Power & Conscience: Men, Secrecy, and the Nervous System the new post at https://www.thelisteningroomhq.com/ speaks of power, secrecy, and social reinforcement are structural forces in the male nervous system.
By understanding their mechanisms, men can notice early signs of ethical drift and respond with clarity, integrity, and restraint. The work is practical, neurobiologically informed, and deeply grounded.
Power & Conscience: Men, Secrecy, and the Nervous System can be read here.
In The End of an Epoch and The Begining of The Year of The Fire Horse is my concise overview on The Polymath The Polymath of the end of an epoch meeting the beginning of the Lunar Year of the Fire Horse. A structural reset, from diffusion to direction, from dissolution to ignition. It can be read on The Polymath site.
The Walk – A Discipline For Peace the new post at The Listening Room HQ The Listening Room HQ comes from the Walk for Peace the Buddhist Monks walk, and speaks about peace as discipline, not performance. A 2,300-mile walk for peace that formalized an ongoing path. It can be read on The Listening Room HQ site.
The Sieve Year: What Remained is the closing reflection on my Sieve Year, speaks of what remains after the filtering, and how the next cycle begins in quiet clarity. It can be read both at The Polymath and The Listening Room HQ.
It closes The Sieve Year posts, pairing with The Sieve Year – Field Notes at The Polymath and The Sieve Year – Quiet Alchemy at The Listening Room HQ.
Our very own Paulo Carmona launches his book Jogo de Segredos (Game of Secrets) Saturday February 7, 3pm at Biblioteca Municipal Florbela Espanca, Matosinhos.
Jogo de Segredos is set in Vila de Fez, Algarve and mixes friendship, the cosmos, mystery, science.
A recent interview with Josh Homme, of Queens of the Stone Age, on GQ Mexico lead me to write a post for The Listening Room HQ on leaving behind what no longer serves, staying present in the pause, and noticing when the old life ends and the next step arrives. It can be read here: here.
Full Moon in Leo – February 1, 2026 on The Polymath site speaks of presence, coherence, and embodied orientation. Maps & Readings as instruments of field awareness, luminous without performance. It can be read here.
American classic and electric guitarist, and composer Liz Hogg kindly did a beautiful acoustic three songs live session for Mondo Bizarre Magazine.
The three songs, from her album Goodbye World Hello Something, are On Paper, Belly and One Thread.
We hope you love Liz’s live session and songs as much as we did.
The Guitar, Alchemy, The Star, Neptune, and Listening Again at The Polymath sees me reflecting on the Guitar, Alchemy, The Star, and revisiting large electro-acoustic works. A personal perspective as Neptune moves into Aries, opening new creative and perceptual pathways that you can read at The Polymath site.
When You Meet Someone Who Dissociates – And You Don’t Know It at The Listening Room HQ is a personal reflection on encountering dissociation from the outside. How it feels when someone shifts state without awareness. The disorientation that can arise when shared presence and memory suddenly break for the person witnessing it. You can read it here.
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