@Kindra I’m reminded of the story about Basho sending his servant boy to clean the garden path before the arrival of an important guest. The boy raked the path but left a single fallen autumn leaf on it. When Basho saw the leaf, he asked the boy why he had left it there. The boy replied that he thought it was beautiful and that it would be a shame to remove it. Basho praised the boy for his sensitivity and appreciation of beauty.

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“Ultimately, perhaps it is good that the people abandoned jazz, replaced it with musical products better suited to capitalism’s designs. Now jazz jumps up like Lazarus, if we allow it, to rediscover itself as a living music.” ~ Thomas Stanley, poet/philosopher, on album “Jazz Codes” by Moor Mother

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