Every introvert (even those who are technoverts) knows that moment when even internet communications get too loud, too strident and too grating on our nerves. When that happens I tend to deactivate accounts, take a step back and breath. So, if I disappear, it’s generally not a bug but a feature. I’ve been on the … Continue reading The Art of (Not) Disappearing
Lady Dissonance came to life sometime in 2007 when I started composing the Dissonance Suite. That happened during a time when I was rather intensely listening to classical minimalist, contemporary (with a fair amount of neo-romantic) classical including Phillip Glass, Arvo Part, Steve Reich, John Cage, Einojuhani Rautavaara and Takashi Yoshimatsu, amongst many others. Both … Continue reading Publication Notes: “Karrom in the Behemoth” in Cozy in the Apocalypse
I’ve been meaning in check in here more than once. I have more than one blog post in drafts. Alas, the past few months ran away from me. Granted, they have been very fruitful months. I’ve been working on grading, on supervision, on guiding two PhD supervisees towards their viva voces (both passed and will … Continue reading The Forgotten Beauty of an Analogue Life
I was mulling the other day the thought that I am of that age where one’s experience and expertise requires one to dish out advice on a daily basis. I do this mostly as an educator and supervisor of PhD, Masters and BA students. I’m also an academic mentor of undergraduates, and generally of that … Continue reading The Dangerous Business of Giving Advice
Tonight I was thinking of an experience of mine in my early twenties. As I was thinking about it, I suddenly had an intense need to fictionalise it and I could have gone two ways. It could have been a literary fiction piece but then again, I’ve never been able to write a literary fiction … Continue reading How Do You Like Your Science Fiction?