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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Quix Pix of 2011 – Part 2
Every month we share some of our currently favorite books, music, movies and TV shows in our newsletter, The Quixote Quest. Here are the remaining six of our twelve favorite movies (in no particular order) that we watched in 2011. 7. Funny People – People hoping to see Adam Sandler in another stupid comedy (not [...]
Posted in Play Tagged Adam Sandler, Bill Nighy, Funny People, Jake Gyllenhaal, Lisa Cholodenko, Michael Fassbender, Pat Metheny Group, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Pirate Radio, Source Code, The Kids Are All Right, The Way Up Live, udd Apatow, X-Men Comments closed
Quix Pix of 2011 – Part 1
Every month we share some of our currently favorite books, music, movies and TV shows in our newsletter, The Quixote Quest. Here are six of our twelve favorite movies (in no particular order) that we watched in 2011. 1. Mary and Max – Funny, poignant, weird, claymation. That about sums it up and those words will [...]
Posted in Play, Uncategorized Tagged A Prophet, Firefly, George Clooney, Jacques Audiard, Joss Whedon, Mary and Max, Michael Clayton, movies, Quix Pix, The Lives of Others, The Tunnel Comments closed
Let the beauty we love be what we do – a Pocket Poem
Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don’t open the door to the study and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument. Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground. -Rumi
The Letter – a Pocket Poem
During the years that I was writing poetry regularly I wrote a poem every Christmas morning – for some reason I was always able to relax enough to really see life. I looked back to find one, but couldn’t. I did however find this poem about getting and sending physical letters that at least mentions [...]
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Lester Left Town – Lester Young, Wayne Shorter and honoring your influences
On the classic Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers album Big Beat from 1960, the innovative young saxophonist Wayne Shorter wrote a tribute to an icon for saxophone players – Lester Young. This was a surprise to many people. Shorter was thought of as the new guard, the new sound. He was more influenced by [...]
Posted in Music, Purpose Tagged influences, Lester Left Town, Lester Young, Wayne Shorter Comments closed
Come, come, whoever you are – persistence and showing up
Come, come, whoever you are, Wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving – It doesn’t matter Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vows a Hundred times Come, come again, come. – Rumi I recently wrote about patience, which to me is one of the values that supports the benefits [...]
Being alive equals letting go
It’s December and all the leaves are down from the trees. Except for….all of the trees and branches that broke off the tree during the snow storm in October. I can look through the woods and in the treetops and see what exactly broke off during the storm. They still have all their leaves. This [...]
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