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Oct 29, 2021Liked by Austin Kleon

Many thanks for a newsletter reliably full of good things. Re: #3 on McGilchrist on the coincidence of opposites, I read it looking for a reference to the Tarot's Hanged Man card. It wasn't there, but #6 on Pauline Oliveros' aphorisms led me to Sheldon Kopp's 43 eternal truths, and there, smack dab in the middle of the Dept. of No Coincidences, was the Kopp bibliography indicating that he published a 1974 book titled The Hanged Man. Amazing how this stuff works! Thanks again.

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I really appreciate your work. It inspires me to see things differently and to take a risk and create more. When watching the video about Kameelah Janan Rasheed, I noticed the word 'complete'. She compelled me to spend more time looking at the words. The verb: complete feels like the opposite of the adjective: complete. Same word, two different meanings. The adjective implies that the work is done. The verb implies that the work has not been done. I'm stuck here right now. AND loving being stuck in the opposition. I'm a big fan, Austin! Thank you.

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Oct 29, 2021Liked by Austin Kleon

I love your newsletter and all the interesting things you think and share about. If particular interest to me is the tension/suspension between opposites and how without it, polarities/opposites quickly spiral into their own extreme.

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Oct 29, 2021Liked by Austin Kleon

This relates to last week’s newsletter, but for more Dune there’s a good piece DFW wrote that mentions David Lynch’s adaptation (also enjoyed the twitter feed you shared, thanks): http://www.lynchnet.com/lh/lhpremiere.html

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Oct 29, 2021Liked by Austin Kleon

Hi Austin, I am wondering if you have listened to Horowitz playing Mozart? If not, perhaps you shouldn’t. It will spoil you listening to anyone else. There is a video of his concert in Moscow in 1981. It is so amazing to watch him play, especially after listening to him. It will forever change your expectations of classical music . Thanks for your newsletters. I appreciate your expanding my experience especially during Covid.

Sharalee

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I always love your newsletter but just wanted to say that your blackout poem this time made me gasp! :) Also adored (so much) the photos of people in masks. :) Thank you for sharing your creative spirit with us. I loved your information on the Eric Carle visit with Mr. Rogers and wanted to pass on that he also had Ezra Jack Keats on to make marbled paper (turns out he's also a music lover). https://vimeo.com/465491023

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Austin, thank you for your curiosity. You are, in effect, presenting an improvised college course in creative exploration and experience. Kudos and many blessings, sir. You’re on a Great Journey, and creating a true path into the forest of the Waiting Unknown.

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Muchas Gracias por este aporte Austin. Me gustaria recomendarles una web que te informa sobre las mejores web de puestas: https://www.guillembaches.com/apuestas/

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I really love you musical tips. Also, you should listen to composer Heitor Villa-Lobos's Bachianas Brasileiras N. 5. I think you might enjoy it.

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Welcome to Substack! Your newsletter (and work) continues to be an incredible source of inspiration. 🙌🏼

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Great list. thanks for the link to Kameelah Janan Rasheed.

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Hi Austin, i know it's difficult when you have fallen in love with a recording, but you should listen to the Record of Bachs Cello Suites from Ralph Kirshbaum, if you don't already now it!

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Here's a book of photographs with accompanying "found poems" about masks: Masks at Six Feet; https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/joseph-gascho/masks-at-six-feet/paperback/product-vwe7nj.html?page=1&pageSize=4

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Here's a book of photographs with accompanying "found poems" about masks: Masks at Six Feet

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I am confused...I assume I will still get your Friday newsletter in my email, yes? And I can still read your blog? What is the Tuesday thingy? Thanks

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Hi Austin -

Thank you for the awesomeness that is your newsletter. Every week you introduce me to new music, books, art, ideas and I'm sharing these with my family and friends and we are all richer for your efforts.

Could I ask that you also consider including work from our incredible wealth of American literary magazines?

There are literally (no pun intended) tens of thousands of pieces of writing published online in the archives of literary magazines (seriously like a national treasure) and so few of the wider general public reads them.

I'm not just talking about the well known national lit mags (like New Yorker or Atlantic or Harpers) where you pay to access archives but smaller, very well regarded lit mags like:

http://phoebejournal.com

https://mudseasonreview.com

http://www.essaydaily.org

https://jmwwblog.wordpress.com

https://pitheadchapel.com

https://xraylitmag.com

https://lithub.com

https://macromic.org

http://smokelong.com

http://heroinchic.weebly.com

https://www.passagesnorth.com

https://milkcandyreview.home.blog

https://www.pshares.org

https://kenyonreview.org

https://matterpress.com/journal/

https://gulfcoastmag.org

https://theoffingmag.com

https://brevitymag.com

There are countless others. These archives preserve an incredibly important part of our writing heritage and output, especially for emerging writers and those who do not write commercial books.

I would be glad to contribute regular suggestions for your consideration - both creative non fiction and fiction (short stories, flash fiction).

Thanks again and wishing you all the best,

Jamie Etheridge

lescribbler@hotmail.com

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