Monakhos

I always find it interesting to read articles on jazz musicians. Especially the old ones. They always have the best stories, but most of the time they’re also insanely wise. I guess it’s from so much improvisation, so much connecting with the spiritual realm and being the means of conveying that information through their instrument. It’s interesting because I don’t generally find that in many other areas of expertise. People get smarter or more distinguished, but jazz musicians get more mystical. I like it.

Speaking of music and mysticism, I was watching an interesting documentary on Bob Moog (one of the inventors/influencing factors behind the synthesizer.) Even he, an engineer by trade, explained his work as connecting with the spiritual realm to create the instruments (he says he isn’t the inventor, just the vessel that was used to create it) and then the musicians come from the other side, and through “divine” inspiration make music out of the synthesizer. Very interesting observation.

Anyways, there’s my thoughts for the day. Added a new category too, called jazz. I seem to be listening to a lot of that, so maybe that will provide a few more frequent posts.