work had something of the timeless beauty of older geometries and hermetic diagrams and illustration. The colors were pretty.… Continue reading

• Another interview with Harold Budd. “‘My preferred way of working at the moment is improvisation, but not just anything,’ Budd says. ‘I want it to be grounded in something that’s feasible, organic and personal. I try to direct it towards specific goals. To make it sound pretty, frankly – if I can use that… Continue reading

• A magisterial article by a most influential architect, Christopher Alexander. “Taking architecture seriously leads us to the proper treatment of tiny details, to an understanding of the unfolding whole, and to an understanding—mystical in part—of the entity that underpins that wholeness. The path of architecture thus leads inexorably towards a renewed understanding of God.… Continue reading

• A short documentary about free jazz. “Part of the creativity is in the listening.” • A brief article about how hearing the human voice is multisensory. “We rely on a panoply of sensory experiences to navigate the medium of sound. The multisensory ensemble helps us to discuss a speaker’s emotions and feelings through the… Continue reading

• A short video about creativity versus conformity. • An interview with musician Colleen. “Stone carving taught me that the important thing is to work. My teacher started her day at eight. She worked in a very small garden in suburban Paris. No computer, no internet, nothing. I thought, This is how you get things… Continue reading

• Alan Watts makes a musical analogy. • A food critic interviews himself about how he came by his views of a restaurant. “Because [chef] Jordan Kahn is playing with modes of dining that have never before been articulated. Because months after your meal, images and juxtapositions will flash through your thoughts, as vivid as… Continue reading