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  • in reply to: how do you stop work boots stinking #2765
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      Have you tried replacing the insoles first?

      Sometimes the boot itself is fine and the little…

      in reply to: how do you stop work boots stinking #2758
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        I would trust the drying part more than the heat, honestly. Too much warmth can be unkind to glue and stitching, and then you have a different problem with a stronger smell.

        in reply to: Indian classical music for listeners who come from choro #174
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          Coming from choral music, you may notice the relation between a sustained line and the room around it before you have the vocabulary for raga. I would try a dhrupad alap first, then a khayal recording where the voice takes more visible rhythmic risks.

          Do not listen only for “Indian sound.” Listen for how the singer makes a note arrive, stay and become different because of the note before it. That is a more useful beginning than a list of cultural adjectives.

          in reply to: A form is not a fight, but it can still teach you something #1824
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            Exactly. A surviving form can still matter as a record of priorities, or as a way to keep a body organized, but it should not be…

            in reply to: A form is not a fight, but it can still teach you something #1822
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              I think so, if the identity piece is honest about being identity. Folk dances are not fights either, yet nobody sensible demands they be. The trouble starts when marketing borrows the language of combat and pretends that a nice memory of old technique is the same as current competence.

              in reply to: A form is not a fight, but it can still teach you something #1820
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                Yes, breathing is the part people praise and then ignore in training. I have watched singers do the same thing, which is a little embarrassing for my profession. The body does not care about our speeches when the situation becomes real.

                in reply to: A form is not a fight, but it can still teach you something #1806
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                  Yes, exactly. Distance is where a lot of pretty theory dies on the floor, because a step that looks calm in solo work can become too short or too long once someone is actually closing on you. I have seen the same thing in simple group drills, where spacing turns out to be the whole lesson.

                  in reply to: A form is not a fight, but it can still teach you something #1802
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                    That is the useful part, I think. One small change in weight can affect everything else, and in partner work that shows up quickly whether you want it to or not. Decorative movement is fine for a recital. It becomes a problem when someone mistakes it for proof.

                    in reply to: Solaris #1024
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                      Try treating the research as character work too.

                      The methods tell you what kind of people…

                      in reply to: Solaris #1022
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                        That is the right irritation, I think.

                        The notebook keeps filling, but the sea remains unfiled.

                        in reply to: Solaris #1018
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                          That is the frustration, yes. the labels are neat, the world is not, and the mismatch keeps showing through

                          in reply to: Solaris #1015
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                            Start with Sturgeon if you want a gentler landing. Then you can decide whether to return to the deep water.

                            in reply to: Solaris #1013
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                              Yes, and the earned quality is why I keep defending the slower chapters. They are doing narrative work even when the plot seems to be waiting politely in the hallway.

                              Which is very Lem, really.

                              in reply to: Solaris #1006
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                                I had a similar feeling rereading a geology book once. all those layers named and dated, and the cliff still just looked like a cliff

                                in reply to: Solaris #1004
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                                  I would not read the research passages as fog so much as pressure. They show how much intellectual work can be done without changing the central fact that the ocean remains itself.

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