Caspar David Friedrich – Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer (Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog), c. 1818
At the Threshold: The Dreamer, an Autumn Song and the Scorpio New Moon, the new post at The Polymath , explores the threshold between Autumn and Winter, where music, the Mayan calendar and the Scorpio New Moon meet in a meditation on dreams, hidden connections, Monadic Twins and what is beginning to emerge. You can read At the Threshold: The Dreamer, an Autumn Song and the Scorpio New Moon on The Polymath site.
At the Threshold: The Dreamer, an Autumn Song and the Scorpio New Moon connects with my radio programme Amazing Songs & Other Delights #102 An Autumn Feeling edition An Autumn Feeling edition.
We went to the press rehearsal of Esquecimento Global (Global Forgetness) a purpose written play with libretto by Luca Argel and José Nunes, music by Luca Argel for Teatro Municipal de Matosinhos Constantino Nery.
Esquecimento Global is based on The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht with music by Kurt Weill, and A Ópera do Malandro by Chico Buarque.
Esquecimento Global is a tragic-comedy set in current times – it was written just a few months ago – in which a love story meets social and political critique.
We will soon have a more thorough preview of the play.
Esquecimento Global is performed Novembro 06 & 07, 9:30pm; 08, 4pm
Melissa Waterfield, one of The Mild Ones moderators arranged another birthday/project/present for The Mild Ones. This time for Suede wonderful bassist Mat Osman.
We both picked Europe Is Our Playground for the project. Both in it’s full instrumental version – Melissa – and just the baseline – me.
From Ohio to Portugal the World is Our Playground. 🙂
Here’s what Melissa wrote on the Mild Ones Facebook :
“🎶Happy Birthday Mat🥳🎂🎶
Europe Is Our Playground…….
“One of the most beautiful Suede songs written by our favorite birthday bassist inspired Raquel Pinheiro and I to collaborate on this celebration video for his special day. Raquel combined her amazing photos of Porto with Mat’s bass line while I used photos from my European adventures to see Suede💙 So grateful to Mat and Suede for motivating me to travel more and to go from 🎶Heathrow to Hounslow🎶😉 Wishing Mat a birthday as wonderful as he is!!!!”
Coming Back To The Foundations of The Listening Room HQ my new post on The Listening Room HQ, my men’s practice – and The Polymath sister site – is a return to its fundamentals. Stabilize and Deepen, in a somatic practice of attention rooted in neuroscience, intuition and lived experience that offers with Sessions for Men, and Maps & Readings for everyone. Coming Back To The Foundationnnn
ns of The Listening Room HQ can be read on the Listening Room HQ site.
Melissa Waterfield, one of The Mild Ones moderators had a challenge. A birthday project/present for Richard Oakes, Suede’s guitarist.
Part of what Melissa wrote on the Mild Ones Facebook: “Raquel Pinheiro and I were inspired by hearing of Richard’s appreciation for birds, an appreciation that we share, and decided upon this collaboration of field recordings, a Haiku, and her original piece to commemorate his 50th year🎂”
My original piece is called Richard’s Theme, and the Haiku, written on purpose for Richard, The House Martin.
The House Martin
In the cliff and the cave The House Martin nested Then, to the city it moved to
Carlos Paredes – Verdes Anos. From Paulo Rocha’s 1963 film. Verdes Anos. An instrumental piece in which the Mestre and his Portuguese guitar carry the atmosphere without needing words.
Paradise Lost – The Last Time From by beloved album of theirs Draconian Times. Heavy, dark and beautifully atmospheric, with that particular sense of weight and beat that Paradise Lost can create.
Ethel Ennis – Dreamer Dreamer From the album Lullabies for Losers. A voice carrying longing and vulnerability with extraordinary warmth upon an arrowing musical background.
Hildegard von Bingen – Ave GenerosaMusic from the twelfth century, luminous and otherworldly. Hildegard is also one of my main inspirations and central to The Polymath
When The Room Changes – Changing the Conditions is the after the Pause return post on The Litening Room HQ , my men’s practice.
When The Room Changes – Changing the Conditions is a practical note on changing our surroundings, creating space, and how a different environment can change what becomes possible. It can be read at The Listening Room HQ site.
The Polymath turns one year old. After the Pause I’m back writing to that beloved vessel.
One Year of The Polymath – Returning to the Vessel and the New Moon in Virgo is a look back at its first year, the ideas it holds, what stays, what disappears, and what comes next. The post can be read on The Polymath site.
The Intelligence Of The Pause are two slightly different notes on pausing. The Intelligence of the Pause – After The Leo New Moon & The Solar Eclipse at The Polymath, and The Intelligence Of The Pause at The Listening Room HQ – my men’s practice.
Posting on The Polymath and The Listening Room HQ will resume in a couple of weeks.
Other walks through old rural lanes and modern pavements. Shades of green. Picking wild blackberries. An impromptu conversation. Being under a wonderful weeping willow. Field Notes – The Architecture of the Lane can be read on The Polymath site: https://www.thepolymathisme.com/2026/08/field-notes-architecture-of-lane-ii.html
