tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456857068476095225.post746848833983346077..comments2023-05-21T05:56:57.842+01:00Comments on mindfulness and mortality: Jools Holland and Mindfulnessgloriamundihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12476712899700515223noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456857068476095225.post-7571398206873636112010-12-29T12:30:55.368+00:002010-12-29T12:30:55.368+00:00Thanks Jonathan. So when 'the toad "work&...Thanks Jonathan. So when 'the toad "work"' squats on our lives, he makes us force ourselves into distortingly rational channels of thought and action, and we go to boogie-woogie to unrationalise ourselves? Sounds good to me. But- 'URL bouncer?'How proud I might be to host such a thing, if only I knew what it was and what it was for. But it's a nuisance if it anonymises everyone. Maybe I'll search for a de-bouncer...probably write off my entire comuter "system" - which pretends to be rational but is in fact absurd.gloriamundihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12476712899700515223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456857068476095225.post-85399785321731422942010-12-29T08:47:11.392+00:002010-12-29T08:47:11.392+00:00Life makes sense precisely because it doesn't ...Life makes sense precisely because it doesn't make sense; it can only be rational as long as it is absurd. Otherwise it would be just like going to work. Which, if you're Jools Holland, means doing just what others do to get away from work.<br /><br />(P.S: Hi, Gloriamundi, it's Jonathan from over on Charles' blog; I'm not actually anonymous, it's just that I can't get past your 'URL' bouncer any other way. I bought a card the other day saying; "This is your computer speaking - you've no idea what you're doing, do you?" In the end I sent it to myself.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456857068476095225.post-36853550787009994482010-12-21T07:36:53.993+00:002010-12-21T07:36:53.993+00:00Well, yes, maybe so, particularly if you're go...Well, yes, maybe so, particularly if you're good enough, so that you are not anxious that you'll make a serious error, lose your way, grind to a halt etc. Maybe great improvisors (e.g. jazz) get themselves into the flow. I think you can sense that happening when you catch a live performance, and you can sense when it doesn't. But ditto classical players, too. The payback for all that hard work!gloriamundihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12476712899700515223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456857068476095225.post-52971135579262874322010-12-21T05:35:19.232+00:002010-12-21T05:35:19.232+00:00Do you think there is mindfulness embedded into pl...Do you think there is mindfulness embedded into playing an instrument? Being in the flow and all that?arkayeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09863542411248361164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456857068476095225.post-49051396759922652382010-12-19T16:03:33.355+00:002010-12-19T16:03:33.355+00:00Thanks Charles - yes, he seems to be his own man. ...Thanks Charles - yes, he seems to be his own man. In the accompanying photo, he has a very level gaze. Not agrressive, just - level. Good sign.<br /><br />One soaks up neologisms - might have been me, might have been - who knows? Crap memory steps in at this point. Yes, probably me. But in any case, utility is all. <br /><br />Pleased you found the ramblings at least worth a thought.gloriamundihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12476712899700515223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456857068476095225.post-39953204466650873472010-12-19T15:28:02.088+00:002010-12-19T15:28:02.088+00:00Wonderfully un-spun responses from the man Jules. ...Wonderfully un-spun responses from the man Jules. His low-level loopiness does seem to bespeak a person of integrity and self-reliance. He is his own man. <br /><br />Much wisdom here which I for one will try to absorb.<br /><br />Love 'presentmomentness' too. Your neologism, GM? <br /><br />Thank you for this post.Charles Cowlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06757185376546920527noreply@blogger.com