Musings

I have to agree that J.S. Bach is the best, as the global consensus confirms. The Glenn Gould Goldberg variations are as serious a recording of music as I have ever encountered. Seriously. Bach was an absolute technical master, and his proficiency of the elements of his brand of Baroque classical music are shocking. But dude, I really wanted Chopin on there. He only composed for the piano, and was very particular about the type […]

We are living in the middle of a revolution in consciousness. Over the past few decades, geneticists, neuroscientists, psychologists, sociologists, economists, and others have made great strides in understanding the inner working of the human mind. Far from being dryly materialistic, their work illuminates the rich underwater world where character is formed and wisdom grows. They are giving us a better grasp of emotions, intuitions, biases, longings, predispositions, character traits, and social bonding, precisely those […]

“He must have been a pretty well-trained lion to have the discipline to stand on boxes, face a camera, roar into a microphone, and not attack the crew.” Seriously. Shooting Leo The Lion for the MGM Logo