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Notes On Practice As Repetition Without Repetition
In the 1920s, Nikolai Bernstein, a mostly self-taught neurophysiologist and pioneer in the field of motor control, studied the movements of blacksmiths at Moscow’s Central Institute of Labor. Bernstein used cyclographic photography techniques to track the motions used to cut metal with a chisel and hammer. (See photo above.) His research showed how repeating movements… Continue reading
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Art About Music: Vida Gabor’s “Old Friends” (1955)
(The artist was also a musician: he was a flute soloist with the Budapest Opera for over twenty years.) Continue reading
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Across Moments
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Resonant Thoughts: Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s “The Bed of Procrustes” (2010)
“Knowledge is subtractive, not additive—what we subtract (reduction by what does not work, what not to do), not what we add (what to do).” “By setting oneself totally free of constraints, free of thoughts, free of this debilitating activity called work, free of efforts, elements hidden in the texture of reality start staring at you;… Continue reading
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Brett’s Sound Picks: Loraine James’ “On the Lake Outside” (2021)
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