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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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  • 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/
January 20, 2026

So you didn't go to art school...

January 20, 2026/ Dale Lyles
So you didn't go to art school...

In which I gently rid you of the notion that you can’t Make the Thing That Is Not because you haven’t been to conservatory…

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January 20, 2026/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Creative Spirit, Lichtenbergianism, Lessons from the Folk
Abortive Attempts
January 14, 2026

Getting through

January 14, 2026/ Dale Lyles
Getting through

In which I pick up an ABANDONED ABORTIVE ATTEMPT and use it to conquer Dorico — Excelsior!…

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January 14, 2026/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Composing
Abandonment, Abortive Attempts
January 05, 2026

GESTALTing your way to productivity... with Lichtenbergianism!

January 05, 2026/ Dale Lyles
GESTALTing your way to productivity... with Lichtenbergianism!

In which I continue to guide you through an assessment designed to help you understand ways to be more productive through the Lichtenbergian Precepts…

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January 05, 2026/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Lichtenbergianism
Abortive Attempts, Gestalt, Successive Approximation
December 22, 2025

Lichtenbergian Proposed Efforts 2026

December 22, 2025/ Dale Lyles
Lichtenbergian Proposed Efforts 2026

In which I share my Lichtenbergian Proposed Efforts for the coming year…

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December 22, 2025/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Ten Little Waltzes, Seven Dreams, Proposed Efforts, Day in the Moonlight, Composing, Beethoven Blueprint
Abortive Attempts
December 01, 2025

It's a mystery.

December 01, 2025/ Dale Lyles
It's a mystery.

In which I try to explain, once again, how I do it when I've not been trained to do it…

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December 01, 2025/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Composing, Ten Little Waltzes
Steal from the Best, Successive Approximation, Gestalt, Abortive Attempts
November 19, 2025

A teachable moment

November 19, 2025/ Dale Lyles
A teachable moment

In which a young person’s distress turns into a triumph…

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November 19, 2025/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Unsilent Night
Abortive Attempts, Gestalt, Successive Approximation
November 10, 2025

Little Waltz No. 10: a look at process

November 10, 2025/ Dale Lyles
Little Waltz No. 10: a look at process

In which I drag out the misshapen Little Waltz No. 10 “Finale” and exhibit its pitiful shortcomings for the world to see… with lessons…

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November 10, 2025/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Composing, Ten Little Waltzes
Abortive Attempts, Gestalt, King of Hearts Fallacy
November 05, 2025

Back to the Little Waltzes

November 05, 2025/ Dale Lyles
Back to the Little Waltzes

In which I return to the problem of the Finale of Ten Little Waltzes…

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November 05, 2025/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Composing, Ten Little Waltzes
Abortive Attempts
September 22, 2025

Are you smarter than a penguin?

September 22, 2025/ Dale Lyles
Are you smarter than a penguin?

In which I explain the difference between you and an Atlantic harbor seal…

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September 22, 2025/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Creative Spirit
Abortive Attempts, Gestalt, Successive Approximation
September 08, 2025

Ten Little Waltzes

September 08, 2025/ Dale Lyles
Ten Little Waltzes

In which I dazzle you with tales of my composing this weekend and excite you with how close we are to finishing “Ten Little Waltzes”…

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September 08, 2025/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Composing, Ten Little Waltzes
Abortive Attempts, Abandonment, Gestalt, Successive Approximation
  • 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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