Archive - Stillness in the West.

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On Seeking the Desert of Stillness in a Time of Radical Upheaval.

Jul 20

On Defending Hypocritical Asceticism.

Aug 5

Walking together (virtually, and otherwise) through unclear times.

Jul 13

On Stargazing at a Remote Benedictine Monastery.

Jun 28

On Walking in Darkness.

Jun 17

Jun 14

The holiness of the ordinary in the present darkness.

May 2

Postmodernism, metamodernism (and simulation) and the musical hope of the West.

May 10

Seeking the Mystery of Being at a Remote Benedictine Monastery .

Apr 19

The Great Silence.I am finally at the Monastery. I started reading The Sunlilies, by Graham Pardun upon arrival. The perfect book to begin my stay here. Once I am…

May 30

Music for the Post-Anthropocene.The algorithm (praise be unto it) has recently alerted me to the work of the American composer John Luther Adams. This is music that glimpses wh…

May 12

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