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I used to have conversations with a dear friend, a musician, about where music was going to go next. Music has its crazes, but we haven’t seen anything as overwhelming the rock and roll which Elvis unleashed, or the jazz that Louis Armstrong unleashed, in a long time. We guessedContinue Reading

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You can set aside moments throughout the day for conscious ritualing. While brushing your teeth you never know what good thoughts you might have. By consciously setting aside the moment as a ritual, you are making yourself receptive to qualia. Your qualiantennae come alive, and you react to little, noticeableContinue Reading

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When an animal (or a plant) senses qualia – color, sound, smell, etc – it reacts. Qualia is either good or bad, attractive or aversive. It might spark curiousity about an unknown, but unknowns in the animal world are mostly ignored.  People are not much different than animals (obvious, IContinue Reading