ESSAYS: Music. Time. Philosophy. Ethics. Art. Science. Religion. Nonviolence...

We shape the world and the world shapes us.

MINIATURES, aphorisms & other philosophical meditations

Two pieces from my THE LITTLE CLAVIER, 633 pages black & white photography, with poems, essays, rants, meditations, and miniatures, etc. Available online at: THE LITTLE CLAVIER by Cliff Crego (Paperback) - Lulu http://bit.ly/1gtE62i [PHOTO: A happy Mt. Toad  coupling (Bufo borealis) at 2300 meters, July, the WALLOWA, Oregon]

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Retronyms - Notation:  a set of 2 miniatures, w/ Mt. Toad chorus

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED in this way of doing philosophy, check out my 100 MINIATURES Project: ONE image, ONE idea, ONE new way of looking...

This poster, ART IN AN AGE OF SPIRITUAL CORRUPTION, is at http://bit.ly/1gnLfkt pdf http://bit.ly/1bweeOu

You can download all 100 b & w posters as pdf SET of 100 [24Mb] http://bit.ly/TLkDcp

Or you can toss the dice, and get a different slideshow w/ sound of all 100 posters at http://picture-poems.com/100

MUSIC HEARD in clip is at #StringQuartet STUDY IN PIZZICATO http://bit.ly/yqXZkC pdf http://bit.ly/z4rm8O mp3 http://bit.ly/xTEEkR

ART IN AN AGE OF SPIRITUAL CORRUPTION, a manifesto

THREE LITTLE MEDITATIONS or miniatures. The texts are at http://bit.ly/1A3fHpZ

PHOTO: Hidden lake, Last light, Eagle Cap Wilderness, Oregon

The avian soloist featured above is the Old World Blackbird (Turdus merula), related to the NA Swainson, Hermit & Spirit Thrushes, and the European musician of musicians.

Mandala - Credo - Roads: a set of 3 miniatures

RUNNING JUST 3:33', these are five "sayings in prose" from my 100 MINIATURES Project. If you're interested in this way of bring Poetry and Philosophy [and photography] together, go to the slideshow of POSTER PRINTS at http://picture-poems.com/100

PHOTO: Metolius Water, Central Cascades, Oregon

Time - Plants - Justice - Poems - Science: a set of 5 miniatures

PHOTO: Flowform, Eagle Creek, the Eagle Cap Wilderness, Oregon

Noise - Whitewater - Entertainment, a set of 3 miniatures

Granite-gray Whitebark gnarl. Or is it a knar? German words for sure. The wood is used for carving wildmen & crucifixes in the Alps, Eagle Cap Wildeness

TEXT IS at: http://picture-poems.com/photoweek/whitebark_gnarl_9-1-2011.html

The Projection of Peace vs the Practice of Nonviolence?--a meditation on the difference

For PIANO QUARTET & WOMEN'S CHOIR....

PHOTO: Cross-country trekking, High Summer, the Alps, Urnerland

INTRO to RIDGE CROSSING, w/ all performance materials, etc at:
http://bit.ly/1OqhaSe

THE IDEAL WAY to perform RIDGE CROSSING might be with a quartet of pianos, together with a women's choir of about eight to ±24 voices. The pieces may also be played separately, outside of the cycle. The poems should always be performed first, without the music.

RIDGE CROSSING, a music / poetry project, w/ INTRO

SEE webcore at: http://cs-music.com/viola/m_frame-1-va-1.html

DOWNLOAD pdf for 1st frame at: http://cs-music.com/viola/m_frame-1-va.pdf

DOWNLOAD pdf for all four frames of "m," complete: http://cs-music.com/viola/m-for-viola.pdf

DOWNLOAD the book mentioned in the introduction, THE LITTLE CLAVIER, kindle / pdf version [110Mb/630 pages] at: http://bit.ly/1AhsEwv

SEE ALSO an early version of the same "strange loop" essay, w/ examples, links, etc., on the web at: http://cs-music.com/volume1/staircase3.html

from StarCycle Project: INTRO to "Strange Loops" & m--for solo viola

SEE TEXT and more at: http://picture-poems.com/features/guru.html

PHOTO: Hackberry on Basalt rock, sagebrush steppe, Oregon

INTRO to "GURU," an experimental, "discovery" poem

READING: #essay The Little Clavier & the Idea of Sympathetic Resonance #pdf [.5Mb] http://bit.ly/1z0iNiN Key concept in the world of Nature

SOUNDS: Pharos [with ASKO Ensemble] & Violin Etude I [with Maya Bennardo]

THE LITTLE CLAVIER & the Idea of Sympathetic Resonance

PHOTO: "Camp Lost & Found," where the text was composed, & the recording made. SEE MORE at: http://picture-poems.com/photoweek/streamside-fieldwork_7-30.html

DIABOLUS IN MUSICA? The  mystery of the tritone and the 11th partial, essay & sound

Composer. Writer. Photographer. Former conductor & founder of the ASKO ensemble.

On a bike/ski/hike trek of the Pacific Northwest studying native plants & climate breakdown 🌲 from sagebrush sea to whitebark pine. Composing off-grid the whole way.

#Sun2Sound 🌕 on X

THINKING LIKE A STONEPINE, a soundpoem manifesto https://vimeo.com/844665859

“LOVE & WATER, three thought poems w/ coda, PHAROS for small orchestra, “Nightwind”” https://vimeo.com/847079690 

CURRENTLY on mt bike/ski/climbing trek through Pacific Northwest, working on a photobook about WHITEBARK PINE COLLAPSE and CLIMATE CRISIS. BASES in the WALLOWAS | AMSTERDAM | ALPS. 

WEEKLY photo/poetry updates at www.picture-poems.com & THE CIRCLE IN THE SQUARE new music, poetry & dance performance project at www.cs-music.com

ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT for progressive, tech-savy, instrumental virtuosi interested in dialogue & collaborative undertakings.

CONTACT cliff@picture-opoems.com
Or on SKYPE or FACETIME @cliffcrego

MUSIC? The one thing humans do,
that makes the rest of nature jealous.