Category Archives: Explications

Explications of poems

Box of Strings

Box of Strings
After years of collecting guitars and the styles of playing them, I have compiled a collection of pieces that is diverse in style and range. The 10 tracks feature playing in Lap Steel, Hawaiian Slack Key, Celtic DADGAD, Nashville Tuning, Baritone, 12-String, and Cross-Tuning. Most tracks were recorded in a single take, in the improvisational style…
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Readings

Readings
Hayden's Dream was written for a presentation on destiny within the landscape for the Vermont Institute of Contemporary Arts. I have often been asked to read my material, and just as often if I have recordings of them. I have created a set of readings with music as they are presented in installations and events. This set includes Hayden's Dream,…
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Stardust

Stardust
Each year, tons of meteorites fall on the earth. Many of them fall into the ocean, and most others never reach the surface. Despite their spectacular appearance, they are almost always small objects, traveling at a high rate of speed, and their appearance is very brief. Even the slowest are moving at a rate of…
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Within Reach

Within Reach
1. Hosomi--Slenderness   left me to woo the moon --first firefly . . .   2. Shibumi --Astringency   they grow lean; fireflies learning of love     3. Yugen ––Beauty suffused with ineffable mystery   these shooting stars! even fireflies are watching     4. Transcendence   without regret ––at once every firefly!  …
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