You can’t divest your way to a prosperous nation
Reagan was wrong. Gordon Gekko was wrong: Greed is not good. You can’t divest your way to a prosperous nation. Imagine if you treated your car the way the Republican
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Improvisations by Georg Faust and Ben Dowling
World Rising
Jazz • Funk • World • Fusion
The Path of Peace
Piano Improvisations by Ben Dowling • Visual Explorations by Mark Wagner
Ahimsa
Contemplative Piano by Benjamin Dowling
Honoring Ourselves…
I don’t produce music. I create it. I’m not in the manufacturing business. I’m an artist. A musical artist. That is my position. We need a state change in the
Time Remembered
This episode reflects on how time is interpreted and used—similar to the transcendent flow experienced by the improvising musician—and how we can apply this model to our lives and to
Stories and Pathways
Our stories define our experience. We look further into how our internal narratives affect how we perceive time, the mechanics and balance of improvisation and what that requires. The continuing
Taming Our Technology
If we want to have a more intimate relationship with the moment (and therefore everything and everyone in our lives), we must address the elephant in the room: Our phone.
Introduction to Jazz Metaphysics
Improvised music tends to pull the listener forward through time—moment by moment—inch by inch. This intimate relationship to the moment is the exception from how most of us live our