As a teenager, I used to love banging this away at the keyboard, but never really managed to play it fluidly. Nice to now experience it with less stress and more control. Like reaching out to my younger self to say "no worries, it worked out fine".

Chapters

00:32 growing up in music
02:48 close-minded about rules
03:13 music for centuries
06:48 exploring orientation
13:22 doing magic for yourself
16:10 absorbing what you did

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01:54 best friends in business and life
08:23 speak your truth
12:22 not always needing a relationship
17:04 sharing 100% of your time
27:26 linking food, movement, music
32:46 close-minded about chips
34:20 rigid rules are unhealthy
36:49 city to small town

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Since 2023 I've been recording piano music from my past. This is one I've admired for years but never learned to play.

Bach's music feels so beautiful and timeless. Do many people like it just because others like it? Or is there something about how it's constructed that reaches us in a certain way?

To me, the prelude sounds like an engine, and the fugue like a debate.

Chapters

00:49 trouble in school
05:23 censoring yourself
10:33 spotting naked emperors
15:49 learning to sew
22:24 stories in the fit
26:16 reality of mass production
29:59 reconnecting with music
32:20 separating skill from source
38:38 teacher's limitations
42:11 you can say no
46:06 detached from outcomes
52:58 power versus control
58:50 maintaining control
64:59 being strategic
68:55 people want the same things
73:56 church and hospital strategy
77:40 ace exams with a personal database
92:54 and we continue

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00:15 projector instead of a TV
04:09 growing up in the church
06:35 teenager reading religious texts
11:29 community is being known
15:19 questions to know someone
17:37 community as shared purpose
18:41 community as mutual dependance
21:26 community as 5 people
23:45 more than Sunday
27:41 men, meet, meat
31:12 meeting every week or two
33:10 question of the day
33:46 gender complications
38:54 nobody to reach out to
41:56 friends through different phases
45:13 globetrotting to roots-setting
50:57 maintaining friendships while travelling
56:08 rude topics in tech
67:00 not converting everybody
71:49 excited to discuss differences

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sharing this homework assignment not so much for the content, but the structure that suggests it's possible and even encouraged to do this

in what other contexts might we celebrate the contributions of women, not only on a specific day of the year but as if it was a totally normal part of day-to-day activities?

artwork by https://www.instagram.com/colorsofwork/ used with permission

Chapters

00:25 Àta's story
02:19 time is relative
02:52 train well
05:18 title from the community
10:24 master versus leader
10:55 capoeira is from the street
12:32 life not weapon
15:30 one doesn't want, two don't fight
17:04 no fear to change

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During my personal travels between 2018 to 2020, I recorded one minute of ambient sound in various places to practice being still and appreciating what's around me, especially the so-called 'noise' which, although often ignored, can be quite rich when paying closer attention. The photos are just for fun and not necessary.

Full collection at https://rosano.ca/aural

Chapters

00:14 teaching languages without speaking them
02:47 doing versus teaching
04:50 pain in doing what you love
07:26 easy to govern badly
11:15 when love is lonely
13:06 selling things in a non-shop
16:58 funding non-commercial projects
19:34 what left and right means
21:19 experience the world without school
22:58 changing the mainstream
25:29 repeating trauma
30:12 political vanity projects
34:25 common colonial languages
38:49 privilege to be politically correct
40:44 open to contradictions
44:46 truth over comfort
48:57 breaking your fourth wall
54:20 disconnected travellers

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00:38 capoeira from English lessons
04:37 teaching by watching people
08:53 teach to save time
11:18 communicate with body moves
17:18 figuring out how you feel
22:06 living on a boat

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The first time I visited Berlin, the area I stayed in gave me this feeling of calm and coziness such that I'd want to come back. I see more layers now after spending time in other neighbourhoods, but nice to connect with an old feeling by revisiting this moment.

My time there definitely gave me an appreciation for public spaces, as they aren't so common in other places I've visited. And yeah, public sofas… Why not?

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00:23 intro
01:21 finding each other on Mastodon
02:12 not a coder
08:14 waiting for likes
11:48 anti-marketing
13:30 leaving social media
16:29 keeping it touch with friends
21:38 stepping into your former self
24:33 comfortable with emotions
31:07 75 dollar hats
37:06 hard and soft language
41:32 complex complicated people
49:31 speaking like a pastor
52:24 the hole gets bigger
56:56 baking for neighbours
60:11 cooking to connect
61:21 openness also leads to depth
68:06 comfortable talking about death
70:28 conclusion
71:12 outro

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00:20 intro
00:57 meandering deeply
02:50 raising a kid in India
09:05 collecting contacts
17:15 life without burnout
21:20 not one truth
26:05 becoming flexible
32:53 rich and unhappy
36:17 talking to strangers
37:57 conclusion

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00:15 intro
03:20 body focused life
07:07 capoeira as language
11:11 digital sedentary
12:53 don't quit the game
15:01 farmer strength and software
19:04 fair-skinned in African culture
23:38 young people talking fast
25:14 teaching multiple levels simultaneously
30:11 visibility inside
34:57 interjecting versus listening
38:09 celebrating magic
40:35 dictionary breath
48:24 exhale and wait
52:45 science, spirit, making sense
54:55 conclusion

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Since 2023 I've been recording piano music from my past. This is one I learned in my second year of university.

Music is often considered subjective, but I'm not sure how wide the spectrum is to label the emotions around this one. Would anyone call this light-hearted? I would consider it more dramatic or intense.

The ways of creating 'crunch' here have definitely fed into my improvisation; I think it's an approximation of the beautifully imprecise blue notes we can effect more easily with the human voice, compensated for this instrument made of buttons.

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this is barely one song of a thousand, happened to be in my head the last days.

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00:19 intro
04:12 instantaneous in the 1980s
07:42 am I scrolling?
10:56 don't scroll away
14:17 offering something better
20:09 posting atrocities
31:22 nourishing content
36:19 Twitter person, Instagram person
47:03 simple language
54:04 roadblocks to new ideas
56:03 beautiful baroque music
57:50 conclusion

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00:09 intro
01:51 family of teachers
07:09 teaching movement to elders
08:34 searching what motivates
15:50 new age teenage
17:50 romanticizing things
21:34 draw with your garden
24:17 recording a library
30:14 many things with one core
35:56 practicing radiance
39:43 finding joy in your work
40:44 danger of resentment
42:41 playful with discipline
46:38 dance with fire hydrants
49:19 conclusion

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Since 2023 I've been recording piano music from my past. This is one I played in my university audition.

Bach's music feels so beautiful and timeless. Do many people like it just because others like it? Or is there something about how it's constructed that reaches us in a certain way?

Notice how the prelude accompaniment is simply 'one note per beat', or how the entire fugue is basically the same fragment in different permutations; I find this 'economy of expression' inspiring.

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00:17 intro
02:53 what is human development?
07:35 everything comes from somewhere
14:06 allow is extra
16:52 functional avoidance
19:38 saving emotions for later
22:57 safer than you thought
28:00 bubbly and grief
32:03 grief in all change
36:53 happy to let go
40:14 yes space, no space
45:51 learning your compass
52:42 no is easier
56:51 divided with common ground
62:05 miscalibrated assumptions
63:54 tech with or without contact
70:32 people will be wrong
76:05 take care of yourself
80:03 stop stopping
82:12 conclusion

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