Perspective is an instrument of depth, and life without perspective is devoid of sense. Imagine one straight line on a white stretched canvas or a single crotchet floating on an empty stave. Imagine a world inhabited by manufactured humans all looking and thinking and feeling the same. No contrast. A single point of reference. Nothing to … More Perspective

I know nothing about music theory and neuroscience but I’ve always been fascinated by the power that a single melody can exert on me. It is a well known fact that music can soothe and heal our bodies; many studies have been published with the aim of explaining how and why this is the case. … More Life in musical notation

Have you ever fantasied about being stuck in a lift with someone famous? I mean, only you and that person? I do it all the time, to the point of imagining the whole scene from beginning to end. It’s really naughty. I will share it with you, but please don’t judge! I already know I’m … More Naughty Fantasies of a Hopeless Nerd

For the last couple of weeks I’ve been intermittently consuming high doses of television. First, on the airplane to and back from Houston: a daunting 9-hour flight strapped to an uncomfortable seat, no sleep and few things to do. Then, at home in London, resigned to the dictatorship of the jet lag, which invariably turns … More Another stream of consciousness, this time on exile

I’m suspended in the air, flying between London and Houston. Two influential and wealthy worlds connected by an invisible line described by the trajectory of a Boeing 777. World news, facebook updates and social commitments all vanish for a period of about ten hours. I’m living within the narrow limits of this temporary non-territory and … More Reflection on an Airplane

I’m celebrating my fifteenth wedding anniversary this week so I thought I’d dedicate this blog post to marriage as a way of marking the occasion. I won’t say anything funny nor ironic this time, even though, indeed, two of my all time favourite mechanisms for coping with the challenges of everyday coexistence with my dear … More A little note on Marriage

When The Beatles released Revolution (credited to Lennon-McCartney) on the ‘B’ side of the single “Hey Jude” in August 1968, criticism from far left groups against the band, specially against John Lennon, did not wait to detonate. The radical left felt that the band was failing to support their cause and expressed disappointment by the … More Revolution by The Beatles