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    • Lichtenbergianism: Step 2
    • Glossary
  • Blog/
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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

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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/
October 27, 2025

Man, if this isn't a metaphor...

October 27, 2025/ Dale Lyles
Man, if this isn't a metaphor...

In which I return to Default World with a simple project…

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Task Avoidance, Successive Approximation
October 13, 2025

Pasta Milano with Shrimp, with a side of GESTALT

October 13, 2025/ Dale Lyles
Pasta Milano with Shrimp, with a side of GESTALT

In which I use an old recipe to illustrate how the Precepts of Lichtenbergianism are useful in areas that are not fine arts related…

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October 13, 2025/ Dale Lyles/ 2 Comments
Cooking
Gestalt, Successive Approximation
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 15, 2025

A small shift in the Little Waltzes

September 15, 2025/ Dale Lyles
A small shift in the Little Waltzes

In which I share the final dispensation of Little Waltz No. 10, “Grandly”…

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September 15, 2025/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Composing, Ten Little Waltzes
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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Composing, Ten Little Waltzes
Abortive Attempts, Abandonment, Gestalt, Successive Approximation
August 20, 2025

How hard can it be?

August 20, 2025/ Dale Lyles
How hard can it be?

In which I encourage you to read “Tristram Shandy,” along with a passage about the difficulty of writing…

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Abortive Attempts, Gestalt, Successive Approximation
July 01, 2025

That Little Waltz

July 01, 2025/ Dale Lyles
That Little Waltz

In which I am bold enough to share with you an unsuccessful SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION while reminding you that that’s the way it works…

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Composing, Ten Little Waltzes
Abortive Attempts, Gestalt, Successive Approximation
June 23, 2025

About that Little Waltz

June 23, 2025/ Dale Lyles
About that Little Waltz

In which I surprise my readers with An Plot Twist of astonishing twist…ish…ness, and also some reiteration of basic Precepts…

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Composing, Lichtenbergianism, Ten Little Waltzes
Abandonment, Abortive Attempts, Task Avoidance, Successive Approximation
May 21, 2025

The Ballad of Miss Ella

May 21, 2025/ Dale Lyles
The Ballad of Miss Ella

In which I explicate the different sections of the bawdy drag song, “The Ballad of Miss Ella”…

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Theatre, Composing
Successive Approximation, Audience
April 23, 2025

Mugshots

April 23, 2025/ Dale Lyles
Mugshots

In which I show you the most perfect object I’ve ever made…

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April 23, 2025/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Creative Spirit, Lichtenbergianism
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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