🍝 Dean's Newsletter #26
Any suggestions on how I could inject some randomness into these?
Howdy! 👋
Here are 5 things I wanted to share with you this week.
⛹️♂️ Bon Iver - Heavenly Father
This is a lesser-known song from Bon Iver. It’s not on most streaming services. It was released on the soundtrack for Wish I Was Here in 2014.
I couldn’t decide which version I liked the most so I’m sharing them all.
This first one is from La Blogothèque. They have a series of videos where they “kidnap” someone at a music festival and give them a “One on One” musical experience. Luckily they also film it to share with us. (See the other kidnappings from this series here)
This acapela version was the finale for the Bon Iver show at the Sydney Opera House. This version has an especially meaningful place in Natalie and my heart.
And finally the studio recording. I’m not sure these lyrics are accurate… but it doesn’t matter to me. This song is more a feeling than anything else to me.
🪢 Velcro Cable Ties
I just repurchased a new set of these for the third time in the past 10 years. That means I’ve used 200 of these things. Even with that I’m looking at my desk right now and seeing how disorganized my cables look...
Using these velcro cable ties is the only way I even sort of avoid cable madness in my life. 100 for 10 bucks is a steal when you see how much they charge for a couple of these at a music store.
🌝 Apollo Guidance Computer
I love hearing about the early years of the space program. There were so many amazing accomplishments on such short timelines. This talk goes through the amazing and creative features of the guidance computer built to land on the moon for the first time. If you do any sort of programming or programming-like work in your life I think you’ll appreciate this.
🌬 Ned Kahn
Emergence is one of my favorite attributes in generative art. You set up rules, but make sure there’s room for randomness and this allows for emergence. You allow room for the thing you make to surprise you. An artist who uses this attribute of emergence in elegant and starkly non-technical ways is Ned Kahn. Here are a few of my favorite projects of his.
🥊 Face the Flinch
The first step is to stop seeing everything as a threat. You can’t will this to happen—it requires wider exposure. If you’ve been punched in the face, you won’t worry as much about a mugger, for example. If you face the flinch in meditation, you don’t worry about a long line at the bank. Build your base of confidence by having a vaster set of experiences to call upon, and you’ll realize you can handle more than you used to. Doing the uncomfortable is key. It widens your circle of comfort.
Julien Smith - The Flinch
This book is no longer available, but if you want a copy the author sent me a digital version that I can share with you. I highly recommend it!
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Thanks for reading.
Be sure to check out my previous posts.
Let me know if you share my love for anything I mentioned. I love discussing this stuff and hearing about anything similar.
-Dean