Day 4
Saturday, April 15 2006
Lunlunta, Argentina
8:47
Colder, and currently raining. May be in the 40s right now? Slept soundly but tensely. Legs sore now. Everyone is getting out of bed a little later every day (in my room). Yesterday, it was corn flakes for breakfast instead of mueslix. Someone left the mueslix pot on the floor, and ants got into it.
Trees in the yard: a row of alder-like trees, light bark, tall, slender; one prickly thing like a monkey tree but not quite; a stand of pines; two narrow "rocket" trees, conifers, one w/ a twisting trunk; one small tree w/ a strange texture, like an overgrown rose? thorns on the trunk, soft and waxy bark.
BR suggested a change to meal cleanup: self-organize instead of calling for volunteers.
[diagram of the Circle of Fifths in the Enneagram, as posted by IG]
20:41
Long dinner prep. No breaks. Feet sore. Baked squash, mashed yams, carrot salad, boiled cauliflower w/ white gravy (a little yellow actually from curry). No major problems. Didn't serve people enough gravy, had tons. Many performances: Zum, Brother Rat, Big Time, an L1 group (or two?), plus Happy Birthday thrakstavaganza from Horn Up Your Ass, for Andres (the Mighty Bull).
Not enough seats or forks at dinner for KT when we got to eat. Not sure why this time, as other nights there were enough.
Big Circle (just one big one?) scheduled for 21:30 in the dining room this time. Oh – one other performance at dinner, from Matt. He says "wow" and "rad" and things like that. He can really play, in his own way. Sang loudly and strongly, muchly. He's currently jamming w/ some other guys on A Perfect Circle etc songs in the Hall of Aspiration.
23:30
Some part of the Easter service is happening in the church. The door from there to this hallway is slightly open, and the singing and music (mandolins?) reverberate.
Was actually two concentric circles (60 and 40), in the Ballroom. Robert led a few circulations – on/off beat, inner/outer and reverse, 1/2,3 triplets. Last 2 or 3 beats of 8th bar tacit. Then he presented a bass part and arpeggios in C harmonic minor – new theme? [diagrams of the parts presented].
Restarted [heh] a couple times, then instructed us, "it's C harmonic minor – use your sense of musicality", turned off the lights. Stayed for a bit, then left. It went on for 10? minutes or so, with some improvisations going on. A few minutes of quiet after, then people left. Went outside for 20 minutes. Clear and cold, bright waning moon.
Lunlunta, Argentina
8:47
Colder, and currently raining. May be in the 40s right now? Slept soundly but tensely. Legs sore now. Everyone is getting out of bed a little later every day (in my room). Yesterday, it was corn flakes for breakfast instead of mueslix. Someone left the mueslix pot on the floor, and ants got into it.
Trees in the yard: a row of alder-like trees, light bark, tall, slender; one prickly thing like a monkey tree but not quite; a stand of pines; two narrow "rocket" trees, conifers, one w/ a twisting trunk; one small tree w/ a strange texture, like an overgrown rose? thorns on the trunk, soft and waxy bark.
BR suggested a change to meal cleanup: self-organize instead of calling for volunteers.
[diagram of the Circle of Fifths in the Enneagram, as posted by IG]
20:41
Long dinner prep. No breaks. Feet sore. Baked squash, mashed yams, carrot salad, boiled cauliflower w/ white gravy (a little yellow actually from curry). No major problems. Didn't serve people enough gravy, had tons. Many performances: Zum, Brother Rat, Big Time, an L1 group (or two?), plus Happy Birthday thrakstavaganza from Horn Up Your Ass, for Andres (the Mighty Bull).
Not enough seats or forks at dinner for KT when we got to eat. Not sure why this time, as other nights there were enough.
Big Circle (just one big one?) scheduled for 21:30 in the dining room this time. Oh – one other performance at dinner, from Matt. He says "wow" and "rad" and things like that. He can really play, in his own way. Sang loudly and strongly, muchly. He's currently jamming w/ some other guys on A Perfect Circle etc songs in the Hall of Aspiration.
23:30
Some part of the Easter service is happening in the church. The door from there to this hallway is slightly open, and the singing and music (mandolins?) reverberate.
Was actually two concentric circles (60 and 40), in the Ballroom. Robert led a few circulations – on/off beat, inner/outer and reverse, 1/2,3 triplets. Last 2 or 3 beats of 8th bar tacit. Then he presented a bass part and arpeggios in C harmonic minor – new theme? [diagrams of the parts presented].
Restarted [heh] a couple times, then instructed us, "it's C harmonic minor – use your sense of musicality", turned off the lights. Stayed for a bit, then left. It went on for 10? minutes or so, with some improvisations going on. A few minutes of quiet after, then people left. Went outside for 20 minutes. Clear and cold, bright waning moon.
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