February 2012
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Can't wait for: Kraftwerk Retrospective @ MoMA →
“Kraftwerk-Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8” will take place on eight consecutive days in April, and feature live performances of works from the electronic music group’s eight albums.
Feb 17th
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Feb 17th
“Art affirms plastically the ancient truth that life is equilibrated rhythm. Art...”
– from The New Art—The New Life. Piet Mondrian.
Feb 14th
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on the blurring of art & life
Life makes sense not when reason tells you that everything is as it should be.  Life makes sense when some imponderable and apparently random event confirms your most irrational prejudices about the world. -KIMMELMAN
Feb 14th
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On the Importance of Jazz
God has wrought many things out of oppression. He has endowed his creatures with the capacity to create—and from this capacity has flowed the sweet songs of sorrow and joy that have allowed man to cope with his environment and many different situations. Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life’s difficulties, and if you think for a moment, you will realize that they take the hardest...
Feb 1st
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January 2012
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“In dreams we see ourselves naked and acting our real characters, even more...”
– Henry David Thoreau (via tiedyeskin)
Jan 31st
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Jan 29th
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John Cage and the Silence of Zen
Mabel Nash-Greenberg Essay for Religious Experience & Literary Form with Alan Hodder 12.08.11   John Cage and the Silence of Zen   John Cage, (1912-1992) was an American artist, philosopher and music theorist. He was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde and is regarded widely as one of the most important composers of the 20th Century. Cage was deeply inspired by Zen Buddhism...
Jan 28th
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ListenEnnio Morricone-The Strong
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Jan 19th
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WatchWatch
Money (1985) is a manic collage film from the mid-80s when it still seemed that Reaganism of the soul could be defeated. Filmed primarily on the streets of Manhattan for the ambient sounds and movements and occasional pedestrian interaction to create a rich tapestry of swirling colors and juxtaposed architectural spaces in deep focus and present the intense urban overflowing energy that is...
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Studio Visit with Filmmaker Lewis Klahr
Jan 13th
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December 2011
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Dec 29th
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Here is my film, Dance of the Lingering Souls. I filmed and edited it in 16 mm. Enjoy! -Mabel Nash-Greenberg
Dec 27th
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Dec 4th
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Dec 4th
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“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s...”
– Jodi Picoult (via p-r-o-z-a-c)
Dec 3rd
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great, simple butternut squash soup that we made... →
Dec 1st
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November 2011
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Nov 25th
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“The principle of Zen methodology is this: whatever art or knowledge a man gets...”
– D.T. Suzuki, from Zen and Japanese Culture
Nov 19th
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accompany yr music with the perfect beverage →
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Nov 15th
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thinking about zen (a few years ago)
Mabel Nash Greenberg Response to Yasutani Introductory Lectures  Zen Buddhism—Dr. Schubert   Jan 2010                                                                                                                     I really enjoyed reading the Harada-Rashi story about his journey to obtain Enlightenment. Harada-Roshi began by embracing asceticism, undergoing tortures and austerities such...
Nov 15th
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Primary Nature & Secondary Nature: On the...
Mabel Nash-Greenberg January, 2010   Primary Nature & Secondary Nature: On the Dialectic of Logic and Intuition                 Logic and intuition form a dialectic that mirrors Plato’s charioteer model of the human soul, in which he illustrates the soul as being defined by the struggle between rationality and irrationality, the horse of noble birth and the horse of ignoble birth. Our...
Nov 15th
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Le Poisson Rouge: November 12, 2011 →
I SO wish I could go. Can somebody please go and make a bootleg for me please …then again Kate Bush tribute shows can only really go so far in emulating Her majersty’s divine skills .!  ( but my  plea still stands.)
Nov 9th
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Listenmanasto: A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery...
Nov 9th
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Nov 8th
Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while...
by Lemony Snicket 1. If you work hard, and become successful, it does not necessarily mean you are successful because you worked hard, just as if you are tall with long hair it doesn’t mean you would be a midget if you were bald. 2. “Fortune” is a word for having a lot of money and for having a lot of luck, but that does not mean the word has two definitions. 3. Money is like a child—rarely...
Nov 6th
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“I am convinced that the deepest desire within each of us is to be liberated from...”
– Caroline Myss (via nirvikalpa) Ooh I like this. you do?
Nov 4th
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