Garden In Order

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      A practical way to listen is with the track breaks visible, if you have them. The recurring figures make more sense when you stop treating the whole concert as one long weather system.

      Then the surprises feel earned instead of magical.

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        I think the damaged piano should be mentioned up front when people talk about that recording. It changes the listening, because you start noticing how he works around missing low notes and the stubborn register instead of pretending it is pure free flight.

        If you want to hear the architecture more clearly, try one side at a time and ignore the legend for a minute. It becomes less mystical and more human, which I mean as praise.

        in reply to: Request: Yoga & Dharma #3735
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          Right, and I’d add one thing. I would mostly lurk, but I want this forum to exist. Yoga as exercise can be discussed without pretending that is the whole history of yoga. Likewise, not every philosophical question needs to become advice about someone’s body.

          in reply to: Freezing lentil dishes without turning them to paste? #42
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            Stopping earlier makes sense. I have probably been freezing lentils that were already one minute away from surrender.

            Small containers I can do. This is the kind of solution I like because it does not require buying anything.

            in reply to: Request: Yoga & Dharma #3728
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              Count me in.

              in reply to: Solaris #1023
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                The ocean has excellent timing, then. Much better than the humans.

                in reply to: Request: Yoga & Dharma #3711
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                  I would read this one regularly. Please keep room for ordinary practice questions alongside history and philosophy.

                  in reply to: Solaris #1020
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                    What I like is that the scientists are never foolish for trying. They just keep meeting a boundary that does not move.

                    in reply to: Solaris #1017
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                      Exactly. The book is stubborn, but not lazy about it.

                      in reply to: Solaris #1005
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                        I think that is right.

                        The detail matters because it makes the failure earned, not decorative.

                        in reply to: Solaris #999
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                          right, and a real lab report at least tells you what failed
                          this one just sits there and looks at you after the experiment

                          in reply to: Solaris #997
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                            That is a fair way to put it, though the report never becomes complete. It keeps producing more evidence of the limit.

                            in reply to: Solaris #994
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                              Exactly. Very expensive paperwork, and no one gets promoted.

                              in reply to: Solaris #991
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                                Yes, that is exactly how it reads to me. The procedure is real, but…

                                in reply to: Solaris #985
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                                  More distant, usually. The notes are useful, but they also remind you nobody is getting closer to the thing itself.

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