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A Night Out

Submitted by Dawn Sumner on Monday, 07/14/2014 6:58am
"camp" Full moon (behind fog) Estaciones de Luz Walled in Rain under trees Great horned owls One scuttling animal Still no moon Damp morning Squirrel squabble Mourning dove Misting misting misting

Dream Vortex, Djerassi Draft One

Submitted by Dawn Sumner on Saturday, 07/12/2014 12:22pm
Meredith Tromble and I have been working on the Dream Vortex for a bit over three years - or I should say we started the project three years ago.  We’ve made some progress but approaching the vision for the project has been variously limited by too little time and limited software capabilities.

Travels

Submitted by Devavani Chatterjea on Friday, 07/11/2014 9:41am
To enter another world you must first find an opening …baby, air and light and time and space have nothing to do with it. - Charles Bukowski treepixels Hemetca Sii, Anthony Heinz-May, 2014  

Process process

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?