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Lichtenbergianism

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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
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    • Young Person's Guide
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    • GALAXY Soundtrack
    • March from the Dark Side
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March 25, 2020

Planning ahead

March 25, 2020/ Dale Lyles
Planning ahead

In which I plan my memorial concert just in case…

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Composing, Music
Abandonment
March 23, 2020

Untitled children's book

March 23, 2020/ Dale Lyles
Untitled children's book

In which I show some of my process (and progress) on my still-untitled children’s book…

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Writing
Abortive Attempts, Successive Approximation, Waste Books
March 18, 2020

Uncovering work

March 18, 2020/ Dale Lyles
Uncovering work

In which I share ABANDONED projects revealed by the retreating tide of clutter…

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March 18, 2020/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Lichtenbergianism, Materials
Abandonment, Abortive Attempts
March 16, 2020

Carnivores, herbivores, and your creative process

March 16, 2020/ Dale Lyles
Carnivores, herbivores, and your creative process

In which I compare your working process to kitties vs. brine shrimp…

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Creative Spirit, Lichtenbergianism
Ritual, Abortive Attempts, Gestalt, Successive Approximation
March 13, 2020

The search for meaning: QAnon & COVID-19

March 13, 2020/ Dale Lyles
The search for meaning: QAnon & COVID-19

In which I, for some reason, talk about the QAnon conspiracy and Making the Thing That Is Not…

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Lichtenbergianism
Make The Thing That Is Not, Successive Approximation, Gestalt, Abortive Attempts
March 09, 2020

SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION: herb garden edition

March 09, 2020/ Dale Lyles
SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION: herb garden edition

In which I revisit my herb garden as an example of SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION…

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Gardening
Successive Approximation
March 05, 2020

SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION: cello edition

March 05, 2020/ Dale Lyles
SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION: cello edition

In which I explicate the work of cellist Zoë Keating (@zoecello) as the apotheosis of SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION…

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Guest Lichtenbergian, Music
Successive Approximation
March 02, 2020

More AYLI music, part 5

March 02, 2020/ Dale Lyles
More AYLI music, part 5

In which I squeeze out one more song for AYLI…

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March 02, 2020/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
As You Like It, Composing
Abandonment
February 28, 2020

Fun Friday Resources

February 28, 2020/ Dale Lyles
Fun Friday Resources

In which I offer pop composers a catalog for their riffs, plus the Smithsonian…

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February 28, 2020/ Dale Lyles/ Comment /Source
Composing, Resources
Abortive Attempts, Waste Books
February 26, 2020

Task Avoidance: an update

February 26, 2020/ Dale Lyles
Task Avoidance: an update

In which I can’t even be bothered to come up with an extensive list of TASK AVOIDANCES…

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Lichtenbergianism
Task Avoidance
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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
  • 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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