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Submitted by Jim Crutchfield on Thursday, 07/10/2014 12:12pm
Rather odd, but I find myself having to be an advocate for time. Things come into being through time. And so, to my mind, time is important. And, for that matter, time shouldn't need championing. Many scientific colleagues, if confronted, would agree, but then turn right around and work as if all was static, given as is. If I say "pattern", what comes to mind is an image. (We're such visually evolved beings … we think.) Patterns in time are there, too, and perhaps even more important. Certainly, through music we know this.

Lost #2

Submitted by Donna Sternberg on Tuesday, 07/08/2014 9:29pm
galaxyDetermined not to be cowed by my first hike, I started out again this morning, albeit on a safer route. My thoughts turned again to lost - being lost, feeling lost.  We live in what we think is reality, but the Eastern mystics maintain it is an illusion.  Pierce the veil of maya, or the illusion of reality, and you see it for what it is - an illusion.

not a trick question, but

Submitted by Ari Frankel on Monday, 07/07/2014 9:33pm

I have finally chosen one of the 5-6 projects floating through my musical mind to focus on developing.  Or perhaps it chose me.  That doesn't matter just now.  I should be able to complete it during this exciting residency.  And while it is a bit early to speak about it in detail, I do want to share one 1'15" movement I've composed yesterday here.  Its working title is tight but it may end up not having any more than a movement #X heading.

Here Come the Scientists and Artists! (Braced for impact)

Submitted by Laura on Monday, 07/07/2014 4:22pm

As you might expect, my job as the Resident Manager at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program is heavily influenced by the personalities and needs of the rotating artists in residence. Usually this means I’m surrounded by inspiring, generous, and interesting people. Those are the 99% (and let’s not talk about those 1%). After 2 ½ years here I generally know what to expect and am pretty comfortable with our little routine. But what about this Scientists/Artists mix?? What would it be like? Scientists come with variables unknown to our staff, and it made me nervous. Are they community minded?

Dinner

Submitted by Meredith Tromble on Monday, 07/07/2014 3:03pm
After the live music, we made quick studio visits. Watching Mandelbrot sets in Jim's studio. Counterclockwise from Jim, in foreground: Meredith, Henry, Anwyl, and Dawn. Photo: Ari Frankel

Time

Submitted by Donna Sternberg on Saturday, 07/05/2014 10:35pm
tori-slideshowThe gift of time becomes evident when you step out of your familiar routine.  Time approaches the fluid state, evolving from the linear progression in which we normally view it.  I have been given the gift of time while at a residency at Djerassi, the time to "just be".

The First Day

Submitted by Charlotte Jacobs on Saturday, 07/05/2014 8:57pm
At breakfast an engineer tells me about his plans to write a book on the science of art materials, observations that will influence the way many of us think about art. While hiking in some of the most beautiful hills in California, a poet, originally from Sri Lanka, explains how poetry can help heal the wounds of war.  It gets me thinking of a new way to approach my patients who suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome.  Over dinner, a geologist describes her work in Antarctica, studying the bacteria found deep in the ice-encrusted lakes and their amazing art forms.

Breakthrough

Submitted by Meredith Tromble on Saturday, 07/05/2014 2:59pm
Dawn working on Dream Vortex Prototype 4 in her Middlebrook Studio at the Djerassi Resident Artists program. Dawn working on Dream Vortex Prototype 4 in her Middlebrook Studio at the Djerassi Resident Artists program.