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    • 1. Task Avoidance
    • 2. Waste Books
    • 3. Abortive Attempts
    • 4. Gestalt
    • 5. Successive Approximation
    • 6. Ritual
    • 7. Steal from the Best
    • 8. Audience
    • 9. Abandonment
    • Self Assessment
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    • The Book
    • Young Person's Guide
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    • GALAXY
    • GALAXY Soundtrack
    • March from the Dark Side
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Lichtenbergianism
  • Home/
  • What?/
    • Lichtenbergianism: Step 1
    • Lichtenbergianism: Step 2
    • Glossary
  • Blog/
  • The Nine Precepts/
    • 0. The Airport Version
    • 1. Task Avoidance
    • 2. Waste Books
    • 3. Abortive Attempts
    • 4. Gestalt
    • 5. Successive Approximation
    • 6. Ritual
    • 7. Steal from the Best
    • 8. Audience
    • 9. Abandonment
    • Self Assessment
  • The Books/
    • The Book
    • Young Person's Guide
  • About/Now/
  • Burn Projects/
    • GALAXY
    • GALAXY Soundtrack
    • March from the Dark Side
  • Contact/Hire Me/
March 16, 2026

Go for a walk.

March 16, 2026/ Dale Lyles
Go for a walk.

In which I explain why you should stop working and go for a walk…

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Lichtenbergianism
Task Avoidance, Ritual
March 09, 2026

Piano works

March 09, 2026/ Dale Lyles
Piano works

In which I chat about submitting some piano music to a competition…

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March 09, 2026/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Composing, Ten Little Waltzes
Abandonment
March 06, 2026

Fun Friday Resources

March 06, 2026/ Dale Lyles
Fun Friday Resources

In which I return to digging through the bookmarks I’ve saved and culling them, sharing the most useful or fun with you…

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Resources
March 04, 2026

Happy Waltz Day!

March 04, 2026/ Dale Lyles
Happy Waltz Day!

In which I join you in celebrating National Waltz Day with most of the waltzes I have composed…

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Composing
Audience
March 02, 2026

A RITUAL to get into the space

March 02, 2026/ Dale Lyles
A RITUAL to get into the space

In which I STEAL FROM THE BEST (Naomi at Todoist) to give you a tool to help you structure your RITUAL to get into the space where you work…

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March 02, 2026/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Creative Spirit
Ritual, Steal from the Best
February 27, 2026

Fun Friday Resources

February 27, 2026/ Dale Lyles
Fun Friday Resources

In which I offer a handful of fun websites with which to practice your TASK AVOIDANCE…

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Resources, Design
February 26, 2026

Some advice from an elder

February 26, 2026/ Dale Lyles
Some advice from an elder

In which I advise a younger artist to focus on their primary audience…

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February 26, 2026/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Creative Spirit, Keep going, Personal
Audience
February 24, 2026

Rubber duckie...

February 24, 2026/ Dale Lyles
Rubber duckie...

In which I share with you one technique to get yourself unstuck in your GESTALT…

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February 24, 2026/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Creative Spirit, Lichtenbergianism
Gestalt, Waste Books
February 20, 2026

Fun Friday Resources

February 20, 2026/ Dale Lyles
Fun Friday Resources

In which I offer several resources for design, productivity apps, some historical artifacts like punch cards, and one critically important volume you need on your shelf…

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Resources
Steal from the Best
February 18, 2026

Make it easy

February 18, 2026/ Dale Lyles
Make it easy

In which I assure you there’s no problem with your not being a genius…

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Costuming, Creative Spirit, Scenius
Audience
  • Next
  • Home/
  • What?/
    • Lichtenbergianism: Step 1
    • Lichtenbergianism: Step 2
    • Glossary
  • Blog/
  • The Nine Precepts/
    • 0. The Airport Version
    • 1. Task Avoidance
    • 2. Waste Books
    • 3. Abortive Attempts
    • 4. Gestalt
    • 5. Successive Approximation
    • 6. Ritual
    • 7. Steal from the Best
    • 8. Audience
    • 9. Abandonment
    • Self Assessment
  • The Books/
    • The Book
    • Young Person's Guide
  • About/Now/
  • Burn Projects/
    • GALAXY
    • GALAXY Soundtrack
    • March from the Dark Side
  • Contact/Hire Me/

Lichtenbergianism

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