Over ten years ago, in June 2010, I rode my Vespa from Montreal to Brooklyn. These are my notes from that time. — Day 1: Montreal to Argyle Thursday 17 June 2010. I set off from my apartment in the Plateau arrondissement of Montreal on my Vespa LXV headed for Park Slope, Brooklyn. My good…
Originally published by The Silent Ballet, 17 December 2006 New York– I recently read an article about a Zen Buddhist practitioner whose teacher would often encourage him to reflect on the nature of sound. The teacher would strike a bell, be mindful of the creation of a noise, and mindful as it faded out, eventually…