I am generally not one to obsess over much in life. But when it comes to music or any related manifestation of it, I can be a maniac.  Few things move me like music does – so it is no surprise that these three music-related art projects have got me all up in a tizzy.  Check ‘em out, guys – two thumbs up!
Music Philosophy Project
The writers at BrainPickings couldn’t have said it any better. Or, mostly, I couldn’t have said it any better. Music is the “quintessential vehicle for modern …

I woke up this morning and just wasn’t myself – whatever that means. Emerging from my makeshift bed fort of pillows felt like an out-of-body experience. Tripping over a half-packed suitcase – well, that was nothing new to me. It wasn’t the fact that the chain-smoking couple next door was using my patio as their ashtray, and it certainly wasn’t a case of the illusive vodka-induced hangover. It was just one of those moments when I couldn’t connect the dots – kind of like when you flip …

As 2008 dwindles into oblivion, I can not help but reflect on the year’s happenings.  It seems that as we get older, our Earth circles the Sun at an exponential pace.  The fogginess of days behind us becomes increasingly impenetrable, and we begin to accept far too quickly where we are and who we have become.  
I have always been insistent that every moment we live is worthy of our remembrance, that without maintaining some grasp over the ostensibly random episodes of our lives, true self-awareness would be nearly impossible.  As I …