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  • What?/
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    • Lichtenbergianism: Step 2
    • Glossary
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    • 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
  • The Books/
    • The Book
    • Young Person's Guide
  • About/Now/
  • Burn Projects/
    • GALAXY
    • GALAXY Soundtrack
    • March from the Dark Side
  • Contact/Hire Me/
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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
  • The Books/
    • The Book
    • Young Person's Guide
  • About/Now/
  • Burn Projects/
    • GALAXY
    • GALAXY Soundtrack
    • March from the Dark Side
  • Contact/Hire Me/
March 12, 2025

Not much to report

March 12, 2025/ Dale Lyles
Not much to report

In which I am not at all embarrassed to report on how little I got done this week…

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March 12, 2025/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Composing
Abortive Attempts, Gestalt, Successive Approximation
January 27, 2025

Get to work.

January 27, 2025/ Dale Lyles
Get to work.

In which I link to David Moldawer’s ‘The Maven Game’ for a post that is a challenge and a rebuke for us amateur creatives…

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January 27, 2025/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Composing, Creative Spirit
Abortive Attempts, Gestalt, Successive Approximation
October 07, 2024

Rage: the final chapter

October 07, 2024/ Dale Lyles
Rage: the final chapter

In which I begin the final concept of a plan to build a Large Art Burn for Alchemy...

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October 07, 2024/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Burning, Build It Burn It
Gestalt, Successive Approximation
September 16, 2024

Editing tip

September 16, 2024/ Dale Lyles
Editing tip

In which I give you a short, humane editing tip...

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September 16, 2024/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Successive Approximation, Gestalt
September 11, 2024

Pixar & Lichtenbergianism

September 11, 2024/ Dale Lyles
Pixar & Lichtenbergianism

In which I applaud Pixar for their adoption of Lichtenbergian Precepts... six years before the book was published...

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September 11, 2024/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Lichtenbergianism
Audience, Abandonment, Abortive Attempts, Task Avoidance, shinyperfect, Steal from the Best, Successive Approximation, Gestalt, King of Hearts Fallacy
July 31, 2024

Another waltz, almost

July 31, 2024/ Dale Lyles
Another waltz, almost

In which I share a new waltz (from “Ten Little Waltzes”) and don’t even whine too much about the process…

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July 31, 2024/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Composing, Ten Little Waltzes
Abortive Attempts, Gestalt, Successive Approximation
July 24, 2024

Defeating the King of Hearts

July 24, 2024/ Dale Lyles
Defeating the King of Hearts

In which I once again am asking you to ignore the King of Hearts…

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July 24, 2024/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
William Blake's Inn, Writing
Abortive Attempts, Gestalt, Successive Approximation, King of Hearts Fallacy
June 10, 2024

Here's a great ABORTIVE ATTEMPT!

June 10, 2024/ Dale Lyles
Here's a great ABORTIVE ATTEMPT!

In which I share a rather spectacular example of an ABORTIVE ATTEMPT (and a new metaphor for it)…

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June 10, 2024/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
William Blake's Inn
Abortive Attempts, Gestalt, Successive Approximation
May 22, 2024

WBI: Lacuna Group workshops, p.4

May 22, 2024/ Dale Lyles
WBI: Lacuna Group workshops, p.4

In which I expose my indecision about how to proceed with Lacuna workshops for “William Blake’s Inn”…

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May 22, 2024/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Theatre, William Blake's Inn
Abortive Attempts, Gestalt, Successive Approximation
March 04, 2024

Large Art Burn update

March 04, 2024/ Dale Lyles
Large Art Burn update

In which I plop out an ABORTIVE ATTEMPT for my large art burn sculpture “Rage Against the Night,” and it shows…

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March 04, 2024/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Burning
Abortive Attempts, 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
  • 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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