(« Emblem 45 » from Atalanta Fugiens by Michael Maier)
The fifth and as of yet unwritten chapter is entitled « Lepufology Master Class : The Turnaround, » and is an account of the consequences of the success of the outworlders in their mission.
After
(Detail from « The hares and frogs » by Wenzel Hollar)
The fourth chapter of the series is entitled « Lepufology 401 : Responding To An Invasion. » Having accepted to collaborate with the outworlders, Jack flies back to Flatbush where he will have t
(« Aerospaceplane » by Unknown Artist)
The third chapter of the series is entitled « Lepufology 301 : Racing Spacecrafts. » This time, things get a little more complicated for Jack Babbitt as he gets abducted and taken into the alien headquarters in
In the second episode, entitled « Lepufology 201 : Investigating Burrows, » we follow our good friend Jack in Flatbush, Alberta, to investigate reports of strange occurrences. Here's the storyline :
A few days later, Jack is a
(« Watching The Arrival Of The Mothership » by Mark Brumfield)
The Lepufology Project started as an instrumental composition meant as a tribute to Robert Anton Wilson's book « Quantum Psychology » in which he coins the word lepufology to refer to th
(Detail from «Quarryman at work » by Unidentified Artist)
« Stonecutter » is intended as an anthem to perseverance and is based on one of my favourite citations, one which has helped me on several occasions, the following quote byJacob August Riis :
(« Two portraits of Ryogen » - Author Unknown [Copyright Holder is Kiemon Tsuruya])
« Creeper » is an allegory wherein destructive mental processes are compared to creeping plants. It depicts a confrontation between creeper and host in four stages :
(« Climbing Plant » by Popperipopp)
« Creeper » is directly inspired by the following aphorism from the Dhammapada :
The streams flow everywhere; the creeper, having sprung up, becomes established. When you see that creeper sprout, sever its root by
(« SubjeKctiv » by Christopher Stewart)
« SubjeKctiv » was put together in July 2004 for « The 2004 ProjeKction Music ProjeKct. » Participants were invited to submit music that included at least one of the many audio clips provided by the project in
(« Effect of Butterfly » by Anastasiya Markovich)
The third part of « The Idler » is entitled « Upward. »
The idea behind the movement is quite simple : once the necessity of evolution has been recognized and accepted, there’s only one way to go and
(« Multiac Nylon » by poligraf)
« Sooner Or Later » does not comes from Poligraf's catalogue as such. Rather, it is a piece for solo guitar that I intend to publish on an album of about ten acoustic compositions, all featuring the classical guitar, e
(« Mainspring on a Sea-Gull ST16 movement » by Hustvedt)
« Chronoscope » is the second movement of « The Idler. » In the storyline of the suite, this section is a reflection on the passage of time that culminates when the protagonist realizes the r
(« Dance Of Fire » by SarThePhotographer)
« Purposefulness » is the first of a series of short segues that I have put together in the hopes of joining existing compositions into one continuous piece of music.
In order to preserve the surprise, I won'
(detail from one of my old kindergarten paintings)
The Idler was born of a combination of concepts discovered while exploring various domains of knowledge during the second half of the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s.
« The idler who does not ar
(« The Winged Man » by Odilon Redon)
« The Winged Life » takes its name from William Blake's poem « Eternity » :
He who binds himself to a joy
Does the winged life destroy
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity's sunrise
This piece is a
(« Pocket stereoscope » by Joaquim Alves Gaspar)
« Stereoscopy » is the definitive title of a song which I used to refer to as « Point Of View. » I changed my mind about the title while writing and singing the melodies, thinking that the former wor
« Reinfused » is basically a rehash of outtakes and already presented material. This comparatively short instrumental piece with an emphasis on shifting time and forward movement is intended to suggest a surge of energy that allows the removal of ob
